[Res. No. XI-81, passed 10-6-1981; Res. No. 3-92, passed 6-10-1992]
A. The Township agrees to become a Charter member of the Municipal Risk
Management Corporation, created by the Allegheny League of Municipalities,
and agrees to pay its municipal workers' compensation premiums to
the Municipal Risk Management Corporation or its designated agent
beginning April, 1992.
B. The Township shall make application to become an inactive participant
in the Municipal Risk Management Workers' Compensation Self-Insurance
Pool, pending favorable action by the State Legislature on the surety
bond and audit requirements relating thereto, and, in the event these
matters are not favorably resolved by the State Legislature on or
before October 1, 1992, the Township shall obtain insurance coverage
for workers' compensation benefits through the Pennsylvania Workers'
Compensation Bureau.
[Ord. No. 410,
passed 8-12-1992]
A.
The proper municipal officers
are hereby authorized to execute and deliver the following documents,
expressly subject to the terms and conditions set forth in Township
Resolution No. 3-92.
(1) The Municipal Risk Management Workmen's Compensation Pooled
Trust Agreement (hereinafter the agreement); and
(2) The participant application, which documents are attached hereto
and made part hereof and which may be inspected by any interested
citizen at the office of the Municipal Secretary.
B. The duration of the term of the agreement is four years from the
date of admission to the Trust as a participant.
C. The purpose and objective of the agreement are set forth in Article
V of the agreement.
D. The powers and scope of authority delegated are set forth in Article II, Article
V, Article
VI, Article
VIII and Article
IX of the agreement.
E. The funds for meeting the obligations of the political subdivision
under the agreement shall be appropriated from the general funds of
the political subdivision.
F. The organizational structure necessary to implement the agreement
consists of the Trust, trustees, service agents and fiscal agents
created by the agreement.
G. Property acquired for the purposes of the Trust shall be acquired,
managed and disposed of under the terms of the attached trust agreement.
H. The Trust shall be empowered to enter into contracts for policies
of group insurance and employee benefits, including social security
for its employees.
[Res. No. XI-81, passed 10-6-1981]
A. The Township agrees to pay to the Municipal Risk Management Corporation
on or before January 5, 1982, an amount equal to 2% of the annual
premium on its existing (1981) Workers' Compensation Insurance
Policy as a one-time-only charter membership fee with the understanding
that the Township, as a Charter member, shall not be required to pay
any additional membership fees for any other self-insurance program
which may be offered in the future by the Municipal Risk Management
Corporation.
[Res. No. 12-94, passed 11-9-1994]
The Township hereby establishes as Township policy that all
employees, where appropriate, shall be paid full statutory workers'
comp benefits directly by Municipal Risk Management Workers'
Compensation Pooled Trust on behalf of this Township as a self-insured
member of the MRM Pooled Trust pursuant to Act 44 of 1993 and that
the employee receiving such appropriate workers' comp benefits
shall cash those benefits received from the MRM Pooled Trust and further
that, where appropriate, the Township shall issue a Township check
only in the amount to pay the difference in compensation to the appropriate
Township employee as required by the Heart and Lung Act, 53 P.S. Sect.
637.