HomeMy WebLinkAbout1991 AN ORDINANCE amendi~g Section 14 cZ' Ordinance No. 1905 as amended
by Ordinances 19~8, 1~36 and 1940, and declaring an emergency.
THE CITY OF BR~E~TON DOES
Section 1. That subsequent to t~e passage of 0r~inances 1935 and 1940
amending Section 14 of Ordinance 1905, the private contractor for collection
of garbage in the City of Bremerton, Washington, has made a cost of l~ving
adjustment b~ way of wage increase with its employees and under the terms
of tae contract between said private contractor and the City of BremerSon
aut~orized by Ordinance No. 1928, adjustments in rates were to be made
and a new rate schedule has been adopted. That Section 14 of Or,~:{inance 1905~
as s~ended, is here0y amended to read as follows:
Section 14. SCH~DULE 0F CI~RGE$o The charges ~ be made by the
contractor to the residents of t~e City of Bremerton and the users of the
contractor's services are as follows:
Where garbage collection is weekly, the charges are as follows:
Over 20 feet or each ~ddi-
tional five steps up or
Contract Rates down stairs to 3b feet, Over 35 feet
Per Month per month Per Month
1 Unit per week ~1.00 ~1.30 ~1.60
2 Units per week 1.50 2.00 2.40
3 Units per week 2.10 3.00 3.70
4 Units per week ~.V0 3.90 4.50
5 Units per week 3.30 5.50 6.40
Where garbag~ collection is made more taan once per week the ch~ges
shall 0e as follows:
Contract Rates Over 20 feet or eaca addi- Over 35 feet
Per Month tional five steps up or Per ~,ionth
down stairs to 35 feet,
per month
Over 25 cans to
35 cans,
Per Month ~4.50 ~6.50 ~)V. 40
Over 35 cans
Per ~onth o10 each .15 each .20 each
Where a~ollections are made more often than once a week, but the
numbers of cans is less than twenty-five per mont~, ~he charges shall be in
accordance with the rates set out above.
Customers shall be classiI'led in one of' the above, categories on
the basis ox' average weekly collection. All premises occupied
all or any part of a graven month shall be charged a minimum of ~1.00 for
garbage service, whether any collections were actualky made or not,
subject to the occupant proving ti~at there was no garbage or refuse of any
kind created or accumulated which the garbage collector could have collected.
Where it is permissible to collect rubbish for pick up in other
than garbage cans, it shall be charged for as ii' it has ~een placed in such
cans cZ' regular size.
Where a requested collection is of such an unusual si~e or at some time
other than regular collections are made at the premises, a special charge
based on the extra expendmture of labor and equlpment shall be set by the
garbage collector, and as established by the proper department o~' tae State
of Washington.
Section 2. That the contractor shall pay to the City of Bremer5on
3~ of the gross income received from collections z'or garbage service
~i thln the City limits oI' the City of Bremerton and including gross income
for garbage service in Federal Public Housing and/or Naval Housing units.
Section 3. That by reason oi' the fact that tae wag~ increase to
employees is retroactive to June 1, 1952, and an adjustment of rates under
the contract should ~e made immediately, there exists and is here~y declared
to exist an emer~=ency az'fecting the public peace, health and safety of the
citizens cz' the City of Bremerton and this ordinance shall take eI'fect immediate~
OHDiNAi',IGE .biD. ±~- uon, u
following passage and publication.
PASSED unanimously by the City Counci~ or the City of
Bremerton, signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk in
authentication or such passage t~is 20th day of August, 1W02.
E. H. T.- Iv:cGOWAN/ City Clerk
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