[Adopted 7-16-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-6]
This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Land Partnerships Grant Program Ordinance."
The background of this article and the legislative intention of the Board of Supervisors in enacting it are as follows:
A. 
Dickinson Township is a Pennsylvania 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 local governments may jointly cooperate in the exercise or in the performance of their respective governmental functions, powers or responsibilities.
C. 
The Cumberland County Land Partnerships Grant Program ("program") was established by the Board of Commissioners of Cumberland County for the purpose of open space preservation and smart growth planning for the benefit of County residents.
D. 
The Board of Supervisors determines that it is in the best interest of the public health, safety and welfare of its citizens to participate in the program.
A. 
The conditions of membership, duration, purpose and objectives of the program, 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 Municipal Participation in the Cumberland County Land Partnerships Grant Program ("agreement"), 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 agreement is on file in the Township offices.
B. 
Any funds for the program may be appropriated by the Board of Supervisors 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 Chairman of the Board of Supervisors is hereby authorized to execute all documents and perform all actions necessary to cause the Township to enter the agreement.
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. It is hereby declared as the intention of the Board of Supervisors 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.