[Adopted 10-28-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-10]
This article shall be known and may be cited
as the “Joint Municipal Solid Waste and Recyclable Materials
Collection, Transportation and Disposal Services Ordinance.”
The background of this article and the legislative
intention of the Board in enacting it are as follows:
A.
The Township of Lower Allen is a municipality of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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.
D.
The Pennsylvania First Class Township Code authorizes
Townships to provide the means for the collection, destruction or
removal of garbage and other refuse material.
E.
The Board finds that it is in the best interest of
its citizens to arrange for the joint contracting with other municipalities
of solid waste and recyclable materials collection, transportation
and disposal services in that the Township and its residents will
realize a more economical cost.
A.
The conditions of the agreement, the duration of the
term of the agreement, the purpose and objectives of the agreement,
including the powers and scope of authority delegated therein, the
organizational structure necessary to implement the agreement and
the 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.
The Township of Lower Allen shall finance its obligations
under the agreement out of its general revenues and will be reimbursed
by charging its individual residents the fees established by the Board
from time to time.
C.
No real estate will be acquired, managed, licensed
or disposed of under this article or the agreement.
D.
Each municipality has the power to enter into contracts
for policies of group insurance and employee benefits, including social
security, for its employees; however, the services to be provided
under the agreement will be rendered by a private contractor and no
municipal insurance coverage will be required or purchased for the
contractor's employees.
