[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Columbia as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 8-9-2004 by Ord. No. 736]
In accordance with the Act of May 16, 1923 (P.L.
207, Number 153),[1] the Borough of Columbia be and hereby is authorized to
include as part of any municipal claim authorized by the Act and by
the ordinances of the Borough of Columbia reasonable attorneys' fees
for failure to promptly pay the amounts so claimed.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. §§ 7193.1 through
7193.5.
The Borough Council of the Borough of Columbia
shall establish, by resolution, which resolution may be amended from
time to time by Borough Council, a schedule of attorneys' fees for
use by attorneys working on the Borough's behalf to recover payments
due and owing to the Borough of Columbia which may in the future or
already have become municipal claims in accordance with the Act and
in accordance with any and all appropriate Borough of Columbia ordinances.
The assessment of attorneys' fees authorized
by the Act of May 16, 1923 (P.L. 207, Number 153), will not and shall
not occur until the Borough of Columbia has given the notice to the
property owner required by the aforesaid Act, and the assessment shall
be in accordance with all applicable provisions of such Act.
