[Ord. 2001-1, 1/8/2001, § I]
There is hereby created a Joint Fire Protection and Emergency Services Cooperative to be known as the "Warrior Run Consolidated Fire Service Cooperative." The Cooperative shall be operated jointly by the Boroughs of Watsontown and McEwensville and the Township of Delaware, located in Northumberland County, and the Township of Gregg located in Union County.
[Ord. 2001-1, 1/8/2001, § II]
1. 
This Part shall be in full force and effect upon its adoption and the adoption of similar ordinances creating the Cooperatives by the Boroughs of Watsontown and McEwensville and the Township of Delaware, located in Northumberland County, and the Township of Gregg located in Union County.
2. 
The Cooperative created by this Part shall be perpetual and exist unless terminated by the member municipalities.
[Ord. 2001-1, 1/8/2001, § III]
1. 
The Joint Cooperative shall have the authority to own, operate and maintain equipment, vehicles and real property necessary to provide fire protection and emergency services to the municipality as determined by the Cooperative. The Cooperative shall have all other powers and authority as set forth in the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of 1996, Pa.C.S.A. § 2301 et seq., including, but not limited to, incurring indebtedness but not obligating the municipalities without their separate, prior approvals, charging fees for services and conducting fund-raising activities associated with Volunteer Fire Companies.
2. 
The Cooperative shall ensure that it participates in an appropriate Fireman's Relief Association and is authorized to receive or dispose of any interest in any Fireman's Relief Association of any Fire Department formerly providing services in the Cooperative's area of jurisdiction.
3. 
The Cooperative shall have the power and authority to organize fire police in the Cooperative's area of jurisdiction.
[Ord. 2001-1, 1/8/2001, § IV]
1. 
The Cooperative will provide fire protection services in the area of the municipality and all other municipalities which are members of the Cooperative, including but not limited to, the enactment of fire codes, education, prevention programs and all other activities related to fire prevention and emergency services.
2. 
The Cooperative may enter into agreements with other fire-protection and/or emergency service organizations for mutual aid/assistance and to enter into contracts for services.
[Ord. 2001-1, 1/8/2001, § V]
The Cooperative shall be managed by a Board of Directors which shall be comprised of all the representatives appointed by the member municipalities.
[Ord. 2001-1, 1/8/2001, § VI]
1. 
Each member municipality shall have two representatives on the Board of Directors of the Cooperative. One member shall have a background of emergency fire, medical and/or rescue services, and the other member should be a municipal elected official. No representative may be a paid employee of the Cooperative.
2. 
The Cooperative may, at the discretion of the majority of the directors of the Cooperative, accept additional municipalities as members of the Cooperative. Additional members may join the Cooperative subject to any terms and conditions as determined by a majority of the directors of the Cooperative but only after approval by the joining municipality by ordinance or resolution agreeing to the terms and conditions of the Cooperative.
3. 
A municipality that is currently a member of the Cooperative may withdraw from the Cooperative by resolution or ordinance of that municipality at any time. Upon withdrawal of any existing member, the withdrawing municipality shall forfeit and relinquish any interest in any assets, real or personal, or any other interests of the Cooperative. Any withdrawing municipality may contract with the Cooperative for continued fire protection and emergency services in the withdrawing municipality. The Cooperative shall have the absolute right to continue to maintain and operate any real property or other activities related to the Cooperative's functions as set forth in § 1-903 within the withdrawing municipality, provided said operations or activities existed prior to the municipality withdrawing or are reasonably related to operations and activities of the Cooperative which existed prior to municipality withdrawing.
[Ord. 2001-1, 1/8/2001, § VII]
1. 
The representatives on the Board of Directors of the Cooperative shall serve a five-year term at the discretion of the municipality appointing them. Initial appointments shall be in accordance with the following staggered schedule:
A. 
Delaware Township: one two-year appointment, one five-year appointment.
B. 
Gregg Township: one three-year appointment, one four-year appointment.
C. 
McEwensville Borough: one four-year appointment, one three-year appointment.
D. 
Watsontown Borough: one five-year appointment, one two-year appointment.
