A proposal will be discussed at Tuesday's Peoria City Council meeting to charge mitigation rates for services from the Peoria Fire Department.
City Manager Patrick Urich and PFD Chief Ed Olehy said the department could generate $200,000 annually through these charges for fire responses, hazmat situations, fire investigations, water and motor vehicle accidents.
The proposal explains that the department incurs high costs in its efforts to save lives and property, adding the number of incidents firefighters respond to continues to rise every year,
To help mitigate those costs, the plan would charge people a fee based on the service the department was called for.
If approved the fire department would send the bill to the homeowners insurance company. If a non-Peoria resident is involved in the indicent, they would be responsible for 100% of the bill.
A basic response to a motor vehicle accident would run $494. Gasoline and other auotomotive liquid cleanup would raise that fee to $562, and a car fire would go up to $687.