It is the considered opinion of the Borough
Council that the extension of the social security system to employees
and officers of the Borough of Conway will be of great benefit not
only to the employees of the Borough by providing that said employees
and officers may participate in the provisions of old-age and survivors
insurance system, but also to the Borough of Conway by enabling it
to attract and retain in employment the best of personnel and to thus
increase the efficiency of its government.
The 1951 Session of the General Assembly of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in regular session, enacted a statute,
known as Act No. 491, which is the enabling act provided for in Section
218 of Public Law 734, 81st Congress, which designated the Secretary
of Labor and Industry of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to act as
the "state agency" to implement the coverage of employees and officers
under the said old-age and survivors insurance system. The Borough
of Conway is hereby authorized to execute and deliver to the state
agency a plan or plans and agreement, required under Section 6 of
said enabling act and the Social Security Act, to extend coverage
to employees and officers of the Borough of Conway, and do all other
necessary things to effectuate coverage of employees and officers
under the old-age and survivors insurance system.
The Secretary is hereby authorized to establish
a system of payroll deduction to be matched by payments by the Borough
of Conway 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 Borough of Conway. 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.
Such payments which are delinquent shall bear interest at the rate
of 1/2 of 1% per month until such time as payments are made.
Appropriation is hereby made from the proper
fund or funds of the Borough of Conway 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. Authority
is given to the President of the Borough Council and the Secretary
of the Council of the Borough of Conway to enter into an agreement
with the state agency, which agreement shall be in accordance with
Act No. 491 and with Paragraph 218 of the Social Security Act. Such
plan and agreement shall provide that the participation of this Borough
of Conway shall commence as of January 1, 1951.