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HomeMy WebLinkAbout65-186RESOLUTION 65-186 ESTABLISHING A SCHEDULE OF RATES FOR REFUSE COLLECTION WHEREAS, in preparation to establish direct charges for collection and disposal of refuse in the City of Santa Ana, the City Council reduced the tax rate for the fiscal year of 1965-1966 by 13% cents on each $100.00 of assessed value of property within the City and the new reduced tax rate went into effect on July 1, 1965; and WHEREAS, thereafter the City Council adopted Ordinance NS-823 provided refuse collection regulations and authorizing the establish- ment of charges for collection and disposal of refuse by resolution. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT: The rates hereinbelow set out are the rates that shall be due to the City for collection and disposal of refuse and/or for stand-by or the availability of said service. Said rates shall be added to the rate charged for water service and billed with the bill for water service. Any residential, co~unercial, or industrial occupancy not served by Santa Aha water service, and any commercial or industrial occupancy occupying identifiably separate space but not served by a separate water meter, shall be separately billed for stand-by collection and disposal refuse service. All rates for such service shall be due and payable at the Finance Department in the City Hall on the date of billing therefor and become delinquent 15 days after the date of such billing. A penalty of 1~ shall be charged on all unpaid bills for such service 30 days after the billing date. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT: The rates to be charged for stand-by collection and disposal refuse service are hereby established in accordance with the schedule next herein set out: SCHEDULE OF RATES FOR REFUSE COLLECTION AND STAND-BY 1. The basic rate for each single family residence for each two months, or part thereof, shall be $1.70. The basic rate for each duplex family residence served by a single water meter for each two months, or part thereof, shall be $2.50. The basic rate for all triplex family residences served by a single water meter for each two months, or part thereof, shall be $3.40. Each residential building containing four or more units served by a single water meter shall be considered as a co~u~ercial occupancy for the purposes of establishing the charge for refuse collection. Each co~ercial and each industrial occupancy, except those which are located in the map area as defined in and regulated by Paragraph No. 6 next hereinbelow set out and any other occupancy not expressly provided for herein shall pay the basic rate of $1.70 for each two month period. Any service beyond once a week pickup with a 200 pound maximum shall be provided only by agreement with City's contractor and paid for by occupant in addition to the basic rate. The rates for each commercial and industrial occupancy, which shall include each occupancy other than those described in paragraphs numbered 1, 2, and 3, above, which are located in the area shown on the map at page 12 of Specifications - Refuse Collection Service, June 17, 1963, on file in the office of the Clerk of the Council, as amended by letter from the Director of Public Works dated February 20, 1964, addressed to the president of Great Western Reclamation, Inc., which enlarged the area covered by the agreement with addressee dated -1- August 12, 1963, by extending said area to include Flower Street from Fourth Street to, but not including, the inter- section with Sixth Street, for each two months, or part thereof, shall be in accordance with the following schedule: Collections Per Week Quantity Per Four or Collection One Two Three Five Six 0 to 0.75 cubic yards, or 0 to 100 pounds $1.70 $ 3.40 $ 5.10 $ 8.50 $10.20 Over 0.75 to 1.5 cubic yards, or 101 to 200 pounds 3.40 6.80 10.20 17.00 20.40 Ae Each business or industrial unit occupying identifiably separate space shall constitute a unit to be charged in accordance with the above schedule. The number of refuse collections per week shall be either one, two, three, five, or six as requested by the unit or occupancy receiving the service, but in no instance shall be leas than one per week. The quantities for which each business or industrial user shall be billed shall be established by City personnel as assignedby and under the supervision of the Director of Public Works. These quantities shall be re-evaluated periodically as the Director of Public Works may deem necessary to achieve a charge equitable to the business or industrial user and the City. The establishment of any volume rate shall take into consideration seasonal fluctuations and any other special circumstances as, when averaged out over the year, shall permit simplified billing procedure of the most equitable rate. Either the business or industrial unit being served or the contractor handling City refuse collection may request such re-evaluation of the quantity rate, but determination of the timeliness, necessity and number of such re-evaluations shall be at the discretion of the Director of Public Works, except that a refusal by him to make such re-evaluation shall be subject to appeal to the City Council. Any adjustments resulting from a re-evaluation of quantity rates shall be made at the next regular billing date and shall continue until changed as provided herein. The schedules of charges contained herein are the charges to be made by the City for refuse collection other than the container service charges billed and collected directly by the City's refuse collection contractor. There will be no City charge to users of containerized services. The schedules of charges contained herein apply only to refuse services which conform to the standard requiroments of the City (e.g., placement at curb or in alley, not more than 200 pounds per pickup, and all other regulations). Any services received in addition to or greater than these standard requirements shall be billed directly by the contractor, in addition to the billing by the City as provided herein. Such additional charges shall be evaluated and determinedby the Director of Public Works or his designated representative after investigation of the conditions pertaining to the added services required and consulting with the business or industrial unit served and the contractor. The additional -2- charges to which the contractor shall be entitled shall be based in general upon the schedule of charges contained herein and the data contained in the refuse collection costs report of the City Manager to the City Council dated July 29, 1964, ss modified by such subsequent changes in cost data as may be deemed applicable by the Director of Public Works. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT: The charges provided for herein shall be added to the water bills or separately billed beginning January 1, 1966, and shall thereafter be billed each two months. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana at its regular meeting held on the 20th day of December, 1965. ATTEST: CLERK OF THE COUNCIL STATE OF CALIFORNIA) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) CITY OF SANTA ANA ) SS I, DORIS M. BROWN, do hereby certify that I am the Clerk of the Council of the City of Santa Ana; that the foregoing Resolution was regularly introduced to said Council at its regular ~eeting held on the 20th day of December, 1965, and was at said meeting regularly passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit: AYES, COUNCILMEN: Gilmore, Brooks, Burk, Herrin, Markel, McMichael, Harvey NOES, COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: None CLERK OF THE COUNCIL -3-