[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors
of the Township of Adams as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Intergovernmental cooperation — See Ch.
16.
[Adopted 3-12-2018 by Ord. No. 165]
The Adams Township Supervisors hereby adopt the intermunicipal
agreement entered into by and between Adams Township, Butler County,
and Valencia Borough, Butler County, dated March 12, 2018, a copy
of which is attached hereto and made a part hereof.
The provisions of this article shall be severable, and if any
of the provisions hereof shall be found to be invalid or unenforceable,
the remaining provisions of this article shall remain in effect.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances or resolutions conflicting
or inconsistent with any of the provisions of this article are hereby
repealed insofar as same affect this article.
This article shall take effect immediately and retroactive to
January 1, 2018.
[Adopted 10-14-1996 by Ord. No. 75]
The Township of Adams hereby evidences its intent
to participate in the cooperative efforts and activities designed
to combat the illegal possession and trafficking of narcotics and
other illegal or controlled drugs, enforce criminal laws, traffic
laws and ordinances within its municipal boundaries as well as within
the boundaries of other communities within and outside of Butler County
through cooperation with the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General
and other signatory municipalities.
The Township of Adams hereby agrees to enter
into an acceptable agreement or agreements which provide(s) a framework
for intergovernmental police cooperation with various signatory municipalities
now and in the future, under the terms of which police officers of
each such municipality shall be and are granted the authority to officially
act as police officers in any other signatory municipality, subject
to the terms and conditions of such agreement(s). Such agreements
may include municipalities outside of Butler County.
The duration of the agreement(s) shall be indefinite,
subject to termination as provided in the agreement(s).
The purposes and objectives of the agreement
are to foster increased cooperation among the various signatory municipalities,
to improve drug law enforcement throughout the signatory municipalities
and to enhance the skill and professionalism of police officers from
each of the signatory municipalities by, among other things, conferring
authority upon police officers to exercise official duties in other
municipalities thereby reducing the law enforcement problems relating
to jurisdiction, territory or boundary issues.
Each municipality shall be responsible for all
expenses incurred by reason of action taken by its police officers
pursuant to this agreement but may accept funds supplied by the Pennsylvania
Office of Attorney General and others.
The organizational structure necessary to implement
the agreement(s), to the extent that it is not set forth in the agreement(s)
itself, shall be covered by directives, procedures and guidance from
the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General and/or other area police
departments from municipalities which are signatories to said agreement(s).
All property, real or personal, which may be
acquired, managed, licensed or disposed of pursuant to such agreement(s)
shall be in accordance with both the terms of the agreement(s) as
well as the directives, procedures and guidance of the Pennsylvania
Office of Attorney General and others.
The municipality shall retain responsibility
for the management, direction and control of its employees with assistance,
financial or otherwise, from the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General.
Any entity authorized by this article shall
be empowered to enter into contracts for policies of group life insurance
and employee benefits, including social security, for its employees.
This article shall become effective upon the
execution of the agreement(s) and enactment of ordinances by each
of the parties and/or municipalities who are or in the future may
become parties to such agreement(s).