(A) Agent for collection. The City of Grayson, Carter County, Kentucky, shall be the primary agency for collection of incident related hazardous materials costs, and is responsible for collecting invoices from responders to a hazardous material incident and presenting a bill to the responsible party for costs.
(B) Procedure for responders submittal of invoices to the City of Grayson. An invoice identifying eligible costs under this chapter shall be submitted by the local response organizations to the City of Grayson within a reasonable time after the cost was incurred or identified. Submitted invoices must include sufficient documentation for cost reimbursement. Accepting invoices from the agencies shall not incur liability to the community or the city to pay costs from such agencies until payment is received by the city from the responsible party.
(C) Method of billing and payment. The city shall submit one or a series of consolidated invoices to the responsible party, identifying the responders (i.e., agencies, agents or municipalities) and their specific costs or reimbursements. The responsible party shall issue a check made payable to the city within 60 days of receiving a consolidated invoice and the city shall disburse reported funds to each responding agency.
(Ord. 2-2010, passed 3-9-10)