§ 2.182. Administration.

1)

The Chief Financial Officer shall collect all fees, as follows:

a)

Fees and costs shall encompass all man-power, equipment (or equipment damage), material, and maintenance expenses in such a form as to ensure for the City's full reimbursement for charges for those services actually rendered. A particular cost or fee schedule need not be memorialized in this Article, or elsewhere in the City Code, or by further, formal action by the City Council, the City Council's approval of this Article constituting an authorization for the Chief Financial Officer (or his designee) to collect all such fees and costs pursuant to his receipt of related expenditures or costs that are submitted to him by the affected City bureaus or departments.

b)

Within thirty (30) days of the date of the extraordinary or dangerous occurrence giving rise to the extraordinary service, the affected bureau or department shall submit its extraordinary service-related costs, fees, charges, expenses, or any of these things, or all of these things in combination, to the Chief Financial Officer for his review. At such time as all costs, fees, and so forth, related to extraordinary services have been collected and reviewed by the Chief Financial Officer, but in any case not later than sixty (60) days from the date of the rendering of the extraordinary services, the Chief Financial Officer shall send a bill of consolidated costs, fees, and so forth, to the property owner, agent, or manager, with a demand that a full remittance be made within thirty (30) days of receipt of the bill.

c)

It is also contemplated that local, state, or federal agencies may bill, fine, or penalize the City for matters (including but not limited to a clean-up cost, fee, or expense) relating to an extraordinary or dangerous occurrence, and the Chief Financial Officer shall, if possible, include any and all such costs or fees in the consolidated bill sent to the property owner. The City shall not, however, waive any right to collect such local, state, or federal costs if they are not included with the consolidated bill, and are not charged to the property owner or his agent within the consolidated billing sixty (60) day period. In this regard, the Chief Financial Officer shall expect reimbursement of all local, state, or federal costs within thirty (30) days of the owner's (or his agent's) receipt of the bill for these particular costs, fees, and so forth.

d)

In cases of hardship, or where circumstances are such that a full remittance cannot be made to the City within the thirty (30) day period, the City Council shall hereby authorize the City's Office of Legal Affairs to enter into negotiations with the property owner or his agent for an extended payback period of time not to exceed six (6) months, and for which the City may charge the Florida statutorily-mandated interest payment on judgments, pursuant to Florida Statutes §§ 55.03 and 55.04, and as they may be from time to time amended.

e)

All monies received under the provisions of this Article shall be placed in an account established for the express purpose of reimbursing the various City bureaus and departments for those actual costs and expenses necessary to furnish fire, police, and other emergency or public safety services or protection provided by the City as outlined herein.

(Ord. of 12-8-1986, Doc. #20789; Ord. of 10-25-1999, § 17, Doc. #32410)