The Town Board shall establish Fire Department fees, from time to time, by resolution, upon careful consideration of the fees recommended by the Fire District Board, to compensate the Western Lakes Fire District for fire inspection, plan review, field inspection work, and other Fire Department services. Such fees shall not exceed the limits established by Wisconsin Statutes § 66.0628 and other applicable laws. Fees are subject to change. No fees shall be charged to the owner-member municipalities of the Western Lakes Fire District, for work conducted in relation to their municipal property.
[Adopted as § 5.09 of the 1987 Code]
Fire inspection fees shall be invoiced to property owners, as a special charge, as soon as practicable following the Fire Department service, and payment shall be due within 30 days. The Western Lakes Fire District shall invoice property owners and collect fees pursuant to this article, as agent of the municipality. All invoices shall specify that this is a fee imposed by the municipality and collected pursuant to this article and shall give notice of appeal rights. If a special charge is not paid within the time required by the invoice, the special charge is delinquent, and the Western Lakes Fire District shall notify the Municipal Clerk no later than October 1 of all delinquencies existing on that date. A delinquent special charge becomes a lien on the property against which it is imposed as of the date of delinquency. The Municipal Clerk shall include the delinquent special charge in the current or next tax roll for collection and settlement under Ch. 74, Wis. Stats., per § 66.0627, Wisconsin Statutes. The Western Lakes Fire District shall retain all fees collected as compensation from the municipality for their services provided, except in the case of delinquency. When a special charge is delinquent and is recovered by the municipality through tax collection and settlement procedures, the municipality shall retain $15 to compensate for administrative costs and shall pay the Western Lakes Fire District the remaining amount collected.
Special charges imposed pursuant to this article may be appealed within 30 days of the original invoice, pursuant to § 36-14 of this Code.