Charges for the cost incurred by the village for the abatement of a violation from any property pursuant to this chapter shall be a lien upon the premises which priority, as provided in 65 ILCS 5/11-20-13, as hereafter amended. At any time after a bill has been sent to the owner for abatement of the violation, a lien against the real estate enclosed may be filed with the Recorder of the Deeds in the manner provided by 65 ILCS 5/11-20-13(1). The failure of the village to record such lien claimed or to mail notice of the failure of the owner to receive notice of such lien shall not affect the right to foreclose on the lien for such charges, as provided in § 90.03(A) and (B). For the purposes of this section, the village shall be deemed to incur the cost of abatement.
(A) If the abatement is done by village personnel, the cost of the employee(s) who performs the abatement involves a calculation of the number of hours required to do the abatement by that employee times the hourly wage of said employee plus the cost of benefits of employment per hour, and the fair market rental of all pieces of equipment necessary to perform the abatement plus the cost of disposal of all materials removed.
(B) If the abatement is done by private contractor, the amount of said contractor invoices the village for work plus disposal of materials removed.
(Prior Code, § 25-1-8)