The City, through the Fire Department, shall charge every insurance carrier of the responsible party(s) involved in a vehicle accident, vehicle extrication and/or vehicle fire where the Fire Department responds in accordance with the schedule of rates approved by Council and made available for public review in the City Clerk's office. The Fire Chief or his or her designee shall compute the charges thus due for each vehicle accident, vehicle extrication, vehicle fire or any combination thereof. The Finance Director or his or her designee or the Council's designee shall bill such charges to the insurance carrier for the responsible party(s) involved in said vehicle accident, vehicle extrication and/or vehicle fire and shall take all action necessary to collect the same from the insurance carrier. The City shall not charge or seek payment of said charges from the responsible party(s) involved in a vehicle accident, vehicle extrication and/or vehicle fire and shall only charge or seek payment from their insurance carrier. The Finance Director or his or her designee shall provide, upon request, to the City Manager, a report detailing the individual status of accounts receivable. The City Council may, by resolution, adopt policies relating to the collection of vehicle accident, extrication and/or fire fees and the procedure for forgiving debts. The City Treasurer shall deposit money earned from the imposition of these charges into the Fire Department Capital Fund and such funds shall be expended in accordance with Section 242.53 hereunder.
(a) Vehicle accident: $500.00 per incident.
(b) Vehicle extrication: $1,400.00 per incident.
(c) Vehicle fire: $675.00 per incident.
(Ord. 2019-11. Passed 4-1-19.)