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SECTION 2. This Orditmnce shall take effect and be in force from
and after its passage and approval.
Passed 10/6158 -.r- Approved _10_1_10158
Arthur W. Ellis /s/ Arthur W. Ellis s
President of the Council Mayor
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City Treasurer
ORDINANCE NO. 6656
AN ORDINANCE TO APPROPRIATE MONEY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, 1958
BE IT ORDAINED BY. THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated out of any money.. in the
City Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the following:
REVENUE FUND
For the purpose of paying the salaries of
elective and Appointive officers, the
sumof------------------------------------------------$20,700.00
For the purpose of paying City Engineer,
foruse of car, the sum of----------------------------$---------
For the purpose of paying City Marshal, for
useof car, the sum of-------------------------rr-----$-----r---
Advance Collectors commissions--------------------------$ 500.00
Advance Assessors commissions---------------------------$ 200.00
VEHICLE FUND
For the purpose of paying weekly wages of
laborers, freight andincidentals under
the Street Commissioner, the sum of-------------------$ 6,000.00
TRAFFIC AND VEHICLE FUND
For the purpose of paying the salary of
Street Commissioner and Traffic Orricers,
thesum if--------------------------------------------$ 39570.00
For the purpose of paying weekly wages of
laborers, freight and incidentals under
the Street Commissioner, the sum of-------------------$ 6,000.00
SECTION 2. - This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from
and after its passage and approval.
Passed 10/6/58 Approved .10/10/58
Arthur W. ElliF s Arthur W. Ellis s
President of the Council Mayor
0. K.
City Treasurer
ORDINANCE NO. 6657
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCES NUMBERS 3432, 3725, 4277 AND 5985
OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, RELATING TO GARBAGE, COLLECTION kND
DISPOSITION OF SAME, LICENSES, EQUIPMENT AND THE INSPECTION THEREOF,
AND THE BURNING OF .GARBAGE, AND ENACTING A NEW ORDINANCE REGULATING
THE COLLECTION, TRANSPORTATION AND DISPOSITION OF GARBAGE, RATES
TO BE CHARGED, SERVICES TO BE RENDERED, AND OTHER MATTERS, AND
PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATIONS THEREOF.
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IBE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI,
S FOLLOWS:
,Section 1. Ree2eal Clause. Ordinances numbered 3432 (being Section
ii778-781 R.O. of the City of Jefferson, 1956) , 3725 (being Sections
782-785 R.O. of the City of Jefferson, 1956) , 4277 (being Sections
786-789 R.O. of the City of Jefferson, Missouri, 1956) , and 5985
(being Section 1290 R.O. of the City of Jefferson, 1956) be and
the same are hereby repealed.
Section 2. Statutory Authority. Pursuant to Sections 71.680 - 71.M.
and Sections 64.460 64.487 Revised Statutes of Missouri, the
provisions of this ordinance are hereby enacted to control and
regulate adequately the collection, transportation, disposal,
burning and storage of garbage, trash and refuse within this city.
Section 3. Definitions. The following, words and phrases, when the
appeal within this ordinance, shall have the following meaning:
(a) Person - "Person" shall mean any person, partnership,
association or corporation.
(b) City - "City" shall mean the City of Jefferson, Missouri
(c) Contractors - "Contractor" shall mean the person who is
obligated under a contract with the City to perform services under
the authority of this ordinance.
(d) Garbage - "Garbage" shall mean all putrescible animal
and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation,
cooking and consumption of food.
(e) Trash - "Trash" shall mean paper, empty food and drink
containers, cans, bottles, glass and crockery.
(f) Refuse - "Refuse" shall mean such items as boxes, wood,
construction or repair debris, grass and shrubbery cuttings, tree
limbs, and other normal home or yard refuse, but does not include
garbage or trash.
Section 4. Contract Authority. The Mayor and City Clerk of the
city are hereby authorized and directed to execute a contract on
behalf of the. City with the person, hereinafter termed the
contractor, who has submitted the lowest and best bid, in the
judgment of the City Council, for the collection, transportation an
disposal of the garbage, trash and refuse from premises within the
city. Such contract shall contain such provisions as shall be
hereinafter mentioned in this ordinance and such other provisions
as may be mutually agreeable to the parties.
Section 5. Exclusive franchise, term, extension thereof, and
exceptions thereto. (A) . The contractor shall be given a sole
and exclusive contract to collect, transport and dispose of all
garbage, trash and refuse from premises located within the city.
