HomeMy WebLinkAbout1981-774-R RESOLUTION # 7 74
A RESOLUTION LEVYING FEES FOR TRASH AND GARBAGE PICKUP SERVICE AND
OTHER PURPOSES :
WHEREAS , the Batesville City Council is authorized and directed by
Ordinance #922 as codified in the Batesville Municipal Code as
Chapter S , Section 5 . 12 . 01 , et sea, to establish and levy a fee
for garbage and trash pickup service ; and,
WHEREAS , the fees currently charged have not been adjusted in re-
cent years to take into account the increased costs of fuel , labor
equipment and inflation in general ; and,
WHEREAS , the services provided are essential to the health and
sanitation of the city and its people and a readjustment of fees
is found to be necessary for the continued efficient operation of
said system and said readjustment is beneficial to the citizens as
a whole.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BATESVILLE, ARK-
ANSAS AS FOLLOWS :
(1) Pursuant to Ordinance #922 as codified as Batesville Municipal
Code Chapter S, Section 5 . 12 . 01 et se the following rates for
residential , commercial and industrial garbage and trash pick-up
are hereby set out as follows and shall take effect January 1 ,
1982 .
(2) The rate for residential garbage and trash pickup is hereby
set at $5. 00 per month per house or living unit located within the
City of Batesville , Arkansas ; except where all the occupants of a
house or living unit are 6S years or older, on a fixed income and
said persons execute a document under oath stating their age and
the age of each person residing within said house or living unit
and that the $5. 00 fee will impose an economic hardship on that
person or household or members of that living unit, then the fee
per month shall be $3 . 50 per month. Said document shall be pre-
pared and kept on file with the City Clerk.
(3) The rate for Commercial and Industrial users shall be based
upon frequency of pickup and time consumed during pickup . A
monthly fee shall be charged based upon the following formula :
$2 . 00 per average number of weekly pickups plus $2 . 00 per minute
of average loading time required each week. In no instance shall
the monthly minimum be less than $5. 00 . Said commercial and in-
dustrial monthly rate shall be figured as follows :
$2 . 00 times average number of weekly pickups at that
location plus $2 . 00 times average number of minutes
spent at that site per week = monthly rate with a
$5 . 00 per month minimum.
ADOPTED this Nn day of _r)Ece(nt3e-P_ 198
APPROVED:
1-7/1URFIT MAYOR
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ATTEST:
LARRY WILLIAMS , CITY CLERT_