[Ord. 156, 6/14/2005, § 1]
Ralpho Township entities providing fire, rescue emergency, police,
ambulance and related services, including emergency medical services,
in Ralpho Township are hereby authorized to collect from persons who
utilize such services, or their insurers, response costs. The amount
of collectible response costs shall be as set forth in the Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Schedule of Equipment Rates dated
January 23, 2004, as may be amended by FEMA from time to time, which
schedule is incorporated herein by reference.
[Ord. 156, 6/14/2005, § 2]
If not specifically calculated on the adopted FEMA fee schedule,
response costs include, but are not limited to:
A.
The cost of labor calculated by determining the actual hourly wage
plus the hourly cost of fringe benefits (and including overtime rates,
if applicable) normally paid to personnel involved in responding to
any emergency incident times the number of hours worked in response
to any emergency incident or, in the case of emergency response agency
volunteer personnel, the reasonable hourly value of the volunteer
personnel as determined by the Board or emergency service organization,
taking into account the funds expended to train and properly equip
each such volunteer, times the number of hours worked by each such
volunteer, in response to any emergency incident; and
B.
The cost of all non-reusable materials and all contaminated or consumed
materials utilized in connection with any emergency incident; and
C.
The cost of all equipment, calculated by estimating the number of
hours of the useful life of such equipment and dividing the same into
the replacement cost plus the maintenance cost of said equipment and
then multiplying the result by the number of hours such equipment
was "in service" in response to any emergency incident; and
D.
Overhead expenses including the administrative cost of record keeping,
information processing and assembly/compilation of a bill of costs;
and
E.
The reasonable attorneys' fees and costs (including witness
fees) of pursuing enforcement/collection action for emergency service
costs against responsible parties.
[Ord. 156, 6/14/2005, § 3]
The Township or the emergency service provider shall have the
authority, in the event such payment is not made, to pursue any and
all appropriate remedies through an appropriate enforcement action.
[Ord. 156, 6/14/2005, § 4]
Any charges set by this Part shall be able to be amended by
resolution of the Ralpho Township Supervisors.
