DATE: October 14, 2009
TO: Town Council
FROM: Rich Kehoe
Town Council Chair
RE: Tuesday, October 20, 2009
In accordance with Section 3.3(a) of the Town Charter, a Special Meeting of the Town Council will be held as follows:
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
7:00 p.m.
Town Council Chambers
The purpose of the meeting is to hear public comment regarding the proposed revisions to the East Hartford Code of Ordinances as follows:
Section 16-5, subsection (h) entitled, “Condominium Association Residential Municipal Solid Waste Collection”.
Condominium Association Residential Municipal Solid Waste Collection Ordinance
(October 1, 2009)
Section 16-5 of the Code of Ordinances of the Town of East Hartford is amended by adding a new subsection (h) as follows:
(h) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the town may provide residential municipal solid waste collection and disposal for a condominium association of not more than twenty dwelling units where the percentage of owner-occupied units is less than fifty percent if: (1) the association enters into a contract with the town for such services on an annual basis, beginning July 1st and ending June 30th, and pays an annual fee equal to an amount determined by the Finance Director to be the average cost of residential municipal solid waste collection and disposal per dwelling unit multiplied by the number of dwelling units in such condominium association; (2) such association pays for the cost of the automated refuse containers required for
residential municipal solid waste collection under this section and any other containers that meet town standards for residential municipal solid waste collection; and (3) such collection and containers are placed on a street on which the town’s refuse collection vehicles already collect residential municipal solid waste or in such other area designated by the Director of Public Works. The association shall file with the Director of Public Works an initial written request for services under this subsection no later than December 31st of the year preceding July 1st of the year in which such collection services shall begin. Prior to July 1, 2010, the town may enter into a contract for such services for a term of less than one year and shall assess such fees on a pro-rata basis. The town may suspend or refuse to perform residential municipal solid waste collection and disposal services if the association fails to meet its obligations under the
contract.
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