[Adopted 1-5-2004 by Ord.
No. 2004-01]
Whenever any statute, regulation, law, court order or other pronouncement
permits the Township to recover attorney fees from an adverse party or another
participant in an action or proceeding, and a specific amount
of fees to be recovered is not specified in such statute, regulation, law,
court order or other pronouncement, then the Township shall be entitled to
recover reasonable attorney fees. "Reasonable attorney fees" shall be calculated
as:
A. The customary hourly amount charged by the Solicitor
or other attorney providing representation to the Township multiplied by the
number of hours (or parts thereof) devoted to the matter at hand; or,
B. The customary fee charged to The Township by the Solicitor
or the attorney providing legal services to the Township; or,
C. The amount actually billed to the Township in the matter
at hand.
The Township's Secretary is hereby authorized, upon request from the
Board of Supervisors, Township Solicitor or any other attorney retained to
represent the Township, to compile and certify the fees paid to an attorney
in any particular case for use in recouping such fees from an adverse party
or other participant in any proceeding. Nothing herein shall limit the Solicitor
or attorney from preparing such a compilation and certification for presentation
to any tribunal as evidence of reasonable attorney fees incurred in an action
or proceeding.