(A) The City Council shall establish, by resolution, all rates to be charged for the sanitation services. Generally, the fees shall be determined based upon costs of contractor collection services, other costs incurred by the city in its transfer station, transportation, tipping fees at the regional landfill, administrative costs, and anticipated reasonable enterprise revenues for the city.
(B) Residential/church rates shall be based upon once weekly garbage pickup and shall include the basic trash collection tote provided by the city. Additional charges may be set for larger amounts of trash collected, multiple collection totes or other containers, and any other additional provision as established by the City Council.
(C) Commercial/government rates shall be set to provide for standard charges based upon the size of the container provided by the city and the frequency of pickup. Additional charges may be set for occasional extra times of collection, larger amounts of trash occurring occasionally, additional containers of trash, and any other basis established by the City Council by resolution.
(D) Exemptions. Any residential, church, commercial or government utility account may apply for a once-a-year exemption with the Finance Officer if they own more than one qualifying structure. The standards for this exemption shall be set by policy. For purposes of this provision, a residential or church account may not be combined with a commercial or government account for an exemption. A customer may apply for the exemption from the Finance Officer. If they do not agree with the decision of the Finance Officer, they may appeal it to the Finance Committee, and if they disagree with the Finance Committee's decision, they may appeal it to the City Council to be considered in regular session.
(E) In addition to the above-described fees, each utility account in the city shall pay an administrative access fee to permit the account holders to access the city rubble site landfill.
(F) The city shall review its rate resolution at least annually to determine any changes that are warranted.
(G) All residential/church and business/government waste service fees shall be billed by the city, along with the city utility bill at the end of each month for the proceeding month's waste services.
(H) (1) Any hauler of debris to city rubble site landfill wherein the debris comes from a person or entity not being served on a monthly basis by garbage collection and not making payment under any of the above family or business schedules; and any private business contractor disposing of a customer's debris into the bury pit; in each such instance the hauler shall pay the landfill usage rates as established by the City Council by resolution. One rate schedule shall be established for loads originating within the city limits as verified by a current city utility bill for the address from which the load originated; and a different rate schedule shall be established for loads originating outside the city limits or otherwise an unverified source due to the lack of a current city utility bill for the address from which the load originated.
(2) Wild game large animal carcasses may be disposed of without fee during the regular season in which the animals may be lawfully hunted. However, the fee will be imposed upon every carcass that is brought into the city landfill by a commercial carcass disposal service or by a commercial processing facility.
(3) Every hauler of debris to the city landfill shall identify, upon request by the landfill operator, the name and address of the business, entity or person from where the debris originated and, if from within the city, a current city utility bill for the address from which the load originated, and the hauler shall also give his or her name, address, business or other information requested by the city landfill operator. This information shall be given prior to the dumping of the debris in the city landfill.
(4) Any person who knowingly provides false information about the origin of any material intended to be deposited into the city landfill shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor and shall be subject to penalty of up to a $500 fine and up to 30 days in jail.
(I) The city shall collect sales tax on all sanitation and rubble site fees as required by South Dakota law.
(Prior Code, § 4.05.08) (Ord. 259, passed - -; Ord. 261, passed - -; Ord. 724, passed - -; Ord. 796, passed - -; Ord. 831, passed - -; Ord. 901, passed 6-4-2018; Ord. 964, passed 9-21-2020; Ord. 1012, passed 10-4-2021; Ord. 1024, passed 4-4-2022; Ord. 1050, passed 5-15-2023)