[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township of Springfield as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 3-8-2022 by Ord. No. 1618]
The Springfield Fire Company 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, which may include any services, personnel, supplies and equipment, and with baselines established by addendum to this article.
The user fee shall be filed with the motor vehicle insurance carrier, representing an added-on cost of the claim for damages of 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.
The Springfield Fire Company Board of Directors may make rules or regulations, not consistent with this section, 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 Springfield Fire Company to be used exclusively for personnel, supplies and equipment of Fire and Rescue Services.
It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Board of Commissioners concerning and relating to the adoption of this article were adopted in open meetings of this Township, and that all deliberations of this Township and any of its committees that resulted in such formal actions were in accordance with all legal requirements and the Codified Ordinances of Springfield Township.
Any and all ordinances and/or resolutions, or parts thereof, conflicting herewith are repealed insofar as the matters herein are affected.
The provisions of this article are severable, and if any clause, sentence, subsection or section hereof shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, invalid or unconstitutional, such judgment or decision shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder but shall be confined in its operation and application to the clause, sentence, subsection or section rendered. It is hereby declared the intent of the Board of Commissioners that this article would have been adopted if such illegal, invalid, or unconstitutional clause, sentence, subsection, or section had not been included therein.
This is effective 90 days following final adoption by the Board of Commissioners and publication as required by law, and shall remain in effect hereafter until revised, amended, or revoked by action of the Board of Commissioners of the Township of Springfield.