[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also superseded
former Art. V, Intergovernmental Cooperation for Regional Emergency
Services, adopted 10-12-2006 by Ord. No. 2061, approved 10-12-2006.
This article shall be known and may be cited
as the "Special Fire Police Mutual Aid and Emergency Assistance Ordinance."
The background of this article and the legislative
intention of the Borough Council in enacting it are as follows:
A.
The Borough of Carlisle is a Pennsylvania borough.
B.
The Act of December 19, 1996, P.L. 1158, No. 177,
referred to as the Intergovernmental Cooperation Law, 53 Pa.C.S.A.
§ 2301, et seq., provides that local governments may jointly
cooperate in the exercise or in the performance of their respective
governmental functions, powers or responsibilities.
C.
The use of Special Fire Police to perform traffic
and crowd control services and other necessary functions, whether
within or outside the boundaries of the municipality by which they
are confirmed, is governed by statutory authority, 35 P.S. § 1201,
et seq.
D.
The Borough Council and the governing bodies of the
county and participating municipalities recognize the desirability
of sharing Special Fire Police resources for both emergency and nonemergency
events for the protection of the health, safety and welfare of all
residents.
A.
The conditions of membership, duration, purpose and
objectives of the agreement, including the powers and scope of authority
delegated therein, manner and extent of financing, organizational
structure necessary to implement the agreement and manner in which
real and personal property will be acquired, managed and disposed
of are set forth in the master Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement
for Special Fire Police Mutual Aid and Emergency Assistance ("agreement"),
a copy of which is attached to this article as Exhibit A[1] and incorporated herein as if set forth in full.
[1]
Editor's Note: A copy of said exhibit is on
file in the Borough offices.
B.
Any funds for the agreement may be appropriated by
the Borough Council as it shall determine, in its sole discretion,
from time to time.
C.
Real and personal property may be acquired, managed
or disposed of under this article.
D.
Each party has the power to enter into contracts for
policies of group insurance and employee benefits, including social
security, for all of their employees, including those whose duties
further the purposes of the program.
The President of the Borough Council is hereby
authorized to execute all documents and perform all actions necessary
to cause the Borough to enter the agreement.
A.
If any sentence, clause, phrase or section of this
article is for any reason found to be unconstitutional, illegal or
invalid, such unconstitutionality, illegality or invalidity shall
not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions, sentences, clauses,
phrases, sections or parts of this article.
B.
It is hereby declared as the intention of the Borough
Council that this article would have been adopted had such unconstitutional,
illegal or invalid sentence, clause, phrase, section or part thereof
not been included therein.
This article shall become effective as provided
by law. The Agreement shall be effective upon the effective date of
the Intergovernmental Cooperation Ordinance last enacted by the parties.