Said contract shall be for a term of five years commencing October
1, 1958 and terminating September 30, 1963, provided that the
contract shall be renewed for an additional perioed of five years
unlebs either party gives notice in writing to the other party of
its intention not tdextend said contract before March 31, 1963.
(b) . Any person presently, or hereafter to be, engaged in tie
eollection of paper, cardboard and other paper products for the
purpose of resale or reuse, shall be permitted to conduct said
business. (c) Any person owing or occupying premises within
this city may personally collect, remove, transport and dispose of
his own garbage, trash or refuse from said premises if, in so
! doing, no nuisance is caused or maintained.
iSection 6. License Fee. (a) . The contractor shall pay an annual
fee of $50.00 to the City Collector between October 1st and 15th
of each year during the effective term of the contract for a
license to operate the business. (b) . In addition, within the same
period and at the same time, the contractor shall pay annually a
license fee in the amount of $10.00 dollars for each truck used in
the collection and transportation of garbage, trash and refuse from
premises within this city.
Section 7. Bond. The contractor shall post a corporate surety bon
in the amount of $5,000.00 with the city clerk, which bond, by its
terms, shall guarantee to the city the full and faithful performance
by the contractor of his obligations under the terms of the contract
Said bond shall be executed in favor of the city and must be
approved by the Mayor and the City Council of the city.
Section 8. Indemnification of city, . insurance requirements. (a) . Me
contractor shall indemnify and hold harmless the city from any and
all obligations, claims, demands, actions, suits, cuase of action, j dgments,
or damages resulting from performance of the contract by the
contractor, his agents, servants or employees.
(b) Contractor shall take out and maintain in force Workmen's
Compensation Insurance covering all of his employees. Contractor
shall take out and maintain in force Public Liability and Property
Damage insurance in the minimum amounts of $50,000.00 one person -
$100,00.00 one accident and $10,000.00 property damage covering all
vehicles and equipment operated in performance of the contract.
Contractor' s insurance carrier shall be required to file with the
City Clerk a certificate of insurance showing the aforementioned
coverages, and said certificate shall provide that it will be
on-cancellable unless ten days notice of intent to cancel said
coverage is given to the City.
Section 9. County License. If the County Court of the County in
which the contractor' s disposal area is located has adopted the
provisions of Sections 64.460 to 64.487 R. S. Missouri, contractor
shall be required to obtain a license from said County Court to
operate and maintain his disposal area.
Section 10. Disposal Area Operation. Contractor shall operate his
disposal area by the method known as the "Sanitary Landfill" method,
and he shall observe and comply with all rules and all regulations
promulgated by the Board of Health of the State of Missouri in
connection therewith under, the authority of Section 64.477 R. S.
Missouri.
Section 11. Charges for service, residential.
(a) The rate to be charged during the term of said contract,
or any extension thereof, to residential users of the contractor' s
services shall be as follows;
1. $1.50 per month for each single family residence for
collection of garbage, trash or both, not to exceed
30 gallons per collection. .
2. $0.90 per month for each family residing in a
multiple family residence for collection of garbage,
trash or both, not to exceed 30 gallons per collection.
(b) Contractor shall agree that no increase in rates for these
services shall be charged without first obtaining the prior approval
and consent to the increased rates from the City Council.
Section 12. Charges for service, commercial, appeals.
(a) Contractor shall charge a reasonable rate, which shall
be agreed upon by the contractor and the patron, to hospitals,
otels, taverns, restaurants, grocery stores, drug stores, meat
markets, clubs, churches, schools, stores, shops, factories, offices
industrial plants and all other commercial or business premises for
the collection, transportation and disposal of their garbage, trash
and refuse, taking into consideration the proposed frequency of
service, loading conditions, and the weight, size and type of
materials involved.
(b) In the event a reasonable charge cannot be agreed upon
by contractor and the patron, either party may appeal to an appeal
board to consist of the five council members of the city who are
on the City Board of Health fox, a determination of a proper and
Ilreasonable charge. The appeal board shall take into consideration
lthe same factorm mentioned above and in addition thereto shall
-consider the rates charged to other commercial users. The decision
lof the appeal board shall be final.
+ Section 13. Frequency of collections.
(a) Contractor shall provide at least two collections per week
for residential users of his services. These collections shall be
so spaced so that at least seventy two hours will intervene
between collections for the same patron.
(b) Contractor shall make such extra or additional collections
for residential users as requested for which contractor shall be
entitled to make a reasonable charge to be negotiated with the
patron requesting the service.
(c) Collections shall be made daily, except Sunday, for all
commercial users of said service if requested or needed.
Section 14. Collection of rates charged.
(a) The contractor shall be solely responsible for the
collection of all charges made to patrons of his services.
