The duration of the agreement shall be indefinite, subject to
termination by any municipality as provided in the agreement.
The purpose and objective of the agreement is to foster improved
governmental cooperation between the Borough of Masontown and the
City of Uniontown, the City of Connellsville and German Township and
to improve law enforcement in the Borough of Masontown, City of Uniontown,
City of Connellsville and German Township by providing police officers
with the authority to exercise official duties in the other municipalities
thereby alleviating problems of arrests being determined improper
or unlawful by reason of jurisdictional or boundary issues.
Each municipality shall be responsible for all expenses incurred
by reason of action taken by its police officers pursuant to the agreement,
no other financing being necessary or required to effect its purpose.
No additional organizational structure will be necessary to
implement the agreement, nor will any property, real or personal,
be acquired, managed or disposed of in order to effect the purpose
of the agreement.
The effectiveness of this ordinance is conditioned upon the
City of Uniontown, the City of Connellsville and German Township executing
the aforesaid agreement and enacting an ordinance implementing the
agreement.
This action is taken pursuant to the authority granted the Borough
of Masontown by the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, Act of July
12, 1972, No. 180, § 1 et seq., 53 P.S. § 481
et seq., as amended.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith
are hereby repealed.