§ 11-322. Administration.

The county or city finance director shall collect all fees, as follows:

(1)

Fees and costs shall encompass all manpower, equipment (or equipment damage), material and maintenance expenses in such a form as to ensure for the county's full reimbursement for charges for those services actually rendered. A particular cost or fee schedule need not be memorialized in this division, or elsewhere in the County Code, or by further formal action be the county commission, the county commissioner's approval of this division constitutes an authorization for the finance director (or his designee) to collect all such fees and cost pursuant to his receipt of related expenditures or costs that are submitted to him by the affected county bureau or departments. These funds shall be used for immediate resupply of expended materials.

(2)

Within 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 finance director for his review. At such times as all costs, fees and so forth, related to extraordinary services have been collected and reviewed by the finance director, but in any case not later than 60 days from the date of the rendering of the extraordinary services, the finance director shall send a bill of consolidated costs, fees, and so forth, to the property owner, agent, or manager. With a demand that full remittance be made within 30 days of receipt of the bill.

(3)

It is also contemplated that local, state or federal agencies may bill, fine, or penalize the county for matters (including but not limited to a clean-up cost, fee, or expense) relating to an extraordinary or dangerous occurrence and the finance director shall, if possible, include any and all such costs or fees in the consolidated bill sent to the property owner. The county 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 (60-day) period. In this regard, the finance director shall expect reimbursement of all local, state, or federal costs within 30 days of the owner's (or his agent's) receipt of the bill for these particular costs, fees, and so forth.

(4)

In cases of hardship or where circumstances are such that a full remittance cannot be made to the county within the thirty-day period, the county commission shall hereby authorize the county attorney to enter into negotiations with the property owner or his agent for an extended payback period of time not to exceed six months, and for which the county may charge the state statutorily-mandated interest payment on judgments, pursuant to Sections 55.03 and 55.04, Florida Statutes, as they may be from time to time amended.

(5)

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

(Ord. No. 91-05, § 2, 1-29-91)