20-1534 Amending Chapter 70 - Solid Waste (Consolidation of commercial solid waste collection)

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(b) Separate payment of charges prohibited. No customer charged for water, sewer, solid waste and recyclable materials collection or the City utility tax may pay such charges without simultaneously paying all such charges. Late payment or nonpayment of either the water, sewer, solid waste and recyclable materials collection fee, whether billed by the City or its authorized agent, or City utility tax shall constitute a delinquency under this Section and authorize abatement of all such services by the City after notice of the delinquency. (c) Delinquency charge; disconnection of utility services. The Director of Public Works is authorized to impose a delinquency charge of $15.00 on all residential solid waste and recyclable materials collection accounts delinquent for over 20 calendar days, and is hereby authorized to discontinue service to such delinquent accounts after the required second notice. Where service has been discontinued, service will not resume until the amount of the delinquent account and the sum of $15.00, representing disconnect and reconnect charges, has been paid to the City. If the account is delinquent two times in a 12 -month period, the reconnection fee shall be $25.00 for each subsequent reconnection thereafter. Total arrearages plus the delinquency charge must be paid by the customer before reconnection or resumption of water, sewer and solid waste and recyclable materials collection services by the City. (d) Payment of delinquent account by persons vacating property. When an owner or occupant vacates or sells his their property leaving a delinquent utility bill, the City may, at its option, refuse the delinquent customer any and all utility services until the original account is paid in full. The prescribed charge constitutes a debt to the City for which the owner, tenant and occupant shall be jointly and severally liable. It is the responsibility of an owner, tenant or occupant to ascertain that the prescribe fee is being paid. (e) Delinquency charge; loss of security deposit. The City shall have the right to deduct unpaid charges from the security deposit. (fl Delinquency charge; property lien. The City shall have the right to place a lien on the property for delinquent charges. (g) Delinquency and maintaining environmental health. The City shall have the authority to direct the Franchisee to continue service at a commercial establishment notwithstanding the fact that an account may be delinquent, upon the written assumption by the City of fees accruing by virtue of Franchisee's continued service. If the City elects to instruct the Franchisee to continue service the City shall be entitled to reimbursement from the commercial establishment served, plus all costs of collection, to include attorney's fees. ARTICLE III. - GRANT OF COMMERCIAL SOLID WASTE FRANCHISE The City will, through a competitive process, grant (al one exclusive franchise to a commercial waste hauler for the collection of all putrescible commercial waste within the City limits, which includes waste set out in dumpsters, commercial carts, and roll -off compactors: and (b) one exclusive franchise to a commercial waste hauler to collect all non-putrescible wastes set out in open -top roll -off containers within the City limits. Through the competitive Request For Proposal process, both (a) and (b) above could be awarded to the same respondent or different respondents, as determined to be in the City's best interest. Ordinance 20-1534 Page 8 of 21