[Adopted 12-16-2009 by Ord. No. 3-09]
West Hempfield Township shall join with Mountville Borough in
accordance with the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Act
by entering into the agreement which is adopted 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 article was enacted.
This Township is authorized to enter into the agreement for
the purposes contained therein. This action is to be taken by the
officials or employees of the Township designated for this purpose,
pursuant to general or specific instructions issued by the Board of
Supervisors.
As required by the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act the following
matters are specifically found and determined:
A. The conditions of the agreement are set forth in the agreement referred to in §
30-1.
B. The agreement shall be for a period of five years commencing on 6:01
p.m. on December 31, 2009, and extending until midnight on December
31, 2014, subject to annual renewals upon the mutual agreement of
the parties or earlier termination if a regional police department
is formed.
C. The purpose and objectives of the intermunicipal agreement are to
enter into an intergovernmental contract to permit Township police
officers to perform police services within the Borough.
D. The Borough shall pay to the Township a fee for police services as
set forth in the agreement, with payments being made monthly.
E. No entity will be formed to administer the agreement. The Township
will continue to administer the Township Police Department.
F. No property, real or personal, shall be acquired, managed or disposed
of under the agreement.
G. All police officers shall continue to be employees of the Township
which has the power to enter into contracts for policies of group
insurance and employee benefits, including Social Security, for its
employees.
The Board of Supervisors reserves the right to modify, supplement
or amend the agreement from time to time by resolution or ordinance.
All other intergovernmental agreements between Mountville Borough
and West Hempfield Township or among Mountville Borough and West Hempfield
Township and third parties presently existing are hereby ratified
and confirmed to the extent such agreements are not inconsistent with
the agreement authorized herein.