(A) Title. This section shall be known and may be cited as the City of Bennettsville Fire Department Cost Recovery Program.
(B) General purpose. This section is adopted in order to provide reimbursement to the city Fire Department for a portion of the costs incurred by the city for certain Fire Department provided.
(C) Fee collection authorized. The owner or occupant of a structure, vehicle, or property to which the Fire Department or other department of the service area provides fire suppression, emergency management services, vehicle extrication, hazardous material mitigation, emergency medical care, or other Fire Department services, (collectively referred to in this section as “Emergency Response Services”) or any person or entity causing the need for the fire or Fire Department to respond and/or provide any emergency response service (the “Responsible Party”) shall pay the cost of such service.
Cost recovery fees are set forth in Exhibit A, attached to Ord. 22-05-02 and are hereby found to not exceed the city’s actual expense in providing such emergency response services. The fees enacted herein apply to any services rendered by any city department to whatever property or person, whether within the city or if requested by any other entity, or if supplied by the city pursuant to any inter-local cooperation agreement.
(D) Fees and charges. The cost recovery fees will be collected in the amounts found in Exhibit A, attached to Ord. 22-05-02, which may be revised periodically by the adoption of a resolution by the City Council. The fees are separate and apart from any other budgetary obligations. The fees will be placed in a revolving account that will roll over from one fiscal budget year to the next and made available for purchase, repair, replacement and update of training and training equipment and training expenses for the full time and volunteer members of the Fire Department.
(Ord. 22-05-02, passed 5-17-22)