[Adopted 5-17-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-04]
The Township of Union shall hereby join with other municipalities in accordance with the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Act[1] 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.
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Editor's Note: See 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 2301 et seq.
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.