Following due investigation and thorough review of the needs of this City with respect to a program of solid waste management for the City, which review and investigation included a review of present practices within the City and those of adjoining communities and the local metropolitan area, this Council does determine and declare it to be in the public interest of the City that a solid waste management program be established and maintained for the City to insure safe, economical and comprehensive solid waste collection and disposal services for the City; to insure that rates and charges for such services are just, fair, and adequate to provide this necessary public service on a uniform, and nondiscriminatory basis; to promote technologically and economically feasible resource recovery and recycling; and to provide administrative rules and regulations pertinent thereto to insure the development and maintenance of such programs to the optimum degree possible. (Ord. 2-2003 § 1, 2003; Ord. 4-1993 § 2, 1993.)