The Board of Supervisors of Limerick Township, Montgomery County,
by and through the Chairman and Secretary, is hereby authorized and
empowered, pursuant to the terms and provisions of the General Municipal
Law and the Second Class Township Code as established in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, to enter into an intergovernmental cooperation agreement
establishing a police emergency response team to be known as "Montgomery
County S.W.A.T. - Western Region" for the purpose of providing additional
police protection for the citizens of Limerick Township, Montgomery
County, Pennsylvania, in accordance with the proposed agreement form
attached hereto and marked "Exhibit A," the terms and provisions of which are incorporated herein
by reference and are intended to comply with the requirements of 53
Pa.C.S.A. § 2301 et seq. Any amendments to said agreement and/or
ordinance relative to the same, whenever agreed upon between the respective
municipalities, shall be consistent with the requirements of the General
Municipal Law and are hereby authorized and shall be binding upon
the respective municipalities to the same extent and with the same
effect as if such amendments had been a part of the original agreement
attached hereto as Exhibit A. The governmental police action of the
foregoing municipalities prior to the effective date of this article
is hereby ratified and confirmed by this article as if the same was
authorized by ordinance.
The condition of this agreement, the duration of the term of
this agreement, the purpose and objectives of the agreement, the manner
and extent of financing the agreement, the organizational structure
necessary to implement the agreement and the manner in which property,
real or personal, shall be acquired, managed or disposed of shall
be the same as those set forth in the proposed written agreement attached
hereto as Exhibit A and shall be incorporated herein by reference to the same
extent as if specifically set forth herein.