[Adopted 11-6-1953 by Ord. No. 73-A (Ch. 1, Part 6C, of the
1990 Code)]
It is the considered opinion of this body that
the extension of the Social Security System to employees and officers
of the Township of Swatara will be of great benefit, not only to the
employees of the city (town) by providing that said employees and
officers may participate in the provisions of the Old Age and Survivors
Insurance System, but will also be of great benefit to the Township
of Swatara by enabling it to attract and retain in employment the
best of personnel and thus increase the efficiency of its government.
The 1951 Session of the General Assembly of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in regular session, enacted a statute,
known as Act No. 491, which is the enabling Act provided for in § 218
of Public Law 734, 81st Congress, which designated the Secretary of
Labor and Industry of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to act as the
"state agency" to implement the coverage of employees and officers
under the said Old Age and Survivors Insurance System. The Township
of Swatara is hereby authorized to execute and deliver to the state
agency a plan, or plans, and agreement, required under § 6
of said enabling Act and the Social Security Act to extend coverage
to employees and officers of the Township of Swatara and do all other
necessary things to effectuate coverage of employees and officers
under the Old Age and Survivors Insurance System.
The Secretary is hereby authorized to establish
a system of payroll deduction to be matched by payments by the Township
of Swatara to be made into the Contribution Fund of the Social Security
Act through the office of the state agency, and to make charges of
this tax to the fund, or funds, from which wage or salary payments
are issued to employees of the Township. Such payments are to be made
in accordance with the provisions of the law and regulations promulgated
by the state agency and the Federal Security Administrator. Such payments
which are delinquent shall bear interest at the rate of 1/2 of 1%
per month until such time as payments are made.
Appropriation is hereby made from the proper
fund, or funds, of the Township of Swatara in the necessary amount
to pay into the Contribution Fund as provided in § 4 of
the enabling Act and in accordance with the plan, or plans and agreement.
Authority is given to the President of the Board and the Secretary
of the Township to enter into an agreement with the state agency,
which agreement shall be in accordance with Act No. 491 and with paragraph
218 of the Social Security Act. Such plan and agreement shall provide
that the participation of this Township of Swatara shall commence
as of January 1, 1953.
