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Fees are to be paid within 30 days of receipt of notification. Failure to remit said fee within 30 days of notice thereof, the Township may enforce same through the Jackson Township Municipal Court.
Emergency Medical Services dispatches which were reasonably believed to be life-threatening or an emergency at the time but were later deemed to be non-emergency shall not be counted as a violation of this ordinance.
A person or entity issued a fee under this Chapter may appeal assessment of a fee to the Township Business Administrator by filing a written request for a review of the situation leading to the issuance of the fee within ten (10) days of receipt of the notice. The filing of an appeal of the fee shall stay the assessment of the fee until the Business Administrator makes a final decision on the appeal.
The Business Administrator shall make his or her decisions on the basis of a preponderance of the evidence presented from the party filing the appeal, as well as any information received from the Emergency Medical Services unit. The Business Administrator shall render a decision on an appeal of a fee within thirty (30) days of receipt of the appeal.
SECTION 2. This Ordinance shall take effect after second reading and publication as required by law.
SECTION 3. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a Court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent provisions, and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions hereof.
DATE:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced and passed by the Township Council on first reading at a meeting of the Township Council of the Township of Jackson held on the 9th day of November, 2021, and will be considered for second reading and final passage at a regular meeting of the Township Council to be held on the 23rd day of November, 2021, at 7:30 p.m., at the Township Municipal Building, located at 95 West Veterans Highway, Jackson, New Jersey, at which time and place any persons desiring to be heard upon the same will be given the opportunity to be so heard.
Janice Kisty, RMC, Jackson Township Clerk
ORDINANCES, FIRST READING:
ORDINANCE: 28-21
TITLE: AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF JACKSON, COUNTY OF OCEAN, STATE OF NEW JERSEY ESTABLISHING CHAPTER 87.1 ENTITLED "EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES FOR PATIENT CARE FACILITIES"
MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 28-21 ON FIRST READING, ADVERTISE THE APPROVAL AND NOTICE OF SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 23, 2021 BY: CHISHOLM MOTION SECONDED BY: FLEMMING
YES: BORRELLI, CHISHOLM, FLEMMING, KERN
ABSENT: SAUICKIE
Council President Kern Thanked Council Vice President Flemming for bringing this forward and to our attention as liaison to the Emergency services committee.