Ukiah Municipal Code Art. 5 Contract for Collection and Disposal of Refuse

The City may enter into a contract for the disposal of collection of refuse, garbage and for rubbish for a period not to exceed fifteen (15) years, subject to the terms and conditions of this Chapter. If in the determination of the City Council said contractor or contractors shall have satisfactorily performed such contract or contracts, the City Council, without inviting bids or proposals therefor and without giving notice of its intention to do so, may, either prior to or after the expiration of any such contract, extend or renew the same for such a period and on such terms and conditions as the City Council shall or if the collection contract shall so provide deem necessary and appropriate, and shall permit such an extension by the contractor on such terms and conditions as the collection agreement shall provide.

(Ord. 490, § X, adopted 1955; Ord. 1132, § 1, adopted 2011)

A contract for the collection of garbage, refuse and rubbish within the City may contain provisions setting forth the collection services the contractor will provide, the charges for performing the services, an exclusive franchise for the collection of all refuse, garbage or rubbish and the right to transport same on City streets, requirements for the use of a local office, insurance and performance and payment bond requirements, and any other provisions related to waste collection services deemed by the City Council necessary or useful to assure the safe and efficient collection and disposition of solid waste within the City.

(Ord. 490, § X(1-9), adopted 1955; amd. by Ord. 605, § 16, adopted 1970; Ord. 660, § 5, adopted 1974; Ord. 1132, § 1, adopted 2011)

In lieu of awarding and executing the contract provided for in this Article, the City may, either by the use of its own forces and equipment, or by any other means appropriate, include hiring, rental, leasing, contract or subcontract, undertake to provide any or all of the services provided in this Chapter to be performed by contractor.

In the event that City exercises its rights under this Section to perform any or all of the services required of contractor, then City shall have all of the rights and be subject to all of the duties of contractor, and the name of the City shall be substituted for contractor wherever the latter appears in this Chapter.

(Ord. 556, § 3, adopted 1963)

No person not the contractor or the City shall for hire or other remuneration collect or dispose of or engage in the business of collecting or disposing of any refuse, rubbish or garbage from or within the corporate limits of the City, except as may be allowed in a collection contract approved by the City Council.

(Ord. 556, § 3, adopted 1963; Ord. 1132, § 1, adopted 2011)