Skip to main content
Loading…
This section is included in your selections.

Pursuant to this chapter, the following rates are hereby established for the collection and disposal of solid waste within the corporate boundary of the city of Electric City:

(1) Residential Service. These rates apply to all single-family residences. One pickup per week collection of garbage and refuse properly contained and placed by the occupant.

Service Description per Month 

Amount

Residential 35 g 1x/week

$33.57

Residential 35 g 1x/week

Income eligible customers at least 65 or permanently and totally disabled

$26.11

Residential 65 g 1x/week

$36.14

Residential 65 g 1x/week

Income eligible customers at least 65 or permanently and totally disabled

$27.65

Residential 95 g 1x/week

$45.86

Occasional extra (per 35-gallon unit/pickup)

$7.79

These rates apply to all temporary containers per week. All residential containers are considered as temporary. All residential containers will have a delivery fee of $6.00 and a pickup fee of $6.00 added to the rate. Total added: $12.00.

Container/Regular/Non-Regular Route Day

Rate per Week

Delivery and Pickup Fees

Total

1 yard container – 1x week regular route day

$24.96

$12.00

$36.96

2 yard container – 1x week regular route day

$41.81

$12.00

$53.81

4 yard container – 1x week regular route day

$82.33

$12.00

$94.33

6 yard container – 1x week regular route day

$121.45

$12.00

$133.45

(2) Commercial Service Collection. These rates apply to commercial businesses, which are defined as all other buildings, etc., other than a single-family residence and as defined in ECMC 8.05.010. Minimum of one pickup per week, collection of garbage and refuse properly contained and placed by the occupant. The minimum charge per each business or commercial account shall be $37.07 per month.

Service Description

Pickup One Time per Week – Monthly Rate

Amount

Commercial 35 gallon

$37.07

Commercial 65 gallon

$47.92

Commercial 95 gallon

$60.57

Occasional extra (per 35-gallon unit/pickup)

$7.79

(a) Container Garbage Collection. The rate for handling of detachable containers approved by the city and the city’s contractor for use by commercial and industrial businesses for minimum of one pickup per week shall be as follows:

Service Description

Pickup One Time per Week – Monthly Rate

Amount

Commercial 1 yd

$115.64

Commercial 1 yd extra pickup per month

$198.36

Commercial 1 1/2 yd

$165.77

Commercial 1 1/2 yd extra pickup per week

$289.04

Commercial 2 yd

$215.31

Commercial 2 yd extra pickup per week

$362.22

Commercial 4 yd

$379.59

Commercial 4 yd extra pickup per week

$705.44

Commercial 6 yd

$563.07

Commercial 6 yd extra pickup per week

$1,126.14

Extra pickup loose yards per week

$27.59

Monthly flat rental charge shall be included in the respective collection and disposal charge.

(b) Drop Box Garbage Collection. The fees for handling drop boxes approved by the city and the contractor for use for special and temporary garbage/refuse collection shall be billed directly to the customer by the contractor. Drop box garbage collection is for 10-yard containers or larger at unscheduled times or on call, which would vary the dispatch of the collection truck, personnel, and equipment.

(c) Compactor Garbage Collection – Customer Furnished. The rate for handling compactors that compact garbage at a three-to-one or more ratio approved by the city and city’s contractor for use by commercial and industrial customers for a minimum of one pickup per month shall be as follows:

Service Description

(Per Pickup Rate)

Haul Rate

20-yard compactor (does not include special pickup and delivery charge; does not include disposal fee which is charged directly from landfill)

$393.50

30-yard compactor (does not include special pickup and delivery charge; does not include disposal fee which is charged directly from landfill)

$449.67

Special delivery and pickup (travel time for truck from Okanogan per hour for 20- and 30-yard roll-off containers)

$240.88

The rates include collection and hauling only and do not include disposal fees charged by the Delano Regional Transfer Station (DRTS). The customer shall receive separate billing from the DRTS for disposal of refuse. All 20- and 30-yard containers shall be billed special delivery and pickup costs for travel from the contractor’s main office in Okanogan to Electric City and back. Several customers at the discretion of the city can share the special delivery and pickup charge. (Ord. 596 § 1, 2022; Ord. 583 § 1, 2021; Ord. 385 § 1, 2007; Ord. 369 § 1, 2005; Ord. 361 § 1, 2004; Ord. 358 § 21, 2003)