(b) The charges authorized herein may be made or collected
monthly or quarterly in advance of the rendition of the service
if the contractor should so elect, and in every case in which
the contractor shall request payment of his charge in advance, he
shall not be obligated to render such service to any patron or
applicant therefor until after such charge shall be paid by such
patron or applicant. Nothing shall prevent the contractor from
collecting charges in advance from some of his patrons and
making different arrangements for payments by other patrons.
Section 15. Office to be maintained. Contractor shall maintain an
office within the city, equipped with a telephone therein, and
staffed with an employee between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p. .
Mondays through Fridays inclusive of each week and between the hour
of 8:00 a.m. and 12:OO. noon on Saturday of each week, for the
purpose of giving information of the nature of contractor' s
services and to collect charges.
Section 16. Use of disposal area by persons who are not patrons.
(a) Contractor shall keep his disposal area open to accept
the garbage, trash and refuse from premises within the city as
same be privately transported, by residents of the City from time
to time between Monday morning and Saturday noon of each week.
(b) Contractor shall permit residents of the City to transport
and dump their own garbage, trash and refuse in his disposal
area upon payment of a reasonable charge to be agreed upon by the
contractor and the resident, said charge to be based upon the size,
weight and type of materials involved.
Section 17. Operations of others prohibited. No person other
than the contractor, or his employees, shall collect, transport
and dispose of garbage, trash and refuse from any place within
this city for any person, or, accept money or any other thing of
value for the removal of such garbage, trash or refuse of any
other person. No person having garbage, trash or refuse to be
disposed of shall engage, contract with or pay any one other than
the contractor, or his authorized representative, to collect,
transport and dispose of such garbage, trash and refuse.
Section 18. Garbage and trash cans use of and regulations concernling
(a) All garbage and trash placed outdoors in the City shall be
deposited and kept in either corrugated, galvanized metal or
durable plastic garbage containers, of a capacity not to exceed
thirty (30) gallons, equipped with suitable handles to facilitate
simple handling and emptying of the containers by the employees
of the contractor.
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(b) Said containers shall be watertight, equipped with lids
which fit with sufficient tightness to prevent the escape of
obnoxious odors, and the containers shall be tightly closed.
(c) Patrons shall provide their own containers, and where
there are two or more families residing in a multiple family
dwelling, there shall be a separate container for each family that
is a patron of the contractor.
(d).'.; No free water or other liquids shall be placed in the
containers except for purpose of cleaning same, and all garbage and
trash shall be drained of water and all other liquids before deposit
in the containers.
(e) Garbage and trash containers shall be kept at or to the
rear and outside of any dwelling or building of any patron, and
at such place which will permit contractor to have free, unobstructe
and reasonably convenient access thereto.
(f) No patron. of the contractor shall permit any garbage or
trash other than his own to be deposited within his container, and
no person shall deposit any garbage or trash in any container of
another person who shall be a patron of the contractor.
(g) Contractor shall have the right to refuse service to
any patron or applicant for service who fails to comply with the
requirements of this section of the ordinance.
Section 19. BurAing of garbage prohibited. No person shall burn
any garbage within this city.
Section 20. Dumping of trash or garbage prohibited. No. persons
shall dump or deposit any garbage or trash upon any lot, street,
alley, public or private property within this city; provided that
trash may be tempirarily placed on the property of the owner under
such conditions as will not create a nuisance.
Section 21. Contractor's equip
Ment.. The contractor shall provide,
operate and maintain suitable and adequate equipment for rendering
the services provided for in said contract. The truck or trucks
used in the collection and transportation of garbage and trash
shall have tight steel bodies and covers to prevent leakage and
spillage and the accumulation of flies. Said collection and
transportation services shall pe`performed in such a manner as will
hold leakage, spillage and fly accumulations to the minimum. The
inner and outer surfaces of the bodies of said vehicles shall be
painted and thoroughly washed and cleaned each day while used in
the collection service. The beds of the vehicles shall be enclosed.
The beds shall be kept closed as much as practicable under normal
operating circumstances.
Section 22. Location of disposal area. The location of the
contractor' s disposal area must be approved by the Council. The
disposal area shall not be relocated or changed without the
authorization and approval of the Council of the city.
Section 23. Transferability of the contract. The rights of the
contractor under the terms of this contract shall not be assigned or
transferred to any other person unless the permission of the City
Council is first obtained.
Section 24. Penalties . Any person violating any of the terms or
provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor ,
and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $1.00 nor
more than $100.00. Each day of a continuing violation shall be
deemed a separate and distinct offense.