[Ord. No. 9-98, Preamble]
N.J.S.A. 40A:14-156 et seq. (hereinafter "Statute") allows municipalities to provide emergency intermunicipal police assistance to other municipalities which adopt similar reciprocal ordinances; and the Borough Council of the Borough deems it to be in the best interests of the residents of the Borough to enact an ordinance pursuant to the Statute in order to provide for the health, safety, and welfare of the residents of the Borough.
[Ord. No. 9-98 § 1]
The Borough hereby cooperates with all other municipalities which adopt a similar reciprocal ordinance providing for intermunicipal police assistance in times of emergency.
a. 
This intermunicipal assistance will be provided if and when the Borough of Jamesburg has an emergency within its boundaries requiring additional police assistance to protect life and property, or to assist in suppressing a riot or disorder; and whenever another municipality, which has enacted a similar reciprocal ordinance, may experience a similar emergency requiring additional police assistance.
b. 
The Chief of Police of the Borough or the highest ranking officer on duty at the time is hereby authorized to request assistance from the Chief or highest ranking officer on duty of the Police Departments of other municipalities for intermunicipal police assistance during and/or after an emergency situation.
c. 
The Chief of Police or the highest ranking officer on duty at the time shall provide assistance to another municipality or municipalities making a valid request to supply such personnel and equipment, to the extent possible without endangering person or property within the Borough of Jamesburg.
d. 
Members of the Jamesburg Borough Police Department supplying emergency assistance to another municipality shall have the same powers and authority as have the members of the Police Department of the municipality in which the assistance is being rendered. Additionally, the members shall also have, while so acting, the rights and immunities as they may otherwise enjoy in the performance of their normal duties within the Borough of Jamesburg.
e. 
The Borough shall, upon providing assistance to another municipality which has enacted a similar inter-municipal assistant ordinance, assume the cost and expense of providing the personnel and equipment to the requesting municipality excepting such instances when requesting municipality receives State or Federal aid as reimbursement. Therefore, in this event, the costs incurred by the Borough shall be submitted to the municipality which requested assistance, for reimbursement.
f. 
At such times that an emergency may occur and inter-municipal police aid is requested, the Chief of Police of the municipality wherein the emergency situation exists, shall be the senior ranking officer of all members of any Police Department rendering assistance within the boundaries of the municipality.
g. 
In the event any member of a police force summoned pursuant to an agreement to render assistance, suffers injury or death in the performance of his or her duties, he/she or his/her designee or legal representative shall be entitled to such salary, pension rights, workman's compensation or other benefits as would have accrued, if such injury or death had occurred in the performance of his or her normal duties.
h. 
A copy of this section shall be transmitted to the municipal clerk of each municipality in Middlesex County no later than five business days following its adoption. The Clerk of the Borough of Jamesburg shall maintain a record of all such similar ordinances adopted by other municipalities.
[Ord. No. 25-02 § 1]
There is hereby established a third party payment plan for emergency medical services in the Borough of Jamesburg in accordance with the following:
a. 
The Chief Financial Officer of the municipality (the "CFO") in consultation with the municipality's EMS program consultant will be responsible for the plan's billing.
b. 
The fee service is initially set as $800 base rate, plus $15 per mile per trip. Nontransports where aid is provided shall be $300.
[Amended 10-16-2019 by Ord. No. 08-19]
c. 
The CFO shall annually review the plan's cost accounting records. The CFO shall obtain an industry average.
d. 
The Borough is authorized to enter into contracts with various hospitals that provide advanced life support services to the patients that are transported by the Borough of Jamesburg emergency medical services allowing the hospitals to bundle bill Medicare for services rendered. The hospital will reimburse the municipality for its transportation costs within 45 days of receiving payment.
e. 
The Borough will contract with the volunteer first aid squad to provide third party billing as established in this section.
f. 
The CFO shall annually, no later than March 1, adjust the fee for services as set forth in subsection 2-76.b herein, pursuant to the recommendation of the EMS program consultants.
g. 
A certified copy of this section shall be filed with the applicable Federal and/or State agencies.
h. 
The Borough shall not balance bill the deductibles and co-pays for Jamesburg residents including those covered by Medicaid/Medicare, nor bill those Jamesburg residents for payment obligations without insurance coverage.