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5.13. Severe Weather <br /> Recycling collections may be postponed due to severe weather at the <br />sole discretion of the Contractor. “Severe Weather” shall include, <br />but shall not be limited to, those cases where the temperature at 6:00 <br />a.m. is –20 degrees F or colder. Upon postponement, Collector shall <br />immediately notify the City and put notice on the Contractor’s <br />website and use other means to contact residents. The City will be <br />responsible for notifying the residents by municipal cable TV, email <br />notification and any other means identified by the City. Collection <br />will be made the following business day. <br />5.14. Holidays <br />Holidays means any of the following: New Year’s Day, Memorial <br />Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas <br />Day and any other holidays mutually agreed to by the City and <br />Contractor. In no instance will there be more than one holiday during <br />a collection week. When the scheduled collection day falls on a <br />holiday, collection in that day’s zone and subsequent days’ zones <br />will be collected one day later, with Friday being collected on <br />Saturday. The Contractor shall assist the City in publicizing the <br />yearly calendar including alternate collection days. <br />5.15. Weighing of Loads <br />Contractor will keep accurate records consisting of the date, time, <br />collection route, driver’s identification, vehicle number, tare weight, <br />gross weight, net weight, and number of recycling stops for each <br />loaded vehicle. Collection vehicles will be weighed empty before <br />collection to obtain a tare weight and weighed after completion of a <br />route or at the end of the day, whichever occurs first. These records <br />shall be maintained on file by the contractor for at least three years in <br />the event of an audit by the City or County. <br />5.16. Ownership <br />Ownership of the recyclables shall remain with the person placing <br />them for collection until Contractor’s personnel physically touches <br />the recyclables for collection, at which time ownership shall transfer <br />to the Contractor. Any person or persons taking recyclable materials <br />from a curbside container without explicit permission of the <br />21 <br /> <br />