[Adopted 12-7-1995 by Ord. No. 1245 as
§ 280.01 of the 1995 Code]
The extension of the social security system
to employees and officers of the Borough will be of great benefit,
not only to the employees of the Borough by providing that such employees
and officers may participate in the provisions of the Old Age and
Survivors Insurance System, but also to the Borough 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, in regular session, enacted a statute known as Act
No. 491,[1] 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 to act as the "state agency"
to implement the coverage of employees and officers under the Old
Age and Survivors Insurance System. The Borough is hereby authorized
to execute and deliver to the state agency a plan or plans and agreement,
required under Section 6 of the enabling Act and the Social Security
Act, to extend coverage to employees and officers of the Borough and
to do all other things necessary to effectuate coverage of employees
and officers under the Old Age and Survivors Insurance System.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 65 P.S. § 201 et seq.
The Borough Secretary is hereby authorized to
establish a system of payroll deduction to be matched by payments
by the Borough 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 Borough. Such payments are to be made
in accordance with the provisions of the law and regulations promulgated
by the state agency and the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare.
Delinquent payments shall bear interest at the rate of 1/2 of 1% per
month until such time as payment is made.
Appropriation is hereby made from the proper
fund or funds of the Borough in the necessary amount to pay into the
contribution fund, as provided in Section 4 of the enabling Act[1] and in accordance with the plan or plans and agreement.
Authority is hereby given to the Mayor and the Borough Secretary 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 the Borough shall commence as of July 1, 1954.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 65 P.S. § 204.
