The Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of East Bradford Township (the
"Township") is hereby authorized to enter into an intergovernmental cooperation
agreement with the Borough of West Chester, East Goshen Township, West Goshen
Township, Westtown Township and Thornbury Township, to form the West Chester
Area Council of Governments (WCACOG), in accordance with the terms and conditions
authorized by this ordinance and set forth in the agreement, a copy of which
is attached hereto as Exhibit B and is incorporated herein by reference. Furthermore, the appropriate officers of the Township are hereby
authorized to do whatever is necessary and appropriate to carry out the provisions
of the agreement and this ordinance, and to comply with the purposes and intent
of the agreement and this ordinance.
The agreement is conditioned upon each member's governing body
enacting an ordinance which authorizes such member to participate in the WCACOG
and to execute the agreement.
The WCACOG shall be created for and the agreement shall have an initial
term of five years, which term shall commence on the effective date of the
agreement (as defined in paragraph 17 of the agreement). At the expiration
of the initial five-year term, the agreement and the WCACOG shall automatically
renew for successive one-year terms unless a majority of the members, acting
through their delegates, vote to terminate the agreement.
The purposes and objectives of the WCACOG include, but are not limited
to the following:
A. To provide a forum for the discussion of regional issues
that affect the members and their residents;
B. To discuss and study local issues of mutual interest
and concern to each member and its residents and to formulate solutions for
common regional problems;
C. To allow for regional planning and coordination on local
government issues such as, but not limited to zoning, transportation, emergency
services, geographical information systems (GIS), cable communications, technological
electronic communication and any other issues which affect the West Chester
region;
D. To train municipal officials and employees in various
municipal topics and laws that affect municipalities;
E. To undertake, coordinate and administer programs of regional
interest that benefit some or all of the members;
F. To create an alliance for obtaining more competitive
rates on the purchase of goods and services for the members; and
G. To perform such other activities as the members may mutually
agree may be undertaken through the WCACOG which are related to the objectives
identified above.
The WCACOG is not authorized by the agreement to purchase real property.
If the WCACOG purchases personal property, it shall take title to such personal
property in the name of WCACOG, unless otherwise agreed to by the Board of
Delegates. Upon termination of the agreement, any personal property owned
by the WCACOG shall be distributed to the members or sold and the proceeds
distributed to the members, as determined by the Board of Delegates. All other
matters pertaining to the acquisition, management, licensing or disposal of
personal property by the WCACOG shall be decided by a majority vote of the
Board of Delegates.
The WCACOG is empowered to enter into contracts for policies of group
insurance and employee benefits including social security for any employees
of the WCACOG. No such employees are anticipated by the members and a majority
of the Board of Delegates must first vote to hire any such employees and approve
any such contracts.
If any sentence, clause, section, or part of this ordinance 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, sections, or parts hereof. It is hereby declared as the
intent of the Board of Supervisors that this ordinance would have been adopted
had such unconstitutional, illegal or invalid sentence, clause, section or
part thereof not been included herein.
This ordinance shall become effective upon enactment as by law provided.