[Adopted 3-14-2000 by Res. No. 7-2000 (Ch. 1, Part 6A, of the 2001 Code
of Ordinances)]
The Township of East Earl, by and through its authority and
relationship with aforesaid Blue Ball Fire Company, hereby recognizes
the authority of and authorizes the Township of East Earl to recover
the reasonable costs of firefighting materials, equipment, personnel
hours and hazardous abatement materials involving any hazardous material
incident, environmental incident or safety and rescue incident or
operation, including vehicular accidents.
Said reasonable costs as outlined above may be recovered directly
by the Blue Ball Fire Company or a third-party billing service through
the Township of East Earl with the consent of or by agreement with
the Lancaster County Emergency Management Agency as an authorized
agent for the collection of said reasonable costs. The utilization
of Lancaster County Emergency Management Agency as appropriate for
collection through the agency, principally those incidents involving
the use of hazardous abatement materials and/or incidents directly
involving the Lancaster County Emergency Management Agency.
In addition to the aforementioned reasonable costs, the Blue
Ball Fire Company, the Township of East Earl or the Lancaster County
Emergency Management Agency shall be authorized to collect reasonable
interest, as well as a reasonable administrative fee for collecting
same and any and all additional fees as may be authorized by the Hazardous
Material Emergency Planning and Response Act[1] or authorized by any other statute, case law or common
law.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. § 6022.101 et seq.
