§ 11-57. Account regulation.

Accounts shall be regulated under the terms of the contract as follows:

(1)

Residential accounts shall be served only by the city approved contractor.

(2)

Residential commercial accounts shall be free to contract with other licensed residential haulers holding current licenses with the city.

(3)

Nonresidential commercial accounts shall be free to contract with any licensed hauler holding a current license, except as provided in subsection (6) below.

(4)

The rates charged by contractors for commercial account services shall not be regulated under the terms of the contract.

(5)

If any account shall fail to dispose of its solid waste and refuse properly, and upon creation of a health, odor or litter problem, and upon conviction thereof, then the city shall have the right to designate the contractor and the owner shall pay an appropriate charge for the service.

(6)

Nothing herein contained shall be construed to limit or restrain the city from separately contracting with recycling or trash disposal vendors for handling of residential commercial and nonresidential commercial accounts.

(7)

The city will remit the monthly contract fee to the hauler for each month for every residential unit covered by the contract with an active water meter in service for at least half the month, less the cost of accounts that are written off due to non-collection and less the amount of the franchise fee. If the written off accounts are collected at a later time, they will be added back in to the contractor's payment amount, less the cost of the collection fees. The contractor will not receive payment for any residential unit that has been in service less than half the month. The city will not charge an administrative fee to the contractor for billing and collection, other than the franchise fees stipulated by the contract. The city will provide a monthly list of service addresses when submitting payment and provide payments to the contractor within thirty (30) days after the original due date for the billing.

(Ord. No. 11551, § 7, 2-18-2002; Ord. No. 11839, § 1, 6-16-2008; Ord. No. 11916, § 5, 3-15-2010)