This chapter shall be known as the "Intergovernmental
Cooperation - Police Mutual Aid Ordinance."
This chapter is enacted pursuant to the provisions of Chapter
23, Subchapter A, Intergovernmental Cooperation, of the General Local Government Code, 53 Pa. C.S.A. § 2301 et seq.
This Township hereby approves entering into
the mutual aid agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated
herein by reference (and which shall be filed with the minutes of
the meeting at which this chapter was enacted), with the intent and
effect that this Township shall be bounded by the mutual aid agreement
to provide mutual aid and cooperative law enforcement efforts and
thereby furthering the safety and welfare of the community.
The President or Vice President of the Board,
acting alone or together with the Secretary or Assistant Secretary,
are hereby authorized and directed on behalf of the Township to execute
and deliver the mutual aid agreement and to execute and deliver such
additional instruments, and to take such further actions, as may be
necessary or appropriate to carry forth the mutual aid agreement and
the activities to be effected under the mutual aid agreement.
All actions of any officer, agent or other representative
of this Township heretofore taken with respect to the mutual aid agreement
and/or the Township's participation therein are hereby ratified and
approved in all respects.
The Board of the Township is hereby authorized
to take such other action as may be necessary or appropriate to carry
out the purposes of this chapter and of the mutual aid agreement to
the extent permitted by law.
As required by the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental
Cooperation Law, the following matters are specifically found and determined:
A. The conditions of the mutual aid agreement are set forth in the mutual aid agreement and §
43-3 of this chapter.
B. The term of the mutual aid agreement shall commence
upon execution thereof and may be terminated at any time upon 30 days'
prior written notice by the Township.
C. The purpose and objectives of the agreement are as set forth in §
43-3 of this chapter and in the mutual aid agreement.
D. The manner and extent of financing the agreement are
that no borrowing will be required by the Township and funds to implement
the Township's obligations under the mutual aid agreement shall come
from normal and usual budgeted amounts for such matters.