(a) Fees. The following fees shall be chargeable for emergency services provided by the Village Fire Department in connection with response to hazardous materials or injury accident calls:
(1) For each emergency vehicle responding: $107.50 per hour/per vehicle;
(2) For each member of the Fire Department responding: $16.20 per man hour.
(b) When the number of false alarms received by the Fire Department from any one alarm system (either directly via transmission of an alarm signal by such installation to the Fire Department alarm panel or indirectly as a result of a notification from a monitoring company) exceeds three (3) during any twelve-month calendar year, then the owner of the alarm system shall be fined one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each additional false alarm up to and including the sixth (6) false alarm received during such twelve-month period, and two hundred dollars ($200.00) for each additional false alarm received thereafter during such twelve-month period. As used in this subsection, a “false alarm” shall mean any alarm that is received by the Fire Department that is not the result of an actual emergency incident for which the alarm was intended.
(c) Billing Procedures. The Clerk-Treasurer and the Fire Chief of the Village of New London are hereby authorized to establish the billing procedures for the provisions of such emergency services as specified in subsection (a) above.
(d) Proceeds. Proceeds from emergency service fees shall be deposited as follows:
(1) For responses to fire calls: 75% to the Fire Fighting Facilities Fund and used as determined by Council, and 25% to the Police and Fire Fund.
(2) For general service calls: 55% to the Fire Fighting Facilities Fund and used as determined by Council, and 45% to the Police and Fire Fund.
(3) For hazardous materials calls: to the Fire Fighting Facilities Fund and used as determined by Council.
(Ord. 2020-09. Passed 3-23-20.)