§ 17-32. Disposal of Refuse.

The City suggests that refuse collected by the Contractor be hauled to the disposal facility owned and operated by Polk County. The City will assume no charges made by the County or by any other disposal facility for the Contractor to use such facility.

A. In general

The Contractor shall abide by the route and schedules. The City reserves the right to deny the Contractor’s vehicle access to certain streets, alleys and public ways, inside the City or outside the City enroute to the disposal facilities, where it is in the best interest of the general public to do so due to conditions of streets or bridges. The Contractor shall not interrupt the regular schedule and quality of service because of such street closures. Any and all route and/or schedule changes shall be approved by the City Manager. The Contractor shall furnish written notices of changes in schedules to the customers at least ten (10) days prior to the actual change in routes or schedules. The city Manager’s decision regarding a route and/or schedule change may be appealed to the City Commission. The decision of the City Commission shall be final. NOTE: The Contractor’s attention is directed to the fact that at various times during the year, the quantity of refuse to be disposed of is materially increased by fluctuation in the amount of yard waste. This additional workload will not be considered adequate justification for failure of the Contractor to maintain the required collection schedules and routes.

B. Conditions resulting in excessive debris or refuse

In the event excessive amounts of debris or refuse have accumulated by reason of any storm, freeze, natural disaster, severs disturbance, riot or other calamity, the Contractor shall submit a certified estimate to the City Manager of additional payroll costs, equipment and disposal costs to remove and dispose of the excessive debris or refuse. The Contractor shall submit a written estimate for review and approval by the City Manager, prior to performing this additional work.

C. Holidays

When any of the following holidays falls on a regular scheduled collection day, the Contractor shall provide notice of schedule change to the City no later than three months preceding the holiday. The contractor shall collect all solid waste on the previous day or the following day.

              New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, July 4^th

              Labor Day

              Thanksgiving Day

              Christmas Day

D. Animals

Employees of the Contractor shall not be required to expose themselves to the danger of being attacked or bitten by vicious animals in order to accomplish refuse collection in any case where the owner or tenants have such animals at large, but the Contractor shall immediately notify the customer and City Manager, in writing of such conditions and of his inability to make collection because of such conditions.

(Ord. No. 2018-02, § 1, 02-20-2018)