[Adopted 2-21-1978 by Ord. No. 77]
The Board of Supervisors of Limerick Township,
Montgomery County, by and through the Chairman and Secretary, is hereby
authorized and empowered, pursuant to the terms and provisions of
the General Municipal Law and the Second Class Township Code as established
in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to enter into a written agreement
with East Coventry Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, for the
purpose of providing additional police protection for the citizens
of Limerick Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in accordance
with the proposed agreement form attached hereto and marked "Exhibit
A,"[1] the terms and provisions of which are incorporated herein
by reference and are intended to comply with the requirements of Section
7 of Act No. 180 of 1972, 53 P.S. § 487.[2] Any amendments to said agreement and/or ordinance relative
to the same, whenever agreed upon between the respective municipalities,
shall be consistent with the requirements of the General Municipal
Law and are hereby authorized and shall be binding upon the respective
municipalities to the same extent and with the same effect as if such
amendments had been a part of the original agreement attached hereto
as Exhibit A. The governmental police action of the foregoing municipalities
prior to the effective date of this article is hereby ratified and
confirmed by this article as if the same was authorized by ordinance.
The condition of this agreement, the duration
of the term of this agreement, the purpose and objective of the agreement,
the manner and extent of financing the agreement, the organizational
structure necessary to implement the agreement and the manner in which
property, real or personal, shall be acquired, managed or disposed
of shall be the same as those set forth in the proposed written agreement
attached hereto as Exhibit A and shall be incorporated herein by reference
to the same extent as if specifically set forth herein.
