The Township of Union shall hereby join with other municipalities
in accordance with the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation
Act by becoming a member of the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental
Risk Management Association and entering into the intergovernmental
contract which is hereby adopted by reference with the same effect
as if it had been set out verbatim in this article, with a copy of
the intergovernmental contract to be filed with the Secretary of the
Township and to be available for review.
The Township of Union, by and through its Board of Supervisors
and employees, is authorized to enter into the intergovernmental contract
for the purposes contained therein, to assure, defend and protect
the Township against liability.
The Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Risk Management Association
is designated as having official custody of Union Township's funds
which are invested by the Association pursuant to the terms of the
intergovernmental contract.
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 intergovernmental
contract;
B. The municipality's participation in the Association shall be terminable
at any time by ordinance;
C. The purposes and objectives of the agreement are set forth herein
above and the intergovernmental contract, and actions contemplated
thereby and purposes and objectives contained therein are otherwise
legal as part of a pooled arrangement with other governmental units,
thereby achieving economic and other advantages of intergovernmental
cooperation;
D. It is not necessary to finance the agreement authorized herein from
municipal funds except through the contribution of this municipality's
base rate to the Association;
E. The Association shall be managed by a Board of Commissioners or executive
committee as set forth in the bylaws of the Association;
F. All property, real or personal, shall be acquired, managed or disposed
of by the Association in accordance with the terms of the intergovernmental
contract.