[Adopted 12-30-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-2]
This agreement[1] shall have an effective date of January 1, 2003, and shall continue
in full force and effect until such time as either party notifies the others
by at least 90 days' advance notice at or before the conclusion of a fiscal
year of its desire to either cancel or otherwise renegotiate this agreement.
[1]
Editor's Note: References the intergovernmental cooperation agreement
with the Borough of Mount Union for the payment of fire protection provided
by the Mount Union Fire Company.
Commencing January 2003, and for each and every month thereafter, during
the life of this agreement, Mount Union Borough agrees to provide Shirley
Township with a monthly invoice and supporting documentation showing the exact
amount of all costs and expenses incurred by the Borough and paid to the Mount
Union Fire Company for fire protection for the immediately preceding month.
Upon receipt of the aforesaid invoice and supporting documentation, Shirley Township shall then pay the appropriate amount, pursuant to the flexible percentage formula as established in § 23-4 of this agreement, directly to Mount Union Borough.
The formula to be utilized by and between the municipalities is set
forth as follows:
A.
At or before November 1 of the year immediately preceding
the commencement of the respective calendar fiscal years of each municipality,
the Mount Union Fire Company shall provide to each municipality a breakdown
showing the percentage of calls within each municipality for the immediately
preceding twelve-month period.
B.
Based upon that number, each municipality shall then
be responsible for the payment in future months based upon the percentage
of calls, as set forth in prior information. For example, in the event that
in the prior twelve-month time period, as presented by the Fire Company, the
percentage of calls in Mount Union Borough is 60%, and the percentage of calls
in Shirley Township is 40%, then those percentage figures shall be utilized
each and every month thereafter until the following fiscal year for the payment
of each monthly invoice.
C.
At such time in the subsequent fiscal year that each
municipality receives the actual percentage information as to the number of
calls in the preceding 12 months, then appropriate adjustments will be made
in future months, both to reflect the new percentage for future charges and
to credit or debit either or both municipalities for payments made in the
prior twelve-month period, which were either less than or exceeded the calculated
percentage of calls.
At the conclusion of each fiscal year, an audit will be performed of the exact amount that was expended by and paid to the Mount Union Fire Company. In the event that this amount differs in any way than those amounts actually paid pursuant to the aforesaid monthly invoice procedure, then the affected municipality shall be entitled to either a debit or credit against amounts actually paid. This debit or credit will be utilized in the payment of subsequent years' invoices in a manner similar to the recalculation that occurs on the basis of the actual percentage of calls, as set forth in § 23-4.
Each municipality must pay the appropriate amount of the Fire Companies'
workers' compensation, which shall be calculated by the insurance carrier,
and transmitted directly to each municipality for appropriate payment.
This agreement shall be adopted by each municipality as an appropriate
ordinance duly advertised at a public meeting of each municipality.
