[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Millersville as indicated in article histories.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 3-28-2000 by Res. No. 2000-4]
The Council of Millersville Borough, by and
through its authority and relationship with the aforesaid volunteer
fire company, hereby authorizes the volunteer fire company to recover
the reasonable costs of fire-fighting materials, personnel hours and
hazardous abatement materials involving any hazardous material incident,
environmental incident or safety and rescue incident or fire operation,
including vehicular accidents.
Said reasonable costs as outlined above may
be recovered directly by the volunteer fire company, through the Borough
with the consent of the Council, or by agreement with the Lancaster
County Emergency Management Agency or a third-party billing service
as an authorized agent for the collection of said reasonable costs.
The utilization of the Lancaster County Emergency Management Agency
shall be for those situations deemed by the Agency as appropriate
for collection through the Agency, principally those incidents involving
the use of hazardous abatement materials and/or incidents directly
involving the Agency.
In addition to the aforementioned reasonable
costs, the volunteer fire company, Borough or Lancaster County Emergency
Management Agency shall be authorized to collect reasonable interest,
as well as a reasonable administrative fee for collecting the same,
and any and all additional fees as may be authorized by the Hazardous
Material and 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.