[Ord. 2001-1, 1/8/2001, § VIII]
Any vacancy of the Board of Directors shall be filled within 30 days of the date the vacancy occurred by the municipality for which the vacancy has occurred.
[Ord. 2001-1, 1/8/2001, § IX]
The Directors of the Cooperative shall serve without pay but may be reimbursed by the Cooperative for actual expenses, including travel expenses in the direct performance of their duties.
[Ord. 2001-1, 1/8/2001, § X]
1. 
The Board of Directors shall select one of its members as Chairman and one of its members as Vice Chairman. The Board shall also select a Secretary who may be a member of the Board or a nonmember. In the event the Secretary is a nonmember of the Board, the Secretary may receive compensation as determined by the Board.
2. 
The Board shall appoint a Fire Chief, who shall be knowledgeable in emergency services and emergency services management through both practical and theoretical knowledge, and who shall appoint Assistant/Deputy Chiefs subject to the approval of the Board. The Board shall designate rank and job descriptions to all positions created by the Board.
[Ord. 2001-1, 1/8/2001, § XI]
1. 
The Board shall meet as often as necessary to transact its business. The Board shall meet not less than once each month. All meetings of the Board shall be open to the public. Regular meetings shall be established and, in addition, special meetings may be called at any time by the Chairman or any two members of the Board. A simple majority of the appointed members shall constitute a quorum. No action of the Board shall be valid unless it receives a favorable vote of at least a majority of the appointed members of the Board regardless of how many members are present at the meeting.
2. 
For purposes of determining a majority, only the total number of appointed members shall be counted. Any vacancy shall not be counted in determining the total number of members for a majority.
3. 
Meetings are to be held at the locations where fire protection services are headquartered or at any other such place that the Board may designate.
[Ord. 2001-1, 1/8/2001, § XII]
The Board shall, with the assistance of its Secretary, keep a record of all its meetings. The records shall be kept on file available for public inspection during regular business hours. The records shall be maintained by the Secretary. A copy of the records shall be maintained at the principal location of fire protection services located with the Cooperative's area of jurisdiction.
[Ord. 2001-1, 1/8/2001, § XIII]
1. 
Each member municipality shall provide funds to the Cooperative from any amounts received from revenues the municipality received for the purpose of fire protection and emergency services. Said contributions shall be made annually, with not less than 1/2 provided on or before April 1, and the balance to be provided before October 1 each year, and, further, shall not be less then an amount equal to $18 per capita based on the most recent United States Census. The prisoner/inmate populations of any state or federal correctional institutions shall not be included in determining each member's contribution.
[Amended by Ord. 2005-3, 10/3/2005; by Ord. 2007-04, 9/4/2007; and by Ord. 2016-04, 11/29/2016]
2. 
Each municipality shall surrender to the Cooperative any amounts a member receives, or may otherwise be entitled to, for Firemen's Relief Fund monies.
3. 
The foregoing shall in no way limit a municipality's ability to make additional voluntary contributions to the Cooperative or for the Cooperative to receive any contributions or donations of any kind from any other source.
[Ord. 2001-1, 1/8/2001, § XIV]
The Cooperative shall form such committees as it deems appropriate for the reasonable and efficient operation of the Cooperative's activities. Such committees may include, but shall not be limited to, such areas as: fund-raising, public education and training, safety and maintenance.
[Ord. 2001-1, 1/8/2001, § XV]
That portion of any municipality's population incarcerated in a federal or state prison at the time the Cooperative may be calculating pro rata shares of costs shall be deducted from the municipal population reported in the latest census to determine the municipal population for the purposes of this calculation.
[Ord. 2001-1, 1/8/2001, § XVI]
1. 
The Cooperative may be dissolved only by the unanimous vote of all the members of the Board of Directors.
2. 
In the event the Cooperative is dissolved for any reason, all assets shall be distributed to the member municipalities that exist at the time of dissolution on a prorated basis according to population as determined by the most recent United States Census.
3. 
No member municipality shall be liable for any debt of the Cooperative for which it had not given prior approval, or otherwise ratified.