The Board of Supervisors hereby is authorized to enter into
an intergovernmental cooperation agreement for a limited scope of
code enforcement services for Oklahoma Borough, Westmoreland County,
a copy of which intergovernmental cooperation agreement is attached
hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit "A" and which shall be referred
to herein as the "agreement."
The agreement sets forth the terms pursuant to which the Allegheny
Township Board of Supervisors and Oklahoma Borough Council shall work
together to provide code enforcement services administered by Allegheny
Township. The term of the agreement shall commence as of the date
of the agreement and shall continue for 12 months thereafter with
automatic renewals of one-year periods thereafter unless either party
gives the other six months' written notice of its intent to terminate.
The Oklahoma Borough Council will be paying Allegheny Township, Westmoreland
County, directly for services rendered and no financing of the agreement
shall be required.
No new organizational structure is necessary to implement the
agreement.
In accordance with the agreement, Oklahoma Borough will provide
the needed enforcement tools in order for Allegheny Township personnel
to perform such services and will include office supplies and access
to a computer for various code enforcement activities.
The agreement will require appointment of the Code Officer as
the official code officer of Oklahoma Borough, therefore requiring
said official to be included in the public officials liability policy
held by Oklahoma Borough for decisions and actions taking place within
Oklahoma Borough. No other policies of group insurance and employee
benefits will be required by Oklahoma Borough. Rather, the employees
involved in this agreement shall be insured by their respective employers,
namely Allegheny Township, Westmoreland County.