Fiscal Note
Minor additional costs, primarily for motor fuels, are anticipated. The Streets Division intends to absorb these costs within the existing operating budget. No appropriation is necessary.
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Amending Secs. 10.18(7)(e) and 10.18(7)(e)1., creating Sec. 10.18(13) and renumbering current Secs. 10.18(13) and (14) to Secs. 10.18(14) and (15), respectively, of the Madison General Ordinances to require that televisions, computer monitors, CPUs, and laptop or desktop computers be separated from other waste items and bear a fee sticker issued by the Street Superintendent prior to disposal at authorized disposal sites.
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DRAFTER'S ANALYSIS: This ordinance requires that televisions, computer monitors, and laptop and desktop computers be separated from other solid waste or recyclables, and bear a fee sticker issued by the Street Superintendent prior to disposal at authorized disposal sites. It also allows the Street Superintendent to remove such electronics that are left on the curbside or terrace, charging the property owner for the disposal on the tax bill as a special assessment.
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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:
1. Introductory paragraph of Subdivision (e) entitled “Recyclable Waste” of Subsection (7) entitled “Separation of Solid Waste Required” of Section 10.18 entitled “Collection of Refuse and Recycling of Waste” of the Madison General Ordinances is amended to read as follows:
“(e) Recyclable Waste. Every person disposing of newsprint, yard waste, office paper, directories, waste oil, magazines, tires, lead-acid batteries, appliances, televisions, computer monitors, laptop or desktop computers, CPUs, barrels and drum containers, corrugated cardboard, ferrous metal cans and containers, aluminum cans, glass bottles and jars, and HDPE and PETE plastic containers in the City of Madison shall separate such items from all other ...
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