[Adopted 10-17-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-3]
Intergovernmental cooperation agreement for administration of
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds. This article is ordained
and enacted pursuant to the provisions of the Second Class Township
Code, as amended and reenacted, 53 P.S. § 65101 et seq.,
and the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Law, as amended,
53 Pa.C.S.A. § 2301 et seq., and otherwise per law.
The Township of Derry (Township) hereby approves the form and
content of that cooperation agreement, including Addendum A relating
to work assignments, by and between the Township and the County of
Mifflin (County) for FY 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 CDBG Program Administration,
and subsequent years thereafter as long as the county is required
to administer the Township's CDBG funds as directed by the Pennsylvania
Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) or successor
agency, both parties which are political subdivisions and local government
units of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as defined by the Pennsylvania
Intergovernmental Cooperation Law, as amended, and which agreement
is proposed to be made and executed by the said county and Township
(collectively the "parties" to the agreement). The cooperation agreement
by and between County of Mifflin, Pennsylvania, and the Township of
Derry for FY 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 CDBG Program Administration,
and subsequent years thereafter as long as the county is required
to administer the Township's CDBG funds as directed by the Pennsylvania
Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) or successor
agency, is incorporated herein and made a part hereof and shall be
substantially in the form attached hereto, and incorporated herein
as Schedule I.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Schedule I is on file in the Township
office.
Summary of cooperation agreement by and between the County of
Mifflin, Pennsylvania ("county"), and the Township of Derry ("Township")
for FY 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 CDBG Program Administration, and
subsequent years thereafter as long as the county is required to administer
the Township's CDBG funds as directed by the Pennsylvania Department
of Community and Economic Development (DCED) or successor agency.
As required by Section 2307 (53 Pa.C.S.A. § 2307) of the
said Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Law, as amended, the
summary and substance of the agreement, is as follows:
A.
The amount of money/grant funds to be disbursed for the benefit of
the Township for FY 2015 is set forth therein, it being noted that
the required hearings for citizen input to formulate community development
plans and to address needs have been conducted and that the county
has reviewed and approved the plans and proposed activities and has
prepared the application for funding to the Pennsylvania Department
of Community and Economic Development (DCED).
B.
The agreement, including Addendum A relating to work assignments,
sets forth the scope of services and the respective responsibilities
of the parties, the time of performance, the budget, payments, notices
and representatives, special conditions, general conditions, administrative
requirements, relocation, real property acquisition and one-for-one
housing replacement, personnel and participant conditions, environmental
conditions, termination and modification, severability and a paragraph
noting that the agreement is the entire agreement between the parties.
C.
The agreement provides for an annual review by the Township Supervisors
and the county of outstanding plans and activities as well as all
potential future plans so as to aid in the proper, efficient and satisfactory
administration of said CDBG funds and projects.
D.
The agreement is as otherwise adopted by this article.
The Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of the Township, or
in his absence, the Vice President of the Board of Supervisors of
the Township, together with the Township Secretary, or in her absence,
the Assistant Township Secretary, are hereby authorized and directed
to execute and attest to the agreement and counterparts thereof on
behalf of the Township. This authority and direction to execute the
agreement shall be authorized and carried out even if changes (and/or
even if the more detailed or modified work assignments are agreed
to by the parties), are made after the enactment of this article,
provided that the agreement is substantially in the form approved
hereby and that such changes are editorial in nature and do not affect
the meaning, intent, substance or effect of the agreement as approved
by this article.
