The extension of the social security system to employees and
officers of the Borough of Parkside will be of great benefit not only
to the employees of the Borough of Parkside by providing that said
employees and officers may participate in the provisions of the Old
Age and Survivors' Insurance System but also to the Borough of
Parkside 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 Borough of
Parkside is hereby authorized to execute and deliver to the state
agency a plan or plans and agreement required under Section 6 of said
enabling act and the Social Security Act to extend coverage to employees
and officers of the Borough of Parkside and do all other necessary
things to effectuate the coverage of employees and officers under
the Old Age and Survivors' Insurance System.
The Secretary is hereby authorized to establish a system of
payroll deductions to be matched by payments of the Borough of Parkside
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 of Parkside. 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 Borough of Parkside 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 President
of Council and the Secretary of the Borough of Parkside 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
Borough of Parkside shall commence as of April 1, 1953.