This article shall be known and may be cited
as the "Special Fire Police Mutual Aid Ordinance."
The background of this article and the legislative
intention of the Board of Commissioners in enacting it are as follows:
A. Cumberland County is a Pennsylvania fourth-class county.
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., provided that local governments may jointly
cooperate in the exercise or in the performance of their respective
governmental functions, powers or responsibilities.
C. The use of special fire police to perform traffic
and crowd control services and other necessary functions, whether
within or outside the boundaries of the municipality by which they
are confirmed, is governed by statutory authority, 35 P.S. § 1201
et seq.
D. The Board of Commissioners of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
and the governing bodies of the participating municipalities recognize
the desirability of sharing special fire police resources for both
emergency and nonemergency events for the protection of the health,
safety and welfare of all residents.
The Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of
Cumberland County is hereby authorized to execute all documents and
perform all actions necessary to cause the County to enter the agreement.
The provisions of this article, as far as they
are the same as those of ordinances in force immediately prior to
the enactment of this article, are intended as a continuation of such
ordinances and not as new enactments. The provisions of this article
shall not affect any such suit or prosecution pending or to be instituted
to enforce any right or penalty or to punish any offense under the
authority of any ordinance repealed by this article.
Any other ordinance or parts thereof inconsistent
with this article be and are hereby expressly repealed.
This article shall become effective as provided
by law. Each agreement shall be effective upon the effective date
of the intergovernmental cooperation ordinance last enacted by the
parties.