The City Council of the City of Coatesville (the "City") is
hereby authorized pursuant to the Third Class City Code, the City's
Home Rule Charter and other applicable law to enter into an intergovernmental
cooperation agreement with the municipalities which are identified
on Exhibit A of the agreement to form the Western Chester County Council
of Governments ("WCCCOG"), in accordance with the terms and conditions
authorized by this chapter and set forth in the agreement, a copy
of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A and is incorporated herein by reference. Furthermore,
the appropriate officers of the City are hereby authorized to do whatever
is necessary and appropriate to carry out the provisions of the agreement
and this chapter, and to comply with the purposes and intent of the
agreement and this chapter.
The agreement is conditioned upon each Township/Borough/City's
governing body enacting an ordinance which authorizes such municipalities
to participate in the WCCCOG and to execute the agreement.
The WCCCOG shall be created for, and the agreement shall have,
an initial term of five years, which term shall commence on the effective
date of the agreement (as defined in Paragraph 17 of the agreement).
At the expiration of the initial five-year term, the agreement and
the WCCCOG shall automatically renew for successive one-year terms
unless a majority of the municipalities, acting through their delegates,
vote to terminate the agreement.
The purposes and objectives of the WCCCOG include, but are not
limited to, the following:
A. To provide a forum for the discussion of regional issues that affect
the members and their residents;
B. To discuss and study local issues of mutual interest and concern
to each member and its residents and to formulate solutions for common
regional problems;
C. To allow for regional planning and coordination on local government
issues such as, but not limited to, zoning, transportation, emergency
services, geographical information systems ("GIS"), cable communications,
technological electronic communication and any other issues which
affect the Western Chester County region;
D. To train municipal officials and employees in various municipal topics
and laws that affect municipalities;
E. To undertake, coordinate and administer programs of regional interest
that benefit some or all of the members;
F. To create an alliance for obtaining more competitive rates on the
purchase of goods and services for the members; and
G. To perform such other activities as the members may mutually agree
may be undertaken through the WCCCOG which are related to the objectives
identified above.
The WCCCOG is not authorized by the agreement to purchase real
property. If the WCCCOG purchases personal property, it shall take
title to such personal property in the name of WCCCOG, unless otherwise
agreed to by the Board of Delegates. Upon termination of the agreement,
any personal property owned by the WCCCOG shall be distributed to
the members, or sold and the proceeds distributed to the members,
as determined by the Board of Delegates. All other matters pertaining
to the acquisition, management, licensing or disposal of personal
property by the WCCCOG shall be decided by a majority vote of the
Board of Delegates.
The WCCCOG is empowered to enter into contracts for policies
of group insurance and employee benefits including social security
for any employees of the WCCCOG. No such employees are anticipated
by the members and a majority of the Board of Delegates must first
vote to hire any such employees and approve any such contracts.
If any sentence, clause, section, or part of this chapter is
for any reason found to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, such
unconstitutionality, illegality or invalidity shall not affect or
impair any of the remaining provisions, sentences, clauses, sections,
or parts hereof. It is hereby declared as the intent of the City Council
that this chapter would have been adopted had such unconstitutional,
illegal or invalid sentence, clause, section or part thereof not been
included herein.
This chapter shall be effective 30 days after publication following
final adoption in accordance with the City Charter and the Third-Class
City Code.