HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011-064 6% Utility Tax Increase Implementation for 2012 - ContainersORDINANCE NO. 2011 -64
AN ORDINANCE relating to health and sanitation; concerning containers for and storage of
garbage and yard waste for collection by the City of Yakima, and
amending Section 4.16.140 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code
accordingly.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. Section 4.16.140 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"4.16.140 Classification of premises— Charges.
A. For the purpose of regulating the collection of garbage and refuse in
the city of Yakima there are established two classifications: one to be known as
the "residential classification," and the other as the "business classification." The
residential classification shall include all premises occupied as a single - family
housekeeping unit, either in dwelling houses, apartments, or other multiple
residences. "Residential unit" as used herein, is defined as a unit in which all
persons reside together as a single family, whether in single or multiple
dwellings. The business classification shall include all other premises.
Provided, property owned by the city may be served by city equipment
and crews independently of the classifications and rates established by this
chapter; provided further, the rules and regulations established by this chapter
pertaining to receptacles and to the preparation, storage, and collection of
garbage, refuse and debris shall be applicable to all property within the city,
including that owned by the city.
B. The collection of all refuse in the business classification shall be made
only by licensed collectors, hereinafter provided for, at rates to be set by the
Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission.
C. The collection of all refuse in the residential classification shall be
conducted by the City of Yakima equipment and personnel and financed by
garbage and refuse collection fees hereinafter set forth. The City of Yakima shall
not collect refuse from apartments or multiple units in excess of four units except
upon the request of the owner or operator thereof. The following collection fees
and practices shall apply for all garbage collection services conducted by the City
of Yakima.
1. There are hereby imposed for refuse collection in the residential
classification the following charges for each single - family dwelling and for each
residential unit in any multiple dwelling:
Average
Type of Residential Monthly Weekly
Refuse Collection Service Charge Charge
At Curb or Alley
Each 32- gallon cart $10.00 $2.31
An overfill fee of two dollars and thirty -five cents shall be imposed each time an automated cart
is filled past its visible full limit or the cart lid will not close due to overfilling.
A call -back charge of twelve dollars and six cents shall be imposed each time a customer
requests refuse collection service at a time other than the regularly scheduled time.
Metal bin service charges shall be as follows:
Average
Initial Delivery/Rental Fee
Type of Residential
Monthly
Weekly
Refuse Collection Service
Charge
Charge
Each 96- gallon cart
$17.02
$3.93
Carry-Out Collection
$81.75
$18.88
Each 32- gallon cart
$19.36
$4.47
Each 96- gallon cart
$28.10
$6.49
An overfill fee of two dollars and thirty -five cents shall be imposed each time an automated cart
is filled past its visible full limit or the cart lid will not close due to overfilling.
A call -back charge of twelve dollars and six cents shall be imposed each time a customer
requests refuse collection service at a time other than the regularly scheduled time.
Metal bin service charges shall be as follows:
An overfill fee of twelve dollars and twenty -six cents shall be imposed each time a bin is filled
past its visible full limit or the bin lid will not close due to overfilling.
Temporary 2 -Yard Bin Accounts:
Average
Initial Delivery/Rental Fee
Type of Residential Bin
Monthly
Weekly
Service
Charge
Charge
2 -Yard
Initial Delivery/Rental Fee
$65.39
Each bin, collected weekly
$81.75
$18.88
Each additional bin
$81.75
$18.88
Each additional pickup per bin
$49.02
$11.32
4 -Yard
Daily Service Fee
$0.75
Each bin, collected weekly
$130.77
$30.20
Each additional bin
$130.77
$30.20
Each additional pickup per bin
$98.03
$22.64
6 -Yard
Each bin, collected weekly
$179.82
$41.53
Each additional bin
$179.82
$41.53
Each additional pickup per bin
$147.09
$33.97
An overfill fee of twelve dollars and twenty -six cents shall be imposed each time a bin is filled
past its visible full limit or the bin lid will not close due to overfilling.
