[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Carroll Township
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 7-16-1980 by Ord.
No. 16]
[Amended 12-2-2003 by Ord. No. 51]
This article is enacted pursuant to the Intergovernmental Cooperation
Act, 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 2301 et seq., which Act authorizes Townships
of the second class to enter into intergovernmental cooperative agreements
delegating any functions, powers or responsibility to another governmental
unit.
Rye and Carroll Townships have entered into an intergovernmental cooperation
agreement, a copy of which agreement is attached hereto and incorporated herein
by reference thereto,[1] wherein Rye Township delegates its responsibility to maintain
certain Township roads bordering Carroll Township to Carroll Township; and
Carroll Township delegates its responsibility to maintain certain Township
roads bordering Rye Township to Rye Township.
[1]
Editor's Note: Said agreement is on file in the Township offices.
[Amended 12-2-2003 by Ord. No. 51]
The purpose of this article is to comply with the Intergovernmental
Cooperation Act, 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 2301 et seq., which requires each
municipality to pass an ordinance by its governing body when entering into
an intergovernmental cooperation agreement with another municipality.
[Adopted 7-1-2003 by Ord. No. 50]
This article shall be known as the "Carroll Township Regional Emergency
Management Agency Ordinance."
The Township of Carroll hereby resolves to enter into an intergovernmental
cooperation agreement with other Townships and boroughs of Perry County that
have enacted a similar ordinance and such other municipalities as would desire
to enter into an intergovernmental agreement in the future, whereby a Perry
County regional emergency management agency will be created, hereinafter referred
to as the "Regional Emergency Management Agency."
The purpose of the Regional Emergency Management Agency is to function
as the emergency management agency for each of the respective municipalities,
in accordance with the Emergency Management Services Code.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 35 Pa.C.S. 7101-7707, as amended.
The conditions of the intergovernmental cooperation agreement to be
entered into between the participating municipalities and the county are generally
as follows:
A.Â
The municipalities agree that they shall take steps to
assure the formation of the Regional Emergency Management Agency, said organization
to be responsible for functioning as the emergency management agency in each
of the municipalities, and they shall adopt and declare the County Emergency
Operations Plan to be the emergency operations plan of each of their municipalities
for the purpose of fulfilling the requirement in Subsection 7503 (1) of the
Emergency Management Services Code to prepare, maintain and keep current a
disaster emergency management plan for each of their municipalities.
B.Â
Each municipality shall appoint two individuals to serve
as members of the Regional Emergency Management Agency, which will have planning
and resource development responsibilities for emergency operations within
the territorial limits of the municipalities that have formed the Regional
Emergency Management Agency. Actions taken by the Regional Emergency Management
Agency must be ratified by the individual municipality governing bodies, as
provided within the E.M.S. Code.
C.Â
The Regional Emergency Management Agency will recommend
one of the individuals named to the Agency to serve as Regional Emergency
Management Coordinator and another to serve as Deputy Emergency Management
Coordinator of the Regional Emergency Management Agency, with responsibility
for operational control of emergency response operations within the territorial
limits of the municipalities that have formed the Regional Emergency Management
Agency. The Regional Emergency Management Coordinator will be subject to the
direction and control of the elected officials of the municipality affected
by the emergency situation. In no case, however, shall the Regional Emergency
Management Coordinator and his/her Deputy be from the same municipality. If
two or more municipalities are affected by the same emergency situation, the
Regional Emergency Management Coordinator shall be subject to the direction
and control of the elected officials of the municipalities affected by the
emergency situation.
D.Â
Each municipality may provide reimbursement to the Regional
Emergency Management Agency for the costs incurred during the printing and
reproduction of the Regional Emergency Operations Plan, Municipal Emergency
Operations Plans, Notification and Resource Manuals, and Emergency Response
Checklists.
E.Â
The Perry County Regional Emergency Management Agency
shall be empowered to enter into contracts for policies of group insurance
and employee benefits, including social security, for its employees.
F.Â
Each municipality shall be a member of the Regional Emergency
Management Agency for a term of at least five years. At the end of this period
of time, any municipality may withdraw from the Perry County Regional Emergency
Management Agency after providing a) 30 days' written notice to the other
member municipalities and b) acceptance by the Regional Director of Emergency
Services of a stand-alone emergency operations plan for that municipality.
The establishing intergovernmental cooperation agreement, however, shall continue
to exist among the remaining municipalities.
A copy of this ordinance shall be filed with the County Emergency Management
Agency and shall remain in effect unless amended. Any amendments shall also
be filed with the County Emergency Management Coordinator.
