The Solid Waste Management Ordinance Amendment

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 24 OF THE WATER VALLEY
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE DATED SEPTEMBER 10,
1985, AS AMENDED BY AMENDMENT DATED JUNE 3, 2007 AMENDING
FEES FOR THE COLLECTION AND HANDLING OF SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL

    WHEREAS, on September 10, 1985, the City of Water Valley, Mississippi adopted the
Water Valley Solid Waste Management Ordinance;

    WHEREAS, by amendment dated June 3, 2007 Section 24 of said Ordinance was amended so as to increase the fees for the collection and handling of solid waste disposal and to provide for an effective date of such increase; and

    WHEREAS, it has now become necessary to again amend Section 24 of said Ordinance so as to increase the fees for the collection and handling of solid waste disposal and to provide for an effective date of such increase.

    BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WATER VALLEY, MISSISSIPPI THAT SECTION 24 OF THE WATER VALLEY SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE DATED SEPTEMBER 10, 1985, AND AMENDED ON JUNE 3, 2007, IS HEREBY AMENDED AS FOLLOWS:

    SECTION 24. FEES FOR THE COLLECTION AND HANDLING OF SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL.

(a) Upon each residence within the City of Water Valley, there is imposed a flat monthly charge of $11.50.

(b) Upon each office within the City of Water Valley, there is imposed a flat monthly charge of $22.00.

(c) Upon each commercial or manufacturing establishment operated or conducted within the City of Water Valley and which does not utilize a dumpster(s), there is imposed a flat monthly charge as follows:

    1. Mercantile Retail, Wholesale and Retail Establishments (including Florists)  $44.00

    2. Grocery and Convenience Stores – $66.00

    3. Drug Stores – $60.50        4. Laundries – $33.00

    5. Restaurants (including drive-in restaurants) – $60.50

    6. Service Stations and Garages – $44.00

    7. Liquor Stores – $44.00

    8. Churches and Bona Fide Not-for-Profit  Civic Organizations – $33.00

(d) Upon each small business not enumerated in Section (c) above within the City of Water Valley and which does not utilize a dumpster(s), there is imposed a flat monthly charge of $33.00.

    (e) Upon each commercial, industrial or governmental entity within the City of Water Valley which utilizes or is required to utilize a dumpster(s) by virtue of the amount of solid waste generated by it, there is imposed a monthly charge for each dumpster as follows:

    1. For each four (4) yard dumpster, picked up one (1) time per week – $39.60

    2. For each four (4) yard dumpster, picked up  two (2) times per week – $79.20

    3. For each four (4) yard dumpster, picked up three (3) times per week – $118.80

    4. For each four (4) yard dumpster, picked up four (4) times per week – $158.40

    5. For each four (4) yard dumpster, picked up  five (5) times per week – $198.00

    6. For each four (4) yard dumpster, picked up  six (6) times per week – $ 237.60

    7. For each six (6) yard dumpster, picked up one (1) time per week – $59.40

    8. For each six (6) yard dumpster, picked up two (2) times per week – $118.80

    9. For each six (6) yard dumpster, picked up three (3) times per week – $169.40

    10. For each six (6) yard dumpster, picked up  four (4) times per week – $ 226.60

    11. For each six (6) yard dumpster, picked up five (5) times per week – $283.80

    12. For each six (6) yard dumpster, picked up six (6) times per week – $339.90

    13. For each eight (8) yard dumpster, picked up one time per week – $79.20

    14. For each eight (8) yard dumpster, picked up two (2) times per week – $138.60

    15. For each eight (8) yard dumpster, picked up three (3) times per week – $207.90

    16. For each eight (8) yard dumpster, picked up four (4) times per week – $277.20

    17. For each eight (8) yard dumpster, picked up five (5) times per week – $346.50

    18. For each eight (8) yard dumpster, picked up six (6) times per week – $415.80

    19. For each four (4) yard dumpster, extra pick up – $ 39.60

    20. For each six (6) yard dumpster, extra pick up – $59.40

    21. For each eight (8) yard dumpster, extra pick up – $79.20

(f) Other Service. Any other service shall be assessed and charged on an individual basis by virtue of the City of Water Valley’s Sanitation Department’s assessment of the volume and operational costs associated with said service. Furthermore, with regard to any establishment

contemplated by subsection (c) and (d) above which maintains its solid waste in separate locations on its premises, an additional charge will be assessed and levied by virtue of the City of Water Valley’s Sanitation Department’s assessment by volume, inconvenience and operational costs. For the purposes of this subsection, the term “separate locations” shall mean locations located more than ten (10) feet from each other. In the event of any suspected abuse of the assessment provisions of this amendment or the spirit and intent of same so that the fees paid by a recipient of solid waste collection disposal services are insufficient as it relates to the solid waste collection disposal services provided to the customer by the City of Water Valley , the City of Water Valley, by and through its Sanitation Department, may assess and collect such additional charges as may be determined by assessing the volume of the associated solid waste collection and the operational costs and expenses associated with same.

    This amendment only relates to and affects Section 24 of the Water Valley Solid Waste Management Ordinance, as amended. All other parts of said ordinance, as amended, shall remain in full force and effect.

    The foregoing amendment, having first been reduced to writing, read and considered, was adopted in whole on motion first made by Alderman Fred White, and seconded by Alderman

Donald Gray, and upon a vote of the Aldermen as follows:

Alderman Donald Gray  voting Aye.

Alderman Bobby Cox voting Aye.

Alderman Fred White voting Aye.

Alderman Phillip Tallant voting Aye.

Alderman Larry Bell voting Aye.

    The Mayor thereupon declared said ordinance to be duly adopted on this the 1st  day of March, 2011.

/s/ Larry Hart
Mayor, City of Water Valley, Mississippi

Attest:
/s/ Vivian S. Snider
City Clerk, City of Water Valley, Mississippi

CERTIFICATE

    I, Vivian Snider, Clerk of the City of Water Valley, Mississippi, certify that the above and foregoing amendment was, on the 1st  day of March, 2011, in a regular scheduled Board meeting, adopted by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Water Valley, Mississippi, as a whole, after having been first reduced to writing and read and thereafter considered.

    Witness my hand and seal of the City of Water Valley, Mississippi on this the 1st  day of March, 2011.

/s/ Vivian Snider

City Clerk