2010-90 AMENDING CITY CODE - CHAPTER 56.1 - RECYCLABLE MATERIALS

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Chapter 56.1 3. RECYCLING CONTRACT. The City may, by action of the Council, contract with, or authorize a contract with, any person, firm or corporation for the collection and/or processing of recyclable materials from all dwellings within the City pursuant to a recycling program. The City may, by action of the Council, authorize licensed refuse removal haulers for the collection of recyclable materials from all dwellings within the City pursuant to a recycling program and may reimburse licensed haulers for the collection of those recyclable materials through a service charge as described in Paragraph 4 below. The Council hereby ratifies any such contract autho- rized prior to the effective date of this Chapter and which has an effective date on or about Octo- ber 1, 1991. 4. SERVICE CHARGE. To provide for the expense of providing a recycling program for the citizens of the City of Decatur, the City may, by action of the Council, levy a charge on the owners of all dwellings within the City from which recyclable materials must be collected under the provisions of any contract as provided herein. Such charge may only be in such amount as represents the actual costs andwill meet the contractual obligations of the City and provide for other administrative expenses of the City related to the collection of recyclable mate- rials. The owners of such dwellings shall be responsible for the payment of all charges levied under the provisions hereof. The City Manager may, upon public notice in a newspaper of gen- eral circulation not less than 30 days in advance, adjust the service charge in accordance with the contractual obligations and actual costs approved by the City Council. (AMENDED, Ordinance No. 2005-104, November 21, 2005) 5. CHARGE MANDATORY. Any charge levied by the Council on any owner of a dwelling pursuant to this Chapter shall be fully due and owing to the City regardless of whether