[Adopted 1-19-2016 by Ord. No. 376[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also superseded former Art.
II, Northern Regional Police Department of Allegheny County, adopted
12-5-2005 by Ord. No. 329.
Effective beginning January 1, 2016, all police
services within the Township of Pine shall continue to be performed
by the Northern Regional Police Department of Allegheny County, an
entity previously formed to facilitate and administer the provision
of joint, cooperative police services through a single police department
in and for the communities of the Township of Pine, Marshall Township,
the Borough of Bradford Woods and the Township of Richland.
The Township of Pine is hereby authorized to
join with Marshall Township, the Borough of Bradford Woods, and the
Township of Richland, in accordance with the provisions of the aforementioned
Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, as a participating municipality
in the Northern Regional Police Department of Allegheny County pursuant
to the terms and conditions set forth in a new, revised joint police
agreement by and among the four previously mentioned municipalities.
The terms and conditions of the aforementioned joint police agreement
are incorporated herein by reference as fully as if set forth at length
herein, and a copy of said joint police agreement is attached to this
article and labeled as Exhibit A hereto.[1] The appropriate officers of the Township of Pine are hereby
authorized to execute such joint police agreement on its behalf. Pursuant
to the requirements of the aforementioned Intergovernmental Cooperation
Act, the terms of the aforementioned joint police agreement and of
this article accordingly set forth: the conditions of the agreement;
the duration of the term of the agreement; the purposes and objectives
of the agreement (including the powers and scope of authority therein
delegated); the manner and extent of financing the agreement; the
organizational structure necessary to implement the agreement; the
manner in which real or personal property shall be acquired, managed,
licensed, or disposed of; and that the entity created by the said
joint police agreement shall be empowered to enter into contracts
for policies of group insurance and employee benefits, including social
security, for its employees.
[1]
Editor's Note: Exhibit A is on file in the
Township offices.
