The Board of Selectmen shall weigh any recommendation of the Solid Waste Management Commission before making any decision related to solid waste management; however, the Board of Selectmen shall not be bound by any such recommendation. The Board of Selectmen shall retain the authority to act without such consultation or recommendation in cases of an emergency nature or when time is otherwise of the essence. In such emergency cases, the Board of Selectmen shall notify the Solid Waste Management Commission as soon as possible, but not later than seven calendar days after taking such action.
The Board of Selectmen shall have the final authority to direct all solid waste or any component part thereof generated within the Town of Branford to the solid waste facility it shall designate.
A. 
The Board of Selectmen shall adopt rules and regulations from time to time governing any practice in Articles V through X and related practices concerning solid waste, provided that such rules or regulations are not inconsistent with this chapter.
B. 
The Board of Selectmen is authorized to enter into a contract or contracts for Town garbage and rubbish and recyclables collection, subject to an appropriation for said contract or contracts by the Board of Finance and the Representative Town Meeting. Said contract or contracts shall be awarded in accordance with Branford's Purchasing Ordinance,[1] as it shall be amended from time to time.
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Editor's Note: See Ch. 75, Purchasing.
C. 
The Board of Selectmen, after consultation with the Solid Waste Management Commission, is authorized to adopt a schedule of fees for the disposal of different categories of solid waste at the Town solid waste facilities or for the use of said facilities.
(1) 
The Board of Selectmen, after consultation with the Solid Waste Management Commission, is authorized to charge a fee to private residents, or a higher fee to incidental commercial users or commercial solid waste haulers, if recyclables mixed with refuse are dumped or deposited at any of the Town's solid waste facilities in violation of this chapter.
(2) 
In the event that the Town shall have previously entered into or shall hereafter enter into a contract with any person, partnership or corporation to provide management of any of the Town solid waste facilities, the Board of Selectmen, after consultation with the Solid Waste Management Commission, is authorized to permit the manager to charge and retain all or part of any fee which may be established pursuant to the provisions of Subsection C.
D. 
The First Selectman shall appoint a constable or constables who shall be responsible for enforcing the rules and regulations set forth in this chapter and those adopted by the Board of Selectmen from time to time.