§ 13.12.060. Collection fees.

A.

Imposition of Fee. All persons who receive collection services from the city-county or by a party under contract with the city-county shall pay to the city-county a solid waste collection fee.

B.

Calculation of Collection Fee. In calculating the collection fee, the city-county may take into consideration the character, kind and quantity of the solid waste being collected from each property within the district. The aggregate amount of collection fees shall be sufficient to cover the city-county's costs in providing the collection services, including the city-county's direct payment to any contract collector and any administrative costs incurred by the city-county in administration of the contract and billing for collections. In the event the city-county determines it to be in the best interest of the city-county to provide collection services directly, the collection fee shall also take into consideration: (1) depreciation; (2) payment of principal of and interest on indebtedness of the city-county incurred for the purpose of acquiring vehicles, equipment, machinery and other personal or real property necessary to provide collection services, including any coverage requirement and the establishment and maintenance of any reserves to secure any indebtedness; and (3) any administrative costs of the city-county associated with providing solid waste collection services.

C.

Adoption of a Rate Schedule. On or before the second Monday in August of each year, the department of public works shall prepare and submit to the council of commissioners a proposed budget for solid waste collection services, including all items referred to in subsection B of this section. At the same time the department of public works shall submit to the council of commissioners a schedule of the collection fees proposed to be charged for the next ensuing fiscal year in order to meet the projected costs of the collection services. The annual rates shall be calculated based on a per unit charge and applied to the schedule of category of users shown on Schedule I of the ordinance codified in this chapter, which schedule may be modified by the council of commissioners in accordance with the provisions hereof.

Upon adoption and approval of the annual budget for the collection services in accordance with the provisions and requirements for adopting the city-county budget, the council of commissioners shall adopt a resolution establishing the rate per unit for the solid waste access fees to be charged for the fiscal year. The council of commissioners may also adopt a new schedule of class of generators. If no new rate per unit or schedule of class of generators is adopted in any given year, the rate schedule for the previous fiscal year shall remain in effect. A copy of the current rate schedule shall be kept on file in the office of the city-county treasurer and the department of public works.

The initial rate for the collection services fee is fifty-three dollars and sixty-eight cents per unit.

D.

Collection of Fees. The collection fee will be placed on the annual real property tax statement of the owners of all improved real property to which the city-county is providing collection services and shall be payable in two semiannual payments, which shall be collected by the city-county treasurer in conjunction with the collection of real property taxes. All funds received by the city-county treasurer from the collection fee shall be deposited into the city-county solid waste collection services account.

E.

Delinquent Solid Waste Collection Fees. On or before June 15th in each year, the council of commissioners shall certify to the city-county treasurer all unpaid outstanding solid waste collection fees and a description of the lands against which the fees arose. It shall be the duty of the city-county treasurer, upon order of the council of commissioners, to place the delinquent fees with interest at the rate of ten percent compounded semimonthly plus two percent penalty on the initial delinquency principal, upon the tax rolls of the city-county for the taxes of the year in which the delinquent fees are filed. The unpaid fees with interest shall be carried into the tax statement becoming due and payable on November 30th and May 31st of each year, and shall be enforced and collected in the manner provided for the enforcement and collection of real property taxes in accordance with the provisions of the law of the state.

F.

Termination. All collection fees shall be considered delinquent if not paid by December 1st and June 1st of the fiscal year in which billed. Delinquent accounts are subject to stoppage of service without notice. If delinquent collection fees are not paid within thirty days of the due date, the director of public works may notify the city-county's contract collector to cease all garbage collection for that account.

(Ord. 410 § 4.03, 1991)