[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of New Freedom as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 11-12-1991 by Ord. No. 1991-15 (Ch. 1, Part 5A, of the 1983 Code of Ordinances)]
New Freedom Borough shall join with Shrewsbury Borough in accordance with the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of December 19, 1996, No. 177 (53 Pa.C.S.A. § 2301 et seq.) in an agreement to provide for mutual police protection within the municipal limits of each municipality, which agreement entitled "Southern Police Department Joint Municipal Agreement for Law Enforcement Services" is approved and adopted by reference with the same effect as if it had been set forth verbatim in this section and a copy of which shall be filed with the minutes of the meeting at which this article is adopted.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
The President or Vice President of Borough Council and the Secretary of Borough Council are hereby authorized and directed to execute said agreement in duplicate on behalf of New Freedom Borough and under its Borough Seal, and to take such other action as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this article in connection with the implementation of said agreement.
As required by the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, the following matters are specifically found and determined:
A. 
The conditions of the agreement are as set forth in the proposed copy of said agreement referred to in § 42-1 above.
B. 
The initial term of the agreement is for a period of two years, beginning January 1, 1992 , and ending December 31, 1993. Thereafter, either party may terminate its participation in the agreement upon one year's prior written notice delivered to the other party.
C. 
The purpose and objectives of the agreement are to provide broader and more comprehensive police protection and law enforcement services on a more economical basis within the municipal limits of both Boroughs by the consolidation of said separate Police Departments into a new joint Police Department to be known as the "Southern Police Department," which new consolidated Police Department shall provide police protection services throughout the municipal limits of both Boroughs.
D. 
The total cost of operating and maintaining the consolidated Police Department is to be financed by annual budget appropriations made by each participating municipality toward such total cost in the manner and subject to the conditions as set forth in the agreement.
E. 
The Southern Police Department is to be under the general supervision and control of a joint board to be known as the "Southern Police Commission," consisting of the Mayor of each Borough, one elected Council member from each Borough Council, and one nonelected resident of each Borough. The organizational structure of the consolidated Police Department is as provided in the agreement.
F. 
The agreement contemplates that all of the existing property and equipment of each Police Department shall be contributed or transferred to the Southern Police Department. Thereafter, all new purchases of property or equipment are to be made and disposed of as provided in said agreement.
G. 
The Southern Police Commission created pursuant to this article and the agreement shall be empowered to enter into contracts for the purchase of property, equipment, materials and supplies, and shall be authorized to enter into contracts for policies of group insurance and employee benefits, including social security, for its employees, subject to the budgetary restrictions and other provisions contained in said agreement, and shall have all other powers and authority as provided in said agreement and not otherwise denied to it or withheld by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Upon the effective date of the agreement authorized by this article, or at such time as the Southern Police Department becomes operative as set forth in said agreement, whichever shall occur later, the existing New Freedom Borough Police Department is abolished and terminated and shall cease to exist as a separate Police Department.
This article shall become effective at the earliest date permitted by law, and the agreement referred to herein shall be effective as of January 1, 1992.