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Home My WebLink AboutOrd 737-2016 FD Emergency Services Fees CITY OF ANNA, TEXAS ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ANNA, TEXAS AUTHORIZING THE ANNA FIRE DEPARTMENT TO CHARGE THE COST OF CERTAIN EMERGENCY AND RESCUE SERVICES WITHIN THE RESPONSE AREA OF THE ANNA FIRE DEPARTMENT. WHEREAS, the Anna Fire Department provides fire suppression, emergency and rescue services to, in and around the City of Anna, Texas; and WHEREAS, the Anna 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 Fire Department is a significant expense for the City of Anna, Texas; and WHEREAS, the Anna Fire Department has requested that the City Council of the City of Anna establish a revenue recovery plan through which beneficiaries of the services of the Anna 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 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 to the CITY; and WHEREAS, the persons or entities requiring emergency services of the Anna Fire Department and for whom the referenced apparatus, tools, equipment and materials 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 act 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 Anna Fire Department to bill certain persons and entities, including without limitation insurance companies that provide insurance coverage to said persons and entities, for 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 rendered to said persons and entities subject to the exemptions and limitations set forth in this ordinance. Ordinance Section 2: Fees shall be collected for services provided by the Anna Fire Department both inside and outside the 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 Fire Department's authorized agent for the collection of fees. Section 3: The Anna Fire Department, or their authorized agent, shall submit an invoice to the person, entity or relevant insurance company covering the particular loss for the emergency services rendered_ If it can be reliably determined that there is no insurance coverage for a particular emergency call which causes the Anna Fire Department to use or incur loss, damage and wear and tear to apparatus, tools, equipment and materials the Anna Fire Department may collect any such fees from the person or entity that received said emergency services or the person or entity responsible for the debts and obligations of the person or entity that received such emergency services. Section 4: Residents of the City of Anna and any owner of a commercially owned or zoned property receiving emergency services rendered by the Anna Fire Department are hereby exempted from the Anna Fire Department service charges and revenue recovery plan contained herein. 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 Fire Department service charges contained herein. First Responder/Medical Assist calls to a residence, i.e., not involving a motor vehicle, within the Anna City Limits are hereby exempted from the Anna Fire Department service charges contained herein. Section 6: This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordinances of the City of Anna, Texas, except where the provisions of this Ordinance are in direct conflict with 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 including without limitation Ordinance No. 343-2007. Section 7: It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs, and sections of this ordinance are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared invalid by the final valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs, and sections of this ordinance, since it would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such invalid phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section. Ordinance ��,� - 2 Section 8: This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its 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 13th day of December, 2016. �., tyctirnnw�r»se ATTEST: w```�` APPROVED: .. A 'City Secretary Carpe L. Smith or Mike Crist •i 3 Ordinance ` � Ordinance # 2- Exhibit A The following fees shall be assessed and collected for the use of apparatus, tools, equipment, and materials: ITEMS TO BE BILLED PER HOUR: **The minimum usage charge for any item on this list is one hour, and for any additional hours or portion thereof, the charge will be prorated accordingly. Unit of Measure Apparatus Price per Hour Per Engine Class A Engine $500.00 Per Aerial Aerial $500.00 Per Rescue Unit Rescue $400.00 Per Brush Truck Brush Truck $400.00 Per Command unit Command Car/Truck $200.00 Per Support Vehicle Utility/Support $100.00 Per P.P.V. fan P.P.V. fan $55.00 Per Generator Generator- portable $55.00 Per Saw Chain saw $45.00 Per Pump Portable Pump $95.00 Per Pump Floating $65.00 Ordinance7?3 .,° ' a> PAGE 1 OF 3 FIRE EQUIPMENT Tool Price Unit of Measure Foam Nozzle $55.00 Per Incident Foam Eductor $50.00 Per Incident AFFF Foam $40.00 Per Gallon Class A Foam $25.00 Per Gallon Piercing Nozzle $40.00 Per Incident M/S Fog Nozzle $55.00 Per Incident M/S Straight Bore Nozzle $30.00 Per Incident Salvage Cover $28.00 Each Used SCBA Pack $85.00 Each Used Hall Runner $18.00 Per Incident Portable Tank $75.00 Per Incident Water Extinguisher $22.00 Per Incident Dry Chemical Extinguisher $45.00 Per Incident CO2 Extinguisher $45.00 Per Incident Scene Lights $22.00 Each Used Water Vest $30.00 Each Used Thermal Imaging Camera $75.00 Per Incident Heat Detection Gun $75.00 Per Incident Sawzall $55.00 Per Incident RESCUE EQUIPMENT Tool Price Unit of Measurement Spreaders $250.00 Per Incident Cutters $250.00 Per Incident Rams $250.00 Per Incident Air Bags $250.00 Per Incident Rescue Jacks $250.00 Per Incident K-12 Saw $55.00 Per Incident Target Saw $55.00 Per Incident Ajax Tool $25.00 Per Incident K-Tool $25.00 Per Incident Windshield Tool $15.00 Per Incident Rescue Blanket $32.00 Each Used Rope $25.00 Each Used Ordinance_, ., `�� ,, PAGE 2 OF 3 HAZARDOUS MATERIAL EQUIPMENT Supplies /Service Price Unit of Measurement Absorbent $17.00 Per Bag Absorbent Booms $40.00 Each Used Top Sol $35.00 Each Used Disposal Coveralls $30.00 Each Used Neoprene Gloves $20.00 Each pair Used Latex Gloves $6.00 Each pair Used Over Boots $25.00 Each Used Disposable Goggles $15.00 Each Used Gas PlugKit $50.00 Each Used Pig & Dike $65.00 Each Used Drum Liners $10.00 Each Used Barricade Tape $22.00 Each Used Poly Sheeting $55.00 Each Used Removal of Hazardous $150.00 Per Incident Material Disposal of Hazardous $150.00 Per Incident Material Multi Gas Detector $65.00 Per Incident CO2 Meter $65.00 Per Incident Terrazyme $70.00 Each Used Micro blaze $10.00 Per Quart Micro Blaze $150.00 Per 5 gallons Collision Investigation Fee of two hundred seventy -five dollars ($275.00) to be charged in responses where no mitigation services, debris removal, or rescue services are performed. 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