[Adopted 7-21-2003 by Ord. No. 04-03]
This article shall be known and may be cited
as the “Joint Regional Comprehensive Plan 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 Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, the
Act of 1968, P.L. 805, No. 247, as amended, 53 P.S. § 10101
et seq., authorizes townships of the second class to enter into joint
municipal agreements with other political subdivisions to prepare
regional comprehensive plans.
D.
The Board of Supervisors of the Township of Dickinson
finds that it is in the best interest of its citizens to enter into
a consultant agreement with David Black Associates, Inc., and Martin
and Martin, Incorporated, a Joint Venture, cooperatively and jointly
with the Borough of Newville and the Townships of Lower Frankford,
North Newton, Upper Frankford, Upper Mifflin and West Pennsboro for
the joint preparation of a regional comprehensive plan.
A.
The conditions of the agreement, duration of the term
of the agreement, 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 personal property will be acquired,
managed and disposed of are set forth in the agreement, a copy of
which is attached to this article as Exhibit A and incorporated herein
as if set forth in full.[1]
[1]
Editor’s Note: Said agreement is on
file in the Township offices.
B.
No real estate will be acquired, managed, licensed
or disposed of under this article or the agreement.
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 execute the joint
municipal agreement attached as Exhibit A.
