[Adopted 7-21-2003 by Ord. No. 03-03]
This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Western Cumberland COG Membership Ordinance.”
The background of this article and the legislative intention of the Board of Supervisors in enacting it are as follows:
A. 
The Township of Dickinson is a second class township.
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 two or more municipalities may jointly cooperate in the exercise or in the performance of their respective governmental functions, powers or responsibilities.
C. 
The Western Cumberland Council of Governments (COG) was formed to provide a regional resource for local municipalities in the western portion of Cumberland County to cooperate and jointly exercise governmental functions.
D. 
The Board of Supervisors of the Township of Dickinson finds that it is in the best interest of its citizens to join the Western Cumberland Council of Governments to participate in cost savings in purchases and to share in the use of municipal resources.
A. 
The conditions of membership, duration, purpose and objectives of the COG, including the powers and scope of authority delegated therein, manner and extent of financing, organizational structure necessary to implement the COG and manner in which personal property will be acquired, managed and disposed of are set forth in the bylaws, a copy of which is attached to this article as Exhibit A and incorporated herein as if set forth in full.[1]
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Editor’s Note: Said bylaws are on file in the Township offices.
B. 
No real estate will be acquired, managed, licensed or disposed of under this article or the COG bylaws.
C. 
Each municipality 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 agreement.
The Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Dickinson is hereby authorized to complete all documents and perform all actions necessary to obtain membership in the Western Cumberland Council of Governments.