Temporary 2 -Yard Bin Accounts:
Initial Delivery/Rental Fee
$40.87
Pickup Charge
$10.22
Daily Service Fee
$0.34
Temporary 4 -Yard Bin Accounts:
Initial Delivery/Rental Fee
$65.39
Pickup Charge
$16.34
Daily Service Fee
$0.54
Temporary 6 -Yard Bin Accounts:
Initial Delivery/Rental Fee
$89.91
Pickup Charge
$22.48
Daily Service Fee
$0.75
2. In addition to the charges imposed by subsection (C)(1) of this section, a separate
charge, to be known as the "yard service charge," is imposed on each residential unit that
elects to receive yard material collection service from the city during the nine -month period
of each year commencing March 1 st and ending November 30th. Such service shall utilize
one sixty- four - gallon cart or one or more ninety- six - gallon carts owned and provided by the
city. The yard service charges shall be as follows:
The appropriate charge shall be billed to each residential unit that elects to receive this
service at the time and as a part of the billings rendered for other city services applicable
for that nine -month period. A call -back charge of twelve dollars and six cents shall be
imposed each time a customer requests yard material collection service at a time other
than the regularly scheduled time.
3. All of the charges for garbage and refuse collection provided in subsections (C)(1)
and (C)(2) of this section shall be billed for and paid at the same time and for the same
period as billings and payments are made for other city utility services; or, in the event a
customer is served by the refuse division but is not served with another city utility, garbage
and refuse collection charges shall be billed and paid for according to the schedule which
would be applicable to such customer were he so served with another city utility service.
Accounts shall become delinquent if not paid within the time specified by YMC 7.50.080
for payment of water service charges.
4. Garbage and refuse collection charges will be suspended for any customer upon
advance notice to the office of the division of utility accounts that a particular premises
served will be unoccupied and such charges will be resumed on notice to such office to
resume service. No such suspension of charges for garbage and refuse collection service
will be made for any premises served with any other city utility unless all city utility service
to such premises is likewise suspended.
Application for resumption of service to a new customer shall be made to the office of the
division of utility accounts on forms provided for that purpose which shall contain the name
of the customer and the street address and number of units of the premises to be served.
5. Collection service may be suspended for nonpayment of accounts, but such
suspension shall not relieve the person owing such account from the duty of complying
with the provisions of this chapter or other ordinances pertaining to garbage, refuse, or
sanitation. Such suspension of service shall render the premises where such collection
service is suspended subject to condemnation for lack of sanitary requirements, and the
owner or person in charge or in possession of said premises shall be subject to
prosecution for maintaining a nuisance thereon, as well as enforcement of all other
applicable laws.
6. Upon failure to pay such charges and upon delinquency, the amount thereof shall
become a lien against the property from which the garbage collection service shall have
been rendered. Such lien shall be made effective by filing a notice thereof specifying the
Average
Type of Residential Yard
Monthly
Weekly
Waste Service
Charge
Charge
Each 64- gallon cart
$7.01
$1.62
Each 96- gallon cart
$12.82
$2.96
Each additional 96- gallon cart
$6.41
$1.48
The appropriate charge shall be billed to each residential unit that elects to receive this
service at the time and as a part of the billings rendered for other city services applicable
for that nine -month period. A call -back charge of twelve dollars and six cents shall be
imposed each time a customer requests yard material collection service at a time other
than the regularly scheduled time.
3. All of the charges for garbage and refuse collection provided in subsections (C)(1)
and (C)(2) of this section shall be billed for and paid at the same time and for the same
period as billings and payments are made for other city utility services; or, in the event a
customer is served by the refuse division but is not served with another city utility, garbage
and refuse collection charges shall be billed and paid for according to the schedule which
would be applicable to such customer were he so served with another city utility service.
Accounts shall become delinquent if not paid within the time specified by YMC 7.50.080
for payment of water service charges.
4. Garbage and refuse collection charges will be suspended for any customer upon
advance notice to the office of the division of utility accounts that a particular premises
served will be unoccupied and such charges will be resumed on notice to such office to
resume service. No such suspension of charges for garbage and refuse collection service
will be made for any premises served with any other city utility unless all city utility service
to such premises is likewise suspended.
Application for resumption of service to a new customer shall be made to the office of the
division of utility accounts on forms provided for that purpose which shall contain the name
of the customer and the street address and number of units of the premises to be served.
5. Collection service may be suspended for nonpayment of accounts, but such
suspension shall not relieve the person owing such account from the duty of complying
with the provisions of this chapter or other ordinances pertaining to garbage, refuse, or
sanitation. Such suspension of service shall render the premises where such collection
service is suspended subject to condemnation for lack of sanitary requirements, and the
owner or person in charge or in possession of said premises shall be subject to
prosecution for maintaining a nuisance thereon, as well as enforcement of all other
applicable laws.
