[Adopted 12-28-2020 by Ord. No. 15-2020]
The City of Monessen's Fire and Rescue Services shall initiate
user fees for the delivery of fire and rescue services, personnel,
supplies and equipment to the scene of motor vehicle accidents and
other incidents on the highways. The rate of user fees shall be that
which is usual, customary and reasonable (UCR), which may include
any services, personnel, supplies and equipment and with baselines
established by addendum to this article.
A.
The user fee shall be filed with the motor vehicle insurance carrier,
representing an added-on cost of the claim for damages to the vehicles,
property and/or injuries. In the event services are required relating
to utilities causing safety problems to highway areas, and if the
area is deemed unsafe by emergency responders, the same billing process
shall apply to said utility whose equipment-related problems cause
an emergency services response. The claim's costs shall be filed
with the insurance carrier of the owner of a vehicle, property or
other responsible party.
B.
Such fees shall be billed on a per-unit basis for each applicable
fire and rescue service provided.
C.
Such fees shall be regulated by Exhibit A, Fire and Rescue Services
Billing Fee Schedule,[1] and may be changed by a majority vote of the Monessen
City Council, from time to time, as deemed necessary. Such fee adjustment
shall come at the request, in writing, of any or all of the following:
the Monessen Bureau of Fire, the Monessen Fire Department Company
81-1, or the Monessen Fire Department Company 81-2.
[1]
Editor's Note: Exhibit A is included as an attachment to this chapter.
The Municipal Fire Chief, with approval from the Mayor and City
Council, may make rules or regulations and from time to time may amend,
revoke or add rules and regulations, not consistent with this article,
as they may deem necessary or expedient in respect to billing for
these fees or the collection thereof.
All amounts collected as a result of this article shall be placed
into a fund as established by the Monessen Bureau of Fire, to be used
exclusively for personnel, supplies and equipment of Fire and Rescue
Services. Such fund shall be equally distributed between Monessen
Fire Company 81-1 (also known as "Downtown") and Monessen Fire Company
81-2 (also known as "Hilltop").
In the event any provision, section, sentence, clause or part
of this article shall be held to be invalid, such invalidity shall
be severable and shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions,
sections, sentences, clauses, or parts of this article, it being the
intent of the City of Monessen that the remainder of the article shall
be and shall remain in full force and effect.
All ordinances or resolutions or parts of ordinances or resolutions
insofar as they are inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed and
rescinded.
This article shall become effective after 10 days upon the date
of approval.
