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BILL N0. 12-56 ORDINANCE N0.
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING UTILITY RATES FOR
THE CITY OF CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI, BY
AMENDING CHAPTER 22 RELATING TO SOLID WASTE
FEES; EFFECTIVE FOR BILLS ISSUED AFTER JULY
1, 2012
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAPE
GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS:
ARTICLE 1 . Section 22-39 (b) of the Code of Ordinances of
the City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, relating to "Disposal of
waste; fee", reading as follows :
Sec. 22-39 (b) . Disposal of waste; fee.
(b) Haulers who dispose of less than twenty (20) tons
of solid waste per week at the city disposal
facility shall pay a rate of Fifty Dollars and
Twenty-five Cents ($50 . 25) per ton plus fuel
surcharge, if applicable . The applicable fee
shall be increased by Twenty-five Dollars
($25 . 00) for each load that is not properly
covered or secured in accordance with state and
local law. Private haulers who regularly use the
disposal facility and who regularly dispose of
more than twenty (20) tons of solid waste per
week at the city disposal facility shall have a
rate established by contract based on the
operating costs . The charge per ton will be
increased when the previous week' s average per
gallon diesel fuel price exceeds Two Dollars and
Seventy-five Cents ($2 . 75) . The charge will be
increased by one hundred eighty percent (1800) of
the difference between the previous week' s
average per gallon diesel fuel price and Two
Dollars and Seventy-five Cents ($2 . 75) . All
surcharges will be rounded up to the next cent .
Average per gallon diesel fuel costs will be the
U . S. average as published by the U . S . Energy
Information Administration.
i$s_ '4h'ereb& °re �ea'led =i�r_its se=ntz'ret' , and a new Section 22-39 (b)
is hereby enacted in lieu there, in words and figures, to read
as follows :
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Sec. 22-39 (b) . Disposal of waste; fee.
(b) Haulers who dispose of less than twenty (20) tons
of solid waste per week at the city disposal
facility shall pay a rate of Fifty-two Dollars
and Twenty-five Cents ($52 . 25) per ton plus fuel
surcharge, if applicable . The applicable fee
shall be increased by Twenty-five Dollars
($25 . 00) for each load that is not properly
covered or secured in accordance with state and
local law. Private haulers who regularly use the
disposal facility and who regularly dispose of
more than twenty (20) tons of solid waste per
week at the city disposal facility shall have a
rate established by contract based on the
operating costs . The charge per ton will be
increased when the previous week' s average per
gallon diesel fuel price exceeds Two Dollars and
Seventy-five Cents ($2 . 75) . The charge will be
increased by one hundred eighty percent (1800) of
the difference between the previous week' s
average per gallon diesel fuel price and Two
Dollars and Seventy-five Cents ($2 . 75) . All
surcharges will be rounded up to the next cent .
Average per gallon diesel fuel costs will be the
U . S . average as published by the U. S . Energy
Information Administration .
ARTICLE 2 . Section 22-47 of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, relating to "Residential solid
waste collection fees", reading as follows :
Sec. 22-47 . Residential solid waste collection fees .
(a) Basic monthly charge. The basic monthly solid
waste collection fee for residential customers
shall be sixteen dollars and seventy-five cents
($16 . 75) per month per dwelling unit . Residential
back door service may be provided on a contract
basis subject to fees based on the additional
operating costs associated with providing such
service . Such basic charge shall include the
following services :
(1) Collection of all waste or recycling in the
city-provided containers .
(2) Bulk waste collection program.
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(3) Fall leaf collection program.
(b) Additional container. Customers who receive a
second sixty-four ( 64) gallon container for solid
waste storage and collection shall pay an
additional sixteen dollars and seventy-five cents
($16 . 75) per month per dwelling unit plus the
basic monthly charge established in this section.
lishe_re'b„y, �:re Baled_ %n „ tsentziret `, and a new Section 22-47 is
hereby enacted in lieu there, in words and figures, to read as
follows :
Sec. 22-47 . Residential solid waste collection fees .
(a) Basic monthly charge. The basic monthly solid
waste collection fee for residential customers
shall be seventeen dollars and fifty cents
($17 . 50) per month per dwelling unit . Residential
back door service may be provided on a contract
basis subject to fees based on the additional
operating costs associated with providing such
service . Such basic charge shall include the
following services :
(1) Collection of all waste or recycling in the
city-provided containers .
(2) Bulk waste collection program.
(3) Fall leaf collection program.
(b) Additional container. Customers who receive a
second sixty-four (64 ) gallon container for solid
waste storage and collection shall pay an
additional seventeen dollars and fifty cents
($17 . 50) per month per dwelling unit plus the
basic monthly charge established in this section.
ARTICLE 3 . If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held
invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent
jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct
and independent provision and such holding shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portions hereof .
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ARTICLE 4 . It is the intention of the governing body and
it is hereby ordained that the provisions of this ordinance
shall become and be made a part of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and the sections of this Code
may be renumbered to accomplish such intention.
ARTICLE S . This ordinance shall be in full force and
effect ten days after its passage and approval .
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS / DAY OF (,v►1,� 2012 .
y E. edi er, Mayor
ATTEST: Fi Pi
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Ga e L. Conrad
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City Clerk ,`'r j` / r '
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