The Township is hereby authorized to create
an intergovernmental emergency dispatching and communication entity
consisting of, but not limited to, one or more of the municipalities
of Aspinwall, Blawnox, Etna, Fox Chapel, Hampton, Indiana, Millvale,
O'Hara, Reserve, Richland, Shaler, Sharpsburg or West Deer.
The Township is hereby authorized to delegate
or transfer its emergency dispatching and communication services to
such intergovernmental entity which shall manage and operate an emergency
communication dispatch center.
The intergovernmental cooperation agreement
("agreement"), attached hereto and made a part of this chapter, between
the Township and the above municipalities creating such entity is
hereby approved and ratified in all respects.
The conditions of the agreement are those conditions
set forth therein.
The agreement shall be effective for one year
commencing January 1, 1996, and will remain in effect on a year-to-year
basis thereafter, until renewed, amended or terminated as set forth
in the agreement.
The purpose and objectives of the agreement
are those purposes and objectives set forth therein.
The manner and extent of financing of the entity
shall be the manner and extent as set forth in the agreement.
The organizational structure of the entity shall
be that organizational structure as set forth in the agreement.
The entity may acquire, manage and dispose of
property as set forth in the agreement.
The entity is hereby authorized to enter into
contracts for policies of group insurance and employee benefits, including
social security, for its employees as determined by the Board of Delegates.
The proper officers of the Township are hereby
authorized and directed to execute and deliver to the other municipalities
the attached agreement and any additional documents to effectuate
the purposes of this chapter, as well as the agreement.
This chapter is adopted pursuant to the powers
and authority of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, 53 P.S. § 485.