[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Edgmont
Township 7-7-1992 by Ord. No. 114. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 3-8-1995 by Ord.
No. 120; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1,
Art. I, General Provisions