File #: RES-57:2010    Version: 1 Name: Increase in garbage rates
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 6/17/1957 In control: City Council
On agenda: Final action: 6/17/1957
Title: RESOLUTION APPROVING OF THE $1.25 RATE PER DWELLING FOR GARBAGE PICKUP
Indexes: Policy - creation/amendment
Related files: MIN-57:14, ORD-48:018

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RESOLUTION APPROVING OF THE $1.25 RATE PER DWELLING FOR GARBAGE PICKUP

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WHEREAS, Section 18 of Ordinance No. 778 being entitled “An Ordinance providing for the collection of garbage and refuse in the City of Jonesboro, providing for the inspection of premises, fixing a schedule of fees for said services, providing for penalty for the violation hereof, and for all other purposes,” provides that the City Council have the power to reduce or increase the fees for garbage service by resolution adopted at any regular meeting of said City Council, and

 

WHEREAS, the present fee schedule does not provide adequate income to defray the expense of such service, and

 

WHEREAS, the present fee schedule inadequate, discriminatory and not uniform;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of Jonesboro that effective July 1, 1957, and thereafter the fees to be charged and paid for the collection and disposal of garbage shall be on a monthly basis, payable in advance at the rate of One and 25/100 ($1.25) for each dwelling house, apartment, or one family unit regardless of size of house, number of rooms or number of members in the family.

 

PASSED and ADOPTED this 17th day of June, 1957.