A. The city shall let a contract or contracts to provide for the collection of all solid wastes (as defined in Section 6.12.010) and residential recyclables within the city. The details of such a contract or contracts shall be agreed upon after negotiations and council's action thereon shall be final. Such negotiations may be preceded by a call for bids or proposals if determined to be necessary and at the discretion of city council. Such contract shall obligate the collector to pick up solid wastes and/or residential recyclables in the city in accordance with this chapter, and shall provide for the collector to be paid for its services out of fees for collection to be set by subsequent ordinance under Section 6.12.190.

B. The collector, within ninety days after having entered into the contract, and/or as may be agreed to in the contract between the parties, shall furnish a corporate surety bond to the city, in such sum as may be determined proper in negotiations, conditioned upon the faithful performance of its contract and compliance with all rules, regulations and laws relating to such collection and to proper disposal of solid wastes collected or in lieu thereof a cash bond. The contract also shall require the collector to use the designated county disposal system. (Ord. M-3193 §10, 1995: Ord. M-2665 §9, 1987: Ord. M-1468 §3, 1973: Ord. M-1019 §4, 1968: Ord. C-33 §10, 1943)