6. Upon failure to pay such charges and upon delinquency, the amount thereof shall
become a lien against the property from which the garbage collection service shall have
been rendered. Such lien shall be made effective by filing a notice thereof specifying the
charges, the period covered by the charges and giving a legal description of the premises
at which the service was rendered. Such lien shall be filed with the same official and within
the time and shall be foreclosed within the time and manner prescribed by law for filing
and foreclosing liens for labor and material, and shall be superior to encumbrances filed
subsequent to the filing of such lien, but shall be subject to all general taxes and local
improvement assessments, whether levied prior or subsequent thereto.
D. The yard material collection service, for which the yard service charge is imposed by
subsection (C)(2) of this section, shall include the weekly collection of yard material from
automated sixty- four - gallon or ninety- six - gallon carts furnished by the city department of public
works during the nine -month period for which the yard service charge is billed to any particular
premises. For collection purposes, the total weight of each cart including yard material
deposited therein may not exceed two hundred pounds. Yard material larger than four inches in
diameter or too long to fit within a yard waste cart when covered by its lid shall not be placed in
a cart for collection, but may, upon proper request, be collected as special haul material.
E. In addition to the regulations adopted and charges imposed by subsections C and D of this
section, further charges are imposed in the following types of service:
1. A charge of two dollars and thirty -five cents, in addition to the surcharge for collecting
refuse and yard material, shall be made for each extra container, bag, box or bundle of
tree or shrub trimmings, collected from any particular residential premises.
2. For a special garbage pickup, actual cost shall be charged to the customer.
Actual cost shall include the city's actual cost for labor, equipment rental, and
landfill fees. The minimum charge for this service shall be twenty -five dollars."
Section 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect 30 days after its passage,
approval, and publication as provided by law and by the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this 13th day of December,
2011.
Micah Cawley, May,
ATTEST: __40mve—
Deborah Kloster,-City CI T, F 1
Publication Date: December 16, 20
Effective Date: January 15, 2012
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BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDA STATEMENT
Item No.
For Meeting of: December 13, 2011
ITEM TITLE: Ordinances enacting rate adjustments in the various utilities to
implement a 6% increase in the utility tax per Ordinance No. 2011 -59
approved December 6, 2011
SUBMITTED BY: Michael Morales, Assistant City Manager, 575 -6040
CONTACT Dave Brown, Water & Irrigation Manager, 575 -6204
PERSON /TELEPHONE: Nancy Fortier, Refuse and Recycling Manager, 576 -6421
Scott Schafer, Wastewater Division Manager, 249 -6815
SUMMARY EXPLANATION:
A. Ordinance Adjusting Water Rates. On December 6, 2011 Council approved an increase in the Utility tax. The
utility tax is part of the water rate. An ordinance is attached that increases the water rate to include the additional
utility tax bringing the rate to 20 %. This increase of 6% is $440,000 per year. So this amount can be collected,
the ready to serve charge has been increased by $3.91 for the two month billing period, or $1.96 per month or
$23.46 per year.
B. Ordinance amending the Yakima Municipal Code, Chapter 4.16 relating to 2012 Refuse rates. The City
Council approval of a Utility tax increase from 9% to 15% for the Refuse Division will require a rate increase for
all refuse services. This increase of 6% will be approximately $306,500 annually. The attached ordinance
contains revisions to Section 4.16.140 of the Yakima Municipal Code and includes a 6% rate adjustment on
residential automate refuse service, bin service, extra refuse charges and yard waste collection.
C.Ordinance adjusting wastewater rates. City Council has directed staff to increase the Utility Tax by 6 %. This
equates to just over $970,000 per year to be contributed to the General Fund from Wastewater. This increase
has been incorporated into the Ready -to -Serve charge and will increase such charge by $3.45 per month or
$6.90 per billing period.
Resolution Ordinance X Other (specify)
Contract: Mail to:
Contract Term: Amount: Expiration Date:
Insurance Required? No
Funding
Source: Phone:
APPROVED FOR
SUBMITTAL: �'�'��i � City Manager
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STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
BOARD /COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
ATTACHMENTS:
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❑ Water rate ordinance -- clean version
❑ Water rate ordinance track change version
[11 Refuse rate revision clean version
❑ Refuse rate revision track change
❑ WW revision clean
1:1 WW revision Track changes
C] Ordinance 2011 -59
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