15 - Solid Waste Collection Permit - County Trash ServiceItem No. 15
TO: Mayor & Council
John Godwin, City Manager
FROM: Janice Ellis, City Clerk
DATE: April 24, 2018
BACKGROUND: Chapter 16 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris regulates the
collecting and transporting of solid waste from commercial and industrial units within the City of
Paris. Chapter 16 requires that a person or entity must first obtain a solid waste collection pen -nit
frorn the City prior to using the public streets, alleys or thoroughfares within the corporate limits
of the City. Solid waste collection permits expire September 30"' of each year.
STATUS OF ISSUE: Bradley Pennington d/b/a County Trash Service LLC, has filed an
application, and submitted the required certificate of liability insurance. County Trash Service
LLC is located in Broken Bow, Oklahoma
BUDGET: NA.
RECOMMENDATION: Consider an Ordinance authorizing the issuance of a solid waste
collection pen it to Bradley Pennington d/b/a County Trash Service, LLC.
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WHEREAS, Section 16-33 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Texas,.
requires any person or entity engaging in the business of collecting or transporting solid
waste from commercial and industrial units within the city limits to obtain a solid waste
collection permit from the City, and
WHEREAS, County Trash Service LLC, with offices located at 1420 "wrest Sherry
.Road, (P0 Box 1278) Broken Bow, Old 74728, has made application for a solid waste
collection and transportation permit in accordance with Sec. 16-34 of the City Code of
Ordinances; and
WHEREAS, following review of the application and proof of insurance and upon a
finding of public necessity and convenience for issuance of the permit, the City Council of
the City of Paris hereby finds by a two-thirds (2/3) majority wrote of the City Council that
the permit should be issued to Bradley Pennington d/b/a County Trash Service LLC.
PARIS,NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE C�JTY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
,
Section 1.. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in
all things approved.
Section 2. That a solid waste collection permit is hereby issued to Bradley
Pennington d/b/a County Trash Service LLC effective May 1.4, 2818.
Section 3. That the referenced solid waste collection permit issued to Bradley
Pennington d/b/a County Trash Service LLC shall expire September 30, 2018, unless
further application for re -issuance of the permit is made by the applicant in conformance
with the City Code.
Section 4. That each holder of a permit issued pursuant to Seca 16-34 of the City
Code of Ordinances shall pay the City of Paris a street use fee for the privilege of operating
on the City streets, alleys, and thoroughfares equal to eleven percent (11%) of the gross
receipts earned from the waste collected, hauled or disposed of from within the City limits.
Section 5. That all provisions of the ordinances of the City of Paris, Texas in conflict
with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed, and all other provisions of the
ordinances of the City of Paris not in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance shall remain
in full force and effect.
Section 6. That any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be
guilty of a Misdemeanor, and, upon, conviction, shall be fined in accordance with the
provisions, of Section 1-6 of the City of Paris Code of Ordinances, and each and every day's
continuance, of any violation of the above -enumerated sections shall constitute and be
deemed a separate offense.
Section 7. That this ordinance shall become effective from and after its passage and
publication as required by law.
PASSED AND^ ADOPTED this 14th day of May, 2018.
Steven J. Clifford, M.D., Mayor
Janice Ellis, City Clerk
Stephanie H. Harris, City Attorney