Ordinance 1993-42
ORDINANCE NO. 93 - 42
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING FEES FOR
THE RESIDENTIAL AND NON-RESIDENTIAL COLLECTION OF GARBAGE,
TRASH, BRUSH AND RECYCLABLE MATERIALS; AMENDING SECTION 9 OF
APPENDIX A TO THE WYLIE CITY CODE; AMENDING PORTIONS OF
ORDINANCE 92-4 AND FURTHER REPEALING ALL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES;
CONTAINING A PENALTY CLAUSE; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, the City has renegotiated its contract for solid waste refuse service with its
current contractor Browning-Ferris Industries (BPI); and,
WHEREAS, the new agreement with BFI provides for changes in rates to City for certain
services, including a reduction in rates for residential services; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the rates the City is charging its customers
for refuse services should be adjusted to reflect the prices which the City will be paying to BFI;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WYLIE, TEXAS, as follows:
SECTION I
That Section 9 of Appendix A to the Wylie City Code be, and it hereby is, amended as
follows:
Section 9.01(a) The rate for residential services is changed from $10.55 to $10.86 per
month.
Section 9.01(c) The rate for each unit of a single family detached or duplex (not master
metered) is changed from $10.55 per month to $10.86 per month.
Section 9.01(d) The rates for Duplex, Multi-family, Trailer Park are changed from
$10.55 per month to $10.86 per month; and the rate for residential unit (utility customer
outside City) is changed from $13.10 to $13.57 per month.
Section 9.02(a) The rate for less than five bags per week is changed from $18.91 per
month to $15.72 per week.
Section 9. 02(b) The rate for five to eight bags per week is changed from $35.15 to 29.18
per week.
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per week.
Section 9. 02( c) The rate for nine to twelve bags per week is changed from $51.30 to
42.64 per week.
Section 9.03 Special Charges: The charge for a return check is changed from $15.00 to
$15.20; and the per month rental rate for roll off containers is deleted.
SECTION II
In the event of non payment of charges for the above services City shall have the right to
deny further service to such non paying person or customer.
SECTION III
Should any paragraph, sentence, sub-division, clause, phrase or section of this ordinance be
adjudged or held to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid the same shall not affect the validity
of this ordinance as a whole or any part or provision thereof, other than the part or parts as
declared to be invalid, illegal, or unconstitutional.
SECTION IV
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption by the City
Council and publication of its caption as the law and the City Charter provide in such cases.
SECTION V
That all other ordinances and code provisions in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the
extent of any such conflict or inconsistency and all other provisions of the Wylie City Code not
in conflict herewith shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION VI
The repeal of any ordinance, of parts thereof, by the enactment of this Ordinance, shall not
be construed as abandoning any action now pending under or by virtue of such ordinance; nor
shall it have the effect of discontinuing, abating, modifying or altering any penalty accruing or
to accrue, nor as effecting any rights of the municipality under any section or provisions of any
ordinances at the time of passage of this ordinance.
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DULY PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Wylie, Texas, this
14th day of September, 1993.
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1 W. Akin
: ayor
ATTEST: 1i~ 1~U
Mary Nichols
City Secretary
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