[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township
of Penn as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Police Department — See Ch. 42.
[Adopted 2-15-2016 by Ord. No. 908]
The fire departments which have been officially recognized as
Volunteer Fire Departments for the Township of Penn shall have the
authority to select and enter into a contract with an appropriate
collection agency to undertake the actual collection of all invoiced
expenses. The reasonable expenses shall include costs and expenses
incurred by the individual Volunteer Fire Departments while in the
course of conduct of their services as the official Volunteer Fire
Departments for the Township of Penn, said Volunteer Fire Departments
incur costs for fire-fighting materials, residential and commercial
equipment, commercial flooding services, hazardous abatement materials
involving response to hazardous materials incidents, environmental
incidents, safety and rescue incidents and operations which shall
include but not be limited to vehicular accidents.
The aforesaid Volunteer Fire Departments or their designated
collection agencies shall issue invoices to the appropriate insurance
company of the person or persons involved in the incident, with payment
on said invoices to be due within 60 days.
All proceeds received in this collection process shall be deposited
to the account each Volunteer Fire Department; and, a copy of the
invoice and reimbursement received shall be forwarded to the Township
of Penn for its records.
In the event any claim is denied payment by the invoiced insurance
carrier, the Volunteer Fire Department shall make a final determination
as to whether future action shall be taken to collect the monies owed
or whether the claim shall be withdrawn.
In addition to the aforementioned reasonable costs, the Volunteer
Fire Departments are hereby authorized to collect any other additional
fee or charge as may be authorized by the Hazardous Material and Emergency
Planning and Response Act of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or as
may be authorized by any other statute, case law or common law of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
