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## BYLAW 565-25 VILLAGE OF HUSSAR
BEING A BYLAW OF THE VILLAGE OF HUSSAR, IN THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA, FOR THE PURPOSE OF AUTHORIZING THE CHARGING OF FEES FOR GARBAGE COLLECTION.
WHEREAS Section 7(f) of the Municipal Government Act, R.S.A. 2000, c. M-26, as amended; provides that the Council of a Municipality may pass a bylaw respecting services provided by or on behalf of the municipality;
AND WHEREAS garbage collection is considered a service provided by the municipality;
AND WHEREAS the Village of Hussar Council voted by resolution to enact a bylaw to establish fees for garbage collection service in Hussar based on a full cost recovery system.
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Village of Hussar in the province of Alberta, duly assembled, enacts as follows:
This Bylaw may be cited as the Village of Hussar "Garbage Collection Fees Bylaw"
- 1) Garbage will be collected from every residence and business in the Village of Hussar as per Bylaw 554-23 the Garbage Collection Bylaw.
- 2) There will be no rebate or refund issued by the Village for garbage collection fees:
- a) In the case garbage is not collected weekly for any reason; or
- b) In the case a resident has prepaid for the service and subsequently moves out of the Village. In this situation, the prepaid fee will continue to apply to the property and it will be the responsibility of the resident to obtain the remainder directly from the : next resident of the property.
- 3) The date and time of weekly garbage collection will be determined by the Chief Administrative Officer and any changes will be communicated to the residents in a timely fashion through newsletters, posters, newspaper or any other method deemed appropriate.
- 4) The fees for garbage collection will be based on a full cost recovery system
- 5) The fees for garbage collection will apply to every residence and business in the Village of Hussar, regardless if the service is used.
- 6) Residents and businesses will not be allowed to opt out of the service.
- 7) Garbage collection fees will not be charged to empty lots.
## BYLAW 565-25 VILLAGE OF HUSSAR SCHEDULE A GARBAGE COLLECTION FEES
- 1) The monthly fee for garbage collection is $27.00
- 2) The annual fee for garbage collection is $324:00
3. 3): The interest penalty for late payment is 3% per month.
- 8) Garbage collection fees will be assessed on a monthly basis and will be included on the monthly. water/sewer utility statement.
- 9) Despite Section 8, residents who are charged annually for water and sewer service will be charged annually for garbage collection and these charges will be on the same statement.
- 10) To any monthly Account which remains unpaid at the end of each month for which the Account was rendered shall be added by way of penalty an amount specified by the Village in Schedule A. Rates and that similar accumulated penalty shall be added for each month the account remains. unpaid.
- 11) As per Village of Hussar policy, all garbage collection fees which remain unpaid sixty (60) days past the due date of the billing will be transferred to the property tax account associated with the service as it is for water and sewer charges. Any yearly mortgagee accounts may be added to the tax roll for that property prior to issuing tax assessment notices.
- 12) The fees for garbage collection are as set out in Schedule A of this Bylaw.
- 13) This Bylaw shall rescind Bylaws 496-15, 514-17, 527-20, and 540-21.
- 14) If any section of this Bylaw is found to be illegal or beyond the power of Council to enact, such section shall be deemed to be severable from all other sections of this Bylaw.
- 15) This Bylaw shall come into effect upon the third and final reading.
READ a first time this 9 day of January, 2025.
READ second time this 13 day of February, 2025;
READ a third time this 13 day of February, 2025.
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signed this 10\_ day of
April
2025
Mayor
anters
Chief Administrative Officer