19 - Solid Waste Collection Permit - County Waste CollectionsItem No. 19
TO: Mayor, Mayor Pro -Tem & City Council
Grayson Path, City Manager
FROM: Janice Ellis, City Clerk
SUBJECT: SOLID WASTE COLLECTION PERMIT
COUNTY WASTE COLLECTIONS, INC.
DATE: November 8, 2021
BACKGROUND: This item was tabled at the October 25th City Council meeting, because it
requires a super majority of the City Council, and two Council Members were absent.
Article 12.04 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. Article
12.04 requires that a person or entity must first obtain a solid waste collection permit from the
City prior to using the public streets, alleys or thoroughfares within the corporate limits of the
City. Solid waste collection permits expire September 30th of each year.
STATUS OF ISSUE: County Waste Collections, Inc. has filed an application, submitted the
required certificate of liability insurance and is current on street use fees. This company has
been doing business in the City for a number of years. Due to illness within their company, they
were five days late getting the information to us. Staff was not able to get it on the agenda prior
to September 30 so staff is requesting this permit be retroactive.
BUDGET: NA.
RECOMMENDATION: Approve the Ordinance authorizing the issuance of a solid waste
collection permit for County Waste Collections, Inc. effective October 1, 2021,
This item requires five affirmative votes for passage.
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS,
AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A SOLID WASTE COLLECTION PERMIT
TO COUNTY WASTE COLLECTIONS, LLC D/B/A TRASHY BUSINESS FOR
THE PURPOSE OF ENGAGING IN THE BUSINESS OF COLLECTING AND/OR
TRANSPORTING SOLID WASTE FROM COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL
UNITS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS; FINDING
A PUBLIC NECESSITY AND CONVENIENCE FOR ISSUANCE OF SAID
PERMIT; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE
SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Chapter 12 Section 12.04.042 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 Waste Collections, LLC, d/b/a Trashy Business with address listed
as P.O. Box 800, Powderly, Texas, 75473, has made application for a solid waste collection
and transportation permit in accordance with Sec. 12.04.042 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 vote of the City Council that the
permit should be issued to County Waste Collections, LLC, d/b/a Trashy Business.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PARIS, TEXAS:
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 County Waste
Collections, LLC, d/b/a Trashy Business effective October 1, 2 02 1.
Section 3. That the referenced solid waste collection permit issued to County Waste
Collections, LLC, d/b/a Trashy Business shall expire September 30, 2022, 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 Sec. 12.04.042 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 S. 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 1.01.009 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 81h day of November, 2021.
Paula Portugal, Mayor
ATTEST:
Janice Ellis, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Stephanie H. Harris, City Attorney