The Township of Potter shall join with other
local governmental units in accordance with the Intergovernmental
Cooperation Act and other similar acts by becoming a settlor of the Pennsylvania
Local Government Investment Trust (the Trust) and entering into the
Declaration of Trust, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated
and adopted herein by reference with the same effect as if it had
been set out verbatim in this section, and a copy of which shall be
filed with the minutes of the meeting at which this chapter was enacted.
The Township of Potter is authorized to purchase shares in the Trust from time to time with available funds, and to redeem some or all of those shares from time to time as funds are needed for other purposes, subject to the terms and restrictions of the Declaration of Trust referred to in §
21-1. These actions are to be taken by the officers designated for this purpose, pursuant to general or specific instructions by the Board of the Township of Potter.
The trustees of the Trust are designated as
having official custody of funds of the Township of Potter which are
invested by the purchase of shares in the Trust.
As required by the Intergovernmental Cooperation
Act, all of the following matters are specifically found and determined:
A. The conditions of the agreement are set forth in the Declaration of Trust referred to in §
21-1.
B. The participation of the Township of Potter in the Trust shall be terminable at any time by ordinance, subject to the terms and restrictions of the Declaration of Trust referred to in §
21-1.
C. The Declaration of Trust and the purchase of its shares are for the purpose of investing the funds of the Township of Potter in obligations which are otherwise legal investments, as part of a pooled arrangement with other local governmental units, thereby achieving economic and other advantages of pooled investments; and the powers and scope of authority delegated are set forth in the Declaration of Trust referred to in §
21-1.
D. It is not necessary to finance the agreement authorized
herein from funds of the Township of Potter except through the purchase
of shares in the Trust.
E. The Trust shall be managed by the Board of Trustees
as set forth in the Declaration of Trust and the bylaws provided for
therein.
F. Shares may be repurchased and redeemed from time to time as the Township of Potter may determine to be necessary or appropriate to meet its cash investment requirements in accordance with the terms and restrictions of the Declaration of Trust referred to in §
21-1.
G. The Trust shall be empowered to enter into contracts
for policies of group insurance and employee benefits, including social
security, for its employees.