[Adopted 9-1-1952 as Ord. No. 412]
It is the considered opinion of this body that
the extension of the social security system to employees and officers
of the City of Greensburg will be of great benefit, not only to the
employees of the City by providing that said employees and officers
may participate in the provisions of the Old Age and Survivors Insurance
System, but will also be of great benefit to the City of Greensburg
by enabling it to attract and retain in employment the best of personnel
and thus increase the efficiency of its government.
The 1951 Session of the General Assembly of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in regular session, enacted a statute
known as Act No. 491, which is the enabling Act provided for in Section
218 of Public Law 734, 81st Congress, which designated the Secretary
of Labor and Industry of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to act as
the state agency to implement the coverage of employees and officers
under said Old Age and Survivors Insurance System. The City of Greensburg
is hereby authorized to execute and deliver to the state agency a
plan, or plans, and agreements required under Section 6 of said enabling
Act and the Social Security Act, to extend coverage to employees and
officers of the City of Greensburg and do all other necessary things
to effectuate coverage of employees and officers under the Old Age
and Survivors Insurance System.
The Clerk is hereby authorized to establish
a system of payroll deduction to be matched by payments by the City
of Greensburg, to be made into the contribution fund of the Social
Security Act through the office of the state agency, and to make charges
of this tax to the fund or funds from which wage or salary payments
are issued to employees of the City of Greensburg. Such payments are
to be made in accordance with the provisions of the law and regulations
promulgated by the state agency and the Federal Security Administrator.
Such payments which are delinquent shall bear interest at the rate
of 1/2 of 1% per month until such time as payments are made.
Appropriation is hereby made from the proper
fund or funds of the City of Greensburg in the necessary amount to
pay into the contribution fund, as provided in Section 4 of the enabling
Act, and in accordance with the plan, or plans, and agreement. Authority
is given to the Mayor and the Clerk of the City of Greensburg to enter
into an agreement with the state agency, which agreement shall be
in accordance with Act No. 491 and with Paragraph 218 of the Social
Security Act. Such plan and agreement shall provide that the participation
of this City of Greensburg shall commence as of January 1, 1951.
