[Adopted 7-7-1988 by Ord. No. 1988-2]
[Added 5-13-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-1]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
The Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Risk Management Association.
An intergovernmental contract to form a local government
risk pool, to provide for joint or cooperative action by members relative
to their financial and administrative resources for the purpose of
providing risk-management services and risk-sharing facilities to
the members and to the members' employees, and to defend and protect,
in accordance with this agreement, any member of the pool against
liability as outlined in the appendix to the intergovernmental contract.
Lehigh Township shall join with other municipalities
in accordance with the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation
Act[1] by becoming a member of the association and entering into
the Intergovernmental Contract which was adopted by reference with
the same effect as if it had been set out verbatim in this section
and a copy of which shall be filed with the minutes of the meeting
at which this article was adopted.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 2301
et seq.
Lehigh Township is authorized to enter into
the intergovernmental contract for the purposes contained therein.
These actions are to be taken by the member(s) or employee(s) of this
municipality designated for this purpose, pursuant to general or specific
instructions by the governing body adopting this article.
The Association is designated as having official
custody of Lehigh Township's funds which are invested by the Association
pursuant to the terms of the intergovernmental contract.
As required by the Intergovernmental Cooperation
Act, the following matters are specifically found and determined:
A.
The conditions of the agreement are set forth in the intergovernmental contract referred to in § 16-2.
B.
Lehigh Township's participation in the Association
shall be terminable at any time by ordinance.
C.
The purposes and objectives of the agreement are set
forth hereinabove and the intergovernmental contract and actions contemplated
thereby and purposes and objectives contained therein are otherwise
legal as part of a pooled arrangement with other governmental units,
thereby achieving economic and other advantages of intergovernmental
cooperation.
D.
It is not necessary to finance the agreement authorized
herein from municipal funds except through the contribution of Lehigh
Township's basis rate (as such term is defined in the intergovernmental
contract) to the Association.
E.
The Association shall be managed by a Board of Commissioners
or Executive Committee as set forth in the bylaws of said Association,
a copy of which has been provided for review in connection with the
adoption of this article.
F.
All property, real or personal, shall be acquired,
managed or disposed of by the Association in accordance with the terms
of the intergovernmental contract.
