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DECEMBER 10, 2013 13-572 ORDINANCE
FIRST READING
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PURPOSE: AMEND SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL ORDINANCE FOR SPECIAL
PRE-PAID PICK-UP ITEMS TO INCLUDE FEES WITHIN FEE
SCHEDULE (STAFF RECOMMENDS WAIVING THE RULES &
ADOPTING ON FIRST READING)
INITIATED BY: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
A GENERAL ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF OSHKOSH AMENDING SECTION 23-
9(L)(1)&(2) SPECIAL PREPAID FEES RELATED TO PICK-UP OF LARGE AND OTHER
SPECIAL PICK-UP ITEMS. FEES WILL BE MOVED TO A SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL
FEE SCHEDULE WHICH WILL BE ESTABLISHED BY RESOLUTION ON AN ANNUAL
BASIS.
The Common Council of the City of Oshkosh does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. That Chapter 23, Solid Waste Disposal, Sections 23-9(L)(1)&(2) of the
Oshkosh Municipal Code pertaining to pick-up of large and other items requiring special
prepaid fees is hereby amended to read as follows:
SECTION 23-9 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
(L) Items Requiring Special Prepaid Fees for Collection:
(1) Appliances and other items containing metal which include but are not limited
to engines, car parts, swing sets, piping, springs, lawn mowers, and bicycles
which require special arrangements for pick-up must be kept separate from all
other solid waste. No person, property owner, or occupant or person in
charge of the property shall place such items for pick-up and disposal by the
City unless the person has previously arranged for a special pick-up of such
items by payment in person to the City Treasurer at City Hall. Fees will be
established by resolution.
(2) Large items, which include but are not limited to: mattresses, box springs, hide-
a-beds, upholstered furniture such as couches, davenports, love seats,
recliners, chairs, kitchen and dining room tables, desks, entertainment centers
and other entertainment consoles, dressers, vanities, chest-of-drawers and
similar furniture, head boards and objects larger than three-foot by three-foot by
three-foot, which require special arrangements for pick-up must be kept
DECEMBER 10, 2013 13 -572 ORDINANCE
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separate from all other solid waste. No person, property owner, or occupant or
person in charge of the property shall place such items for pick -up and
disposal by the City unless the person has previously arranged for a special
pick -up of such items by payment in person to the City Treasurer at City Hall.
Fees will be established by resolution.
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect on and after January 1,
2014.
SECTION 3. Publication Notice.
Please take notice that the City of Oshkosh enacted ordinance #13 -XXX (A
GENERAL ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF OSHKOSH ON SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL
REPEALING AND AMENDING SECTIONS 23- 9(L)(1) & (2) on December 10, 2013. The
ordinance removes the prepaid fees for collection of large and other special pick -up items
from the ordinance and moves them to a fee schedule established by resolution.
The full text of the ordinance may be obtained at the Office of the City Clerk, 215
Church Avenue and through the City's website at www.ci.oshkosh.wi.us Clerk's phone:
9201236 -5011.
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the Common Council
FROM: Lynn A. Lorenson, City Attorney
DATE: December 5, 2013
RE: Amend Solid Waste Disposal Ordinance for Special Pre -paid Pick -up Items to
include Fees within Fee Schedule
BACKGROUND
Certain Fees for Collection of Large and Special Items are specified within Section 23 -9 of the
City's Municipal Code. In order to facilitate review of fees annually, to standardize the treatment
of fees across departments and divisions and to make listings of various city fees more easily
accessible, the City has been removing fees from various sections of the ordinances and
creating fee schedules for various departments and activities. While most of the fees for
collection of solid waste and recyclables have already been moved to a fee schedule, upon
reviewing Chapter 23 it was discovered that there were fees for special pick -ups still not
included in the general fee schedule. The proposed ordinance will amend the municipal code to
allow these fees to be included in the fee schedule for solid waste and recycling charges.
ANALYSIS
The proposed ordinance does not change the fees for special pick -ups. It simply removes the
fees from the ordinance so that they may be incorporated into the fee schedule'with other fees
related to the collection of solid waste and recycling.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact to the proposed ordinance.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the ordinance on first reading to allow these fees to be
incorporated into the annual fee schedule also being adopted at the December 10 Council
meeting.
Res ectfully Submitted,
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City Attorney
Approved:
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Mark A. Rohloff
City Manager
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