HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 2010-57 RESOLUTION NO 2010-57
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH SETTING THE COST OF EMERGENCY
RESPONSE FOR MOTOR VEHICLE INCIDENT, AND HAZARDOUS
MATERIALS, INCLUDING PIPELINE AND POWER LINE INCIDENTS,
RATES TO BE CHARGED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OF
THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
WHEREAS, Section 8 43 020 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code provides that the
City Council shall by resolution establish rates for the costs of emergency response services for
motor vehicle incident, and hazardous materials including, but not limited to, pipeline and/or
power line incidents, provided by the City of Huntington Beach Fire Department, and
In order to assist in defraying the cost of police firefighting search and rescue and
emergency medical services, the City Council desires to establish rates to be paid by persons
who utilize or benefit from having said police, firefighting search and rescue and emergency
medical services readily available, and
The rates hereinafter established do not exceed the estimated reasonable and necessary
costs incurred in making an emergency response to an incident in the City of Huntington Beach
for which the rates are charged,
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does hereby
resolve as follows
That the rates set forth in Exhibit A are hereby established as follows
MOTOR VEHICLE INCIDENTS
Motor Vehicle Accidents with Fluids $ 59500
Car Fire $ 75000
Extrication $1 99500
Landing Zone Set-up $ 405 00 per engine per landing zone
PIPELINE INCIDENTS/POWER LINE INCIDENTS
(Includes, but not limited to Gas, Sewer, Septic to Sewer, and Water Pipelines)
Basic Response $ 40500
Intermediate Response $1,120 00
CHIEF RESPONSE $210 00 per hour
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Exhibit "A", Resolution No 2010-57
EXHIBIT A
MITIGATION RATES
BASED ON PER HOUR
MOTOR VEHICLE INCIDENTS
Motor Vehicle Accidents with Fluids -$595
Includes services clean up and material used (sorbents)for hazardous fluid clean
up and disposal We will bill at this level if the fire department has to clean up
any gasoline or other automotive fluids that are spilled as a result of the
accident/incident including debris in the roadway
CAR FIRE - $750
Provide scene safety fire suppression breathing air, rescue tools, hand tools
hose tip use foam, structure protection and clean up gasoline or other
automotive fluids that are spilled as a result of the accident/incident
Extrication -$1,995
Includes extrication (heavy rescue tools, ropes airbags cribbing etc ) We will
bill at this level if the fire department has to free/remove anyone from the
vehicle(s) using any equipment We will not bill at this level if the patient is
simply unconscious and fire department is able to open the door to access the
patient This level is to be billed only if equipment is deployed
Landing Zone Set-up $405 per Engine per Landing Zone
We will bill at this level any time a helicopter is utilized to transport the patient(s)
PIPELINE INCIDENTS / POWER LINE INCIDENTS
(includes, but not limited to Gas, Sewer, Septic to Sewer, and Water
Pipelines)
Basic Response - $405
Claim will include engine response and first responder assignment, perimeter
establishment evacuations, first responder set-up and command Includes
inspection without damage or breakage
Exhibit "A", Resolution No 2010-57
Intermediate Response -$1,120
Claim will include engine and truck response, first responder assignment, and
appropriate equipment, perimeter establishment evacuations, first responder
set-up and command Supervise and/or assist pipeline repair
CHIEF RESPONSE
This includes the set-up of Command, and providing direction of the incident
This could include operations, safety, and administration of the incident
Billed at $210 per hour
MISCELLANEOUS
Engine belled at $405 per hour
Truck balled at $505 per hour
Miscellaneous equipment billed at $405 per hour
MITIGATION RATE NOTES
The mitigation rates above are average billing levels and are typical for the
incident responses listed however, when a claim is submitted, it will be itemized
and based on the actual services provided
These average mitigation rates were determined by itemizing costs for a typical
run (from the time a fire apparatus leaves the station until it returns to the station)
and are based on the actual costs, using amortized schedules for apparatus
(including useful life equipment, repairs, and maintenance) and labor rates (an
average department s actual personnel expense and not just a firefighter's
basic wage) The actual personnel expense includes costs such as wages
retirement benefits workers comp insurance, etc
Resolution No 2010-57
MISCELLANEOUS
Engine $ 405 00 per hour
Truck $ 505 00 per hour
Miscellaneous equipment $ 405 00 per hour
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the effective date of the rates set forth in this
Resolution shall be on September 15, 2010
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at a
regular meeting thereof held on the 2 n d day of August , 2010
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Res No 2010-57
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF HUNTINGTON REACH )
I JOAN L FLYNN the duly elected qualified City Clerk of the City of
Huntington Beach and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of said City do hereby
certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach is seven that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted
by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of all the members of said City Council
at a regular meeting thereof held on August 2, 2010 by the following vote
AYES Carchio Coerper Hardy Green Bohr Hansen
NOES Dwyer
ABSENT None
ABSTAIN None
ty Clerk and ex-offr Clerk of the
City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach California