[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township
of Springfield 7-9-1952 by Ord. No. 356. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
The Township of Springfield shall be a participant in the Social
Security System and the benefits of the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance
shall be extended to its employees and officers.
The President and Secretary of the Board of Township Commissioners
are hereby authorized to execute and deliver to the Secretary of Labor
and Industry of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the state agency
charged with the administration of the enabling Act, the plan and
agreement required under the provisions of Section 6 of said enabling
Act and the Social Security Act, to extend coverage to the employees
and officers of this township and to do all other things necessary
to that end, including the designation in the said plan and agreement
of the classes of employees and officials to be covered thereby and
the effective date of beginning of the participation in the said plan
and agreement by the Township of Springfield.
[Added 7-10-1968 by Ord. No. 570]
The President and Secretary of the Township of Springfield are
hereby authorized to execute and deliver an amended plan and agreement
that shall provide for social security coverage to certain of the
employees of the township in accordance with the plan and agreement
prepared and submitted to the township by the Secretary of Labor and
Industry of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a result of the said
1967 amendments to the Social Security Law.
After approval of the said agreement by the state agency, the
Secretary of the Board of Commissioners is authorized to establish
a system of payroll deductions, to be matched by the Township of Springfield
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 of Springfield. 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.
Appropriation is hereby made from the proper fund, or funds,
of the Township of Springfield in the necessary amount to pay into
the contribution fund as provided in Section 4 of the enabling Act
and in accordance with the plan, or plans, and agreement.
The proper officials of the Township of Springfield shall do
all things in accordance with the provisions contained in the said
plan and agreement necessary to the continued implementation of said
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance System.
