(A) Parties requesting and receiving fire/first responder services will be billed directly by the City of Byron within 30 days of the fire/first responder service. Additionally, if the party receiving fire/first responders services did not request services but a fire or other situation exists which, at the discretion of the fire/first responder department personnel in charge requires fire/first responder service, the party will be charged and billed. All parties will be billed whether or not the fire/first responder service is covered by insurance. Any billable amount of the fire/first responder charge not covered by a party's insurance remains a debt of the party receiving the fire/first responder service.
(B) Parties billed for fire/first responder service will have 30 days to pay. If the fire/first responder service charge is not paid by that time, it will be considered delinquent and the city will send a notice of delinquency.
(C) If the fire service charge remains unpaid for 30 days after this notice of delinquency is sent, the city will use all practical and reasonable legal means to collect the fire/first responder service charge. The party receiving fire/first responder service shall be liable for all collection costs incurred by the city including, but not limited to, reasonable attorney fees and court costs.
(D) If the fire/first responder service charge remains unpaid for 30 days after the notice of delinquency is sent, the City Council may also, on or before October 15 of each year, certify the unpaid fire/first responder service charge to the County Auditor in which the recipient of the services owns real property for collection with taxes. The County Auditor is responsible for remitting to the city all charges collected on behalf of the city. The city must give the property owner notice of its intent to certify the unpaid fire/first responder service charge by September 15.
(E) False alarms may be billed as a fire call.
(Ord. 19-01, passed 2-12-19)