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Home My WebLink AboutOrd 343-2007 Authorizing Anna VFD-Revenue Recovery Plan.pdfCITY OF ANNA, TEXAS ORDINANCE NO. 343-2007 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ANNA, TEXAS AUTHORIZING THE ANNA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT TO CHARGE THE COST OF CERTAIN EMERGENCY AND RESCUE SERVICES WITHIN THE RESPONSE AREA OF THE ANNA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT. WHEREAS, the Anna Volunteer Fire Department provides fire suppression, emergency, and rescue services to, in .and around the City of Anna, Taxes; and WHEREAS, the Anna Volunteer Fire Department is equipped with and utilizes certain apparatus, emergency tools, equipment, and materials as a means of saving lives and property; and WHEREAS, the purchase, repair and replacement of said tools, equipment, and materials for the Anna Volunteer Fire Department is a slgnificand expense for the CRY of Anna, Texas antl WHEREAS, the Anna Volunteer Fire Department has requested that the City Council of the City of Anna establish a revenue recovery plan through which benefidanes of the services of the Anne Volunteer Fire Department are required to pay a fair and reasonable share of the cost of loss and wear and tear to apparatus, tools, equipment, and materials used and the cost of the specialized training provided to the firefighters of the Anna Volunteer Fire Department in the use of such tools, equipment, and materials, so that a safe and appropriate level of service can be maintained and made available W the CITY; ant WHEREAS, the persons or entities requiring emergency services of the Anna Volunteer Fire Department and for whom the referenced apparatus, tools, equipment, and materiels have been utilized have insurance coverage that will reimburse the costs associated with the use, loss, damage and wear and tear to said tools, equipment and materials incurred in connection with the ad of rendering emergency services to said persons or entities. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANNA, TEXAS, THAT: Section 1: The City of Anna recognizes and supports the right of the Ams Volunteer Fire Department (a separate and distinct entity, not part of the City of Anna) to bill persons and entities, including insurance companies that provide insurance coverege to said persons and entities, Por the reasonable costs that are related to the use, loss, damage, and wear and tear to said apparatus, tools, equipment, and materials necessary to provide the emergency services rentlened to said persons and embes subject to the exemptions and limitations set forth in this ordinance. Ort Na.303-EWJM VPD aermue RK'WryPIM,d 1 Wl"7 Section 2: Fees shall be collected for services provided by Me Anna Volunteer Fire Department both inside and outside Me City Limits of Anna in accordance with "Exhibit A" attached hereto. Fire Administration shall utilize applicable incident report information that will be forwarded to the Anna Volunteer Fire Departments authortmil agent for Me collection of fees. Section 3: The Anna Volunteer Fire Department, or Meir authorized agent, shall submit an invoice to Me person, entity or relevant insurance company covering Me particular loss for the emergency services rendered. If it can be reliably determined that Mere is no insurance coverage for a particular emergency call which causes the Anna Volunteer Fire Department to use or incur bas, damage, and wear and tear to apparatus, tools, equipment, and materials Me Anna Volunteer Fire Department may collect any such fees from the person or entity that received said emergency services or Me person or entity responsible for Me debts and obligations of Me pemon or entity that mceivetl such emergency services. Section 4: Residents of Me City of Anna, receiving emergency services rendered by the Anna Volunteer Fire Department are hereby exempted from Me Anna Volunteer Fire Department service charges and revenue recovery plan contained herein. Any commercially owned, operated, or mned property shall not be eligible for said exemption. . Section 5: Calls for service at residential structure "single family residence" fires within the Anna City limits shall not be subject to any of the Anna Volunteer Fire Department service charges contained herein. First ResponderlMedical Assist calls M a residence, i.e., not involving a motor vehicle, within the Anna City Limits are hereby exempted from Me Anna Volunteer Fire Department service charges contained herein. Section 6: This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions a ordinances of Me City of Anna, Texas, except where Me provisions of this Ordinance are in direct conflict Coif the provisions of such ordinances, in which event the conflicting provisions of such ordinances are hereby repealed; and are no ,longer of any force and effect. Section T: It is hereby declared to be Me intention of the City Council that Me phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs, and sections of His ordinance are severable, and ff any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section of this ordinance shall be declared invalid by Me final valid judgment or decree of any court of Competent jurisdiction, such invalidity shall not affect any of Me remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs, and sections of this ordinance, since it would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation m this ordinance of any such invalid phase, Cause, sentence, paragraph, or section. Section 8: This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after Is passage and the publication of the caption, as the law in such cases provides. PASSED AND APPROVED BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANNA, TEXAS ON THIS THE 14th DAY OF AUGUST. 2007. AVE 7 NAY 0 ABSTAIN 0 Ora Na. 30 2xo fru V4D Revenue R=o Hm® 1 W14L7 ATTEST: APPROVED: Nat a Wilkison, City Secretary neih Pelham, Aayor s y"pp AN.... 3 r'. n TEXPS o• U No, 343-M A WD ue Raovay%on Joc. 3 08-14-0 Exhibit A Ordinance No. 303-2007 The fonsving fees shall be assessed and collected for the use of apparatus, lode, equipment, am malaliale ITEMS TO BE BILLED ON AN HOURLY BASIS.. nd r any additional home or portion thereof, Me charge will be ped bin Iv. he minimum usage charge for any item on this list is me hiS6.0 Unit ofMemure Appmstus Moe pe• Par Engine lass AE ire 0 Per Aerial dal 0 Per Rescue unit Hea 0 Per Brush unit rush Truck 0 Per Command unit ommand CarfFmck 0 Per PPV fan PPV Fan 0 Per Generator enerator, Portable 0 Per Generator enerator 0 Per Sew in Saw 0 Per Pum rtable Pum 0 Per Pum IoM Pum .0 FME U@MENT Tool Price I Unit of Measurement oam Nozzle $55.00 1 Per Incident own Eductor $50.00 Per Incident FF Fount $40.00 Per Gallon lass A Foam $25.00 Per Gallon iming Nozzle $40.00 Per Incident /S Fog Nozzle $55.00 Per Incident IS Straight Bore Nozzle $30.00 Per Incident alwage Cover $28.00 Each Used CBA Pack $95,00 Each Used all Runner $18.00 Per Incident ank $75.00 Per incitla Extinguisher $1 00 Per Incident ry ical ExSn uisher $45.00 Per Incident usher $45.00 Per Incident cartel-hb beatD�IonGun $22.00 Each Used auxta $30.00 Each Used [Imaging Camera $75.00 Per Incident onGun $75.00 Per Incident $55,00 Per Incident Qd.N,M-Ng7N VM Ramco R=v Pl dm 4 0-1607 HAZARDOUS MATERIAL tl@MEW Sapp5es9evioe Price Uvi[M Measurement olbent $17.W Para (bent Booms $40.M Eadr Used op Sol $W.M Eacil Used " usable Coveralls $30.0 Each Used eopnine Gloves vonc Each Used Gloves $5.0 Each Used! r Kots $25.0 Each Used Isposable Go lea $15A Each Used as Plu Kd 850. Each Used Plu and Dike SB5. Each Used Drum Liners, $10. Each Used BarricadeT $22.0 EachUaed cl Shimin $55.0 Each Usad and of Hazardous Material $150.0 sal d Hazardous Maternl $150. ntac Mu10Mater$55. nt02Meter W. ZNrIncidentntis ntert ma $70. diaoblam$10.0rticroNaze$1500 ons Collision Investigatim Fee (to be charged in responses vihere no mitigation services, debris removal, or rescue services are pedo0ned), $275.00 Q, No, 343-M7 Aum NTDP Me Vec PW.d 5 08-169] RESCUE EQUIPMENT Tool Price Unit of - Measurement ,Spreaders $2W.O Per Incident utters $250.0 Per incident Rama $250.0 Per Incident Mr Bags, $250.0 Per Inciderd -12 Saw $55.0 Per lnddent Target Sm $55.0 Per lnddent Max Tool $25G Per Incident -Tool $25.0 Per lnddent indshield Tool $15.0 Per incident Rescue Blanket $320 Each Used Rope S25.0 Each Used Collision Investigatim Fee (to be charged in responses vihere no mitigation services, debris removal, or rescue services are pedo0ned), $275.00 Q, No, 343-M7 Aum NTDP Me Vec PW.d 5 08-169]