Creating Article 5 of the Chapter 9, Entitled hazardous material and tactical rescue teams

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~ ~ ~ ~4 SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE NO. U l o~ I ~ / J AN ORDINANCE CREATING ARTICLE 5 OF CHAPTER 9 OF THE SOUTH BEND MUNICII'AL CODE, ENTITLED HAZARDOUS MATERIAL AND TACTICAL RESCUE TEAMS Statement of Purpose and Intend The Fire Department of the City of South Bend has established and operated a Hazardous Material Team and a Tactical Rescue Team at the expense of the City of South Bend. These teams deal with hazardous material emergency situations and with confined space and other rescue emergency situations respectively. The purpose of this Ordinance is to establish fees when either of these teams responds to a crisis outside the city limits. The monies raised will be used for the cost of repairs andbr purchase of necessary equipment, for these teams, other Fire Department equipment, and to pay for the cost of needed repair and remodeling of existing fire stations, or the building of new fire stations and the creation and continuation of dedicated fund for the deposit of such fees received. Such fees were not established before by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, although the Board of Public Safety has entered into contracts in the past with the Indiana Toll Road to provide such services. NOW, THEREFORE, BE TT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, as follows: Section ][• It is hereby created Article 5 of Chapter 9 of the South Bend Municipal Code, entitled Hazardous Materials and Tactical Rescue Team, to read as follows: Section 9-26 Hazardous Material TTs .r Fee Established (al Th e f ollow ing user fee schedule s hall be ch ged for all hazar dous material responsgs Qutside the Cit y of South Bend }provided by the City hmi gh the Srn~th RPnrl Fire Department Hazar dou s Ma terial Team .(,~ Basic Fee (iJp to 4 hoursl. 52400.00 .(~ Additional Hourly Charge~,after 4 hoursl 5664.00 ~ amputation of the time set fora ve shall inclndP any Fraction of an Ho ~r and shall run from he time of dispatch to the time the Haz rdous Ma erial Team re o s back in service. Sbl In addition to the above, the shall charge for the replacement costs for disposable materials and supplies ac~uLred~ons m and exp nd .~ sp ifi al y for the pose of the response as well as replacement costs for equipment owned by South Bend that is contarrn~ated or othe 's dams Berl l,eyond reuse or repair durin tg he response This charge shall be made regardless of the location of the incident Sc) The ab ove fees shall be char ged on a per run occurr ence The o wne r of rhP p~pg~rrv, 'n h emerg ray receiver response nP.r PSSarv shall 'oin ly and se verally lia ble for the fees (dl The above fees shall take effect on Tul,~, 1998 .' 4 t~~,js