The request is for City Council conduct a first reading of Ordinance No. 2017-2111 in respect to collection hours and days and additionally providing for the required collection of refuse for property owners within the city.

The purpose of this agenda item is twofold.  First to amend the collection hours and days portion of Section 10-25 of the City’s Code of Ordinances to include the pick-up of recyclable materials on Wednesdays.  The reason that this change is being proposed is to conform with the long standing practice of Progressive Waste Solutions, whom incidentally is the company with the highest number of residential customers in the city. 

The second change is in response to the fact that there are a significant number of properties located within the city that do not subscribe to the services of a refuse collection agency.  In as such that uncollected refuse is a detriment to public health, staff believes it is necessary to require property owners and/or occupants to enter into an agreement for the disposal of waste from their property with a refuse collection agency.  Therefore, the attached ordinance is being recommended for your consideration.