[Added 7-20-2017]
The Northville Township Department of Public Safety shall initiate service fees for the delivery of Northville Township Department of Public Safety services, personnel, supplies and equipment to the scene of motor vehicle crashes. The rate of the service fees shall be that which is the usual, customary and reasonable costs, which includes any services, personnel, supplies and equipment and may vary based on the actual costs of the individual accident.
The service fees shall be charged to the responsible parties or at-fault driver, jointly and severally. Fees shall be initially filed with the responsible parties' motor vehicle insurance, representing an add-on cost of the claim for negligent driving and for damages of the vehicles, property and/or injuries. The claim costs shall be filed with the insurance company of the owner of a vehicle, owner of property, or other responsible parties. The Township shall be entitled to pursue any other remedy or may institute any appropriate action or proceeding in a court of competent jurisdiction as permitted by law to collect assessable costs from a responsible party, including expenses, costs and reasonable attorney's fees incurred to collect those costs. The recovery of charges imposed under this article does not limit liability of responsible parties under any other local ordinance, or state or federal law, rules or regulations.
The Northville Township Board of Trustees may make rules, regulations, and from time to time may amend, revoke or add rules and regulations relating to 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 Public Safety Fund as established by the Northville Township Board of Trustees.
It is found and determined that all formal actions of the Northville Township Board of Trustees concerning and relating to the adoption of this article were adopted in open meetings of the Northville Township Board of Trustees and that all deliberations of the Northville Township Board of Trustees and any of its committees that resulted in such formal actions were in compliance with all legal requirements, and the Codified Ordinances of the Township of Northville, County of Wayne, State of Michigan.
Should any provision or part of this article be declared by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, the same shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder of this article.