Garbage and refuse collection and disposal, contracts for--disposalfacilities, acquisition, bond issue and contracts.
71.680. 1. In addition to their other powers for theprotection of the public health, each city of the second, third,or fourth class of this state, and each city having less than tenthousand inhabitants which has a special charter, may provide forthe gathering, handling and disposition of garbage, trash,cinders, refuse matter and municipal waste accumulating in suchcities either by itself, or by contract with others, and may payfor the same out of general revenues or by collection of chargesfor such service, and may do such other and further acts as areexpedient for the protection and preservation of the publichealth, as the public health may be affected by the accumulationof trash, cinders, garbage, refuse matter and municipal waste.Such cities may acquire by purchase, construction, lease, gift orotherwise, within or without the corporate limits of such cities,incinerators for the destruction of garbage, trash, cinders,refuse matter and municipal waste; acquire by any of such meansall equipment necessary or expedient for use in the collection,handling and disposition of garbage, trash, cinders, refusematter and municipal waste; and acquire by any of such meanspurification plants or sewage disposal plants for thepurification of all sewage accumulating in such cities.
2. Incinerators, equipment, purification plants or sewagedisposal plants may be acquired by such cities with funds derivedfrom the issue and sale of bonds in the manner provided by lawfor the issue and sale of bonds for other public purposes; or mayenter into contracts for the construction or purchase ofincinerators, equipment or purification plants or sewage disposalplants to be paid for out of the general revenues of such citiesin annual installments; but the period of payment for anyincinerators, equipment, purification plants or sewage disposalplants, or any contract for the construction, purchase or leasethereof out of the general revenues of such cities shall notextend over a longer period of time than ten years.
Garbage and refuse collection and disposal, contracts for--disposalfacilities, acquisition, bond issue and contracts.
71.680. 1. In addition to their other powers for theprotection of the public health, each city of the second, third,or fourth class of this state, and each city having less than tenthousand inhabitants which has a special charter, may provide forthe gathering, handling and disposition of garbage, trash,cinders, refuse matter and municipal waste accumulating in suchcities either by itself, or by contract with others, and may payfor the same out of general revenues or by collection of chargesfor such service, and may do such other and further acts as areexpedient for the protection and preservation of the publichealth, as the public health may be affected by the accumulationof trash, cinders, garbage, refuse matter and municipal waste.Such cities may acquire by purchase, construction, lease, gift orotherwise, within or without the corporate limits of such cities,incinerators for the destruction of garbage, trash, cinders,refuse matter and municipal waste; acquire by any of such meansall equipment necessary or expedient for use in the collection,handling and disposition of garbage, trash, cinders, refusematter and municipal waste; and acquire by any of such meanspurification plants or sewage disposal plants for thepurification of all sewage accumulating in such cities.
2. Incinerators, equipment, purification plants or sewagedisposal plants may be acquired by such cities with funds derivedfrom the issue and sale of bonds in the manner provided by lawfor the issue and sale of bonds for other public purposes; or mayenter into contracts for the construction or purchase ofincinerators, equipment or purification plants or sewage disposalplants to be paid for out of the general revenues of such citiesin annual installments; but the period of payment for anyincinerators, equipment, purification plants or sewage disposalplants, or any contract for the construction, purchase or leasethereof out of the general revenues of such cities shall notextend over a longer period of time than ten years.
Garbage and refuse collection and disposal, contracts for--disposalfacilities, acquisition, bond issue and contracts.
71.680. 1. In addition to their other powers for theprotection of the public health, each city of the second, third,or fourth class of this state, and each city having less than tenthousand inhabitants which has a special charter, may provide forthe gathering, handling and disposition of garbage, trash,cinders, refuse matter and municipal waste accumulating in suchcities either by itself, or by contract with others, and may payfor the same out of general revenues or by collection of chargesfor such service, and may do such other and further acts as areexpedient for the protection and preservation of the publichealth, as the public health may be affected by the accumulationof trash, cinders, garbage, refuse matter and municipal waste.Such cities may acquire by purchase, construction, lease, gift orotherwise, within or without the corporate limits of such cities,incinerators for the destruction of garbage, trash, cinders,refuse matter and municipal waste; acquire by any of such meansall equipment necessary or expedient for use in the collection,handling and disposition of garbage, trash, cinders, refusematter and municipal waste; and acquire by any of such meanspurification plants or sewage disposal plants for thepurification of all sewage accumulating in such cities.
2. Incinerators, equipment, purification plants or sewagedisposal plants may be acquired by such cities with funds derivedfrom the issue and sale of bonds in the manner provided by lawfor the issue and sale of bonds for other public purposes; or mayenter into contracts for the construction or purchase ofincinerators, equipment or purification plants or sewage disposalplants to be paid for out of the general revenues of such citiesin annual installments; but the period of payment for anyincinerators, equipment, purification plants or sewage disposalplants, or any contract for the construction, purchase or leasethereof out of the general revenues of such cities shall notextend over a longer period of time than ten years.
