HomeMy WebLinkAbout19252 - RESOLUTIONS - 5/20/1998 RESOLUTION NO. 19252
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM
SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, DETERMINING CERTAIN
WASTE DISPOSAL ACCOUNTS TO BE DELI14QUENT
AND DIRECTING THAT SAID ACCOUNTS BE .PLACED
ON THE TAX ROLL.
WHEREAS Palm Springs Disposal Services, Inc. rates are established by '
resolution of the City Council pursuant to Section 6. 04 .190 of the Palm
Springs Municipal Code; and
WHEREAS Palm Springs Disposal Services, Inc. billing policies and procedures
are established in Agreement #3082, as amended from time to time, and
WHEREAS it would be contrary to public health and welfare to discontinue waste
disposal service where residents become delinquent in paying their accounts,
and therefore Palm Springs Municipal Code Section 6. 04.200 provides for
mandatory trash service and the Agreement mandates continued waste disposal
services by Palm Springs Disposal in all circumstances; and
WHEREAS Government Code Section 38790.1 authorizes and Government Code Section
25831 provides procedures for a waste disposal charge collected on the tax
roll in the same manner, by the same person, and at the same time, together
with, and not separately from, its general taxes; and
WHEREAS the Agreement provides in Section 8.4 that in lieu of Palm Springs
Disposal discontinuing service where accounts become delinquent, the City of
Palm Springs has agreed that the collection of delinquent Palm Springs
Disposal Services, Inc. charges shall, after public hearing thereon, be made
in the same manner, and at the same time, as collection of ad valorem tax
assessments; and
WHEREAS the City Council, on May 21, 1998, held a duly noticed public hearing
on the delinquent accounts, heard all protests thereto, and found that said
accounts were delinquent and should be placed on the tax roll to be collected '
as ad valorem tax assessments, as provided in Section 6.04.215 of the Palm
Springs Municipal Code.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Palm Springs
as follows:
Section 1. The City of ]Palm Springs hereby elects to have delinquent waste
disposal charges as of June 30, 1998 as specifically :identified in
the staff report, collected on the tax rolls in the same manner by
the same person, and at the same time together with and not
separately from, its general taxes .
Section 2. That Section 6. 04.200 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code provides
that trash collection service is mandatory and the City Council
hereby finds that the collection of the delinquent waste disposal
charges, together with general taxes, is In the best interest of
the health and welfare of the users and the City of Palm Springs.
Section 3. That the cost of delinquent waste disposal charges for each parcel
of land shall constitute a special assessment against: that parcel
and shall be a lien on such parcel of land, in accordance with the
provisions of the Government Code of the State of California,
Health and Safety Code of the State of California, and pursuant to
Section 6. 04.215 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code.
ADOPTED this 20th day of May , 1998.
AYES: Members Barnes, Hodges, Oden, Reller-Spurgin and Mayor Kleindienst '
NOES: None
ABSENT: None l ,
ATTEST: CITY OF PALM S NG. CAL -0 MIA
By L �` �s
'ty Clerk City Mana er
REVIEWED & APPROVED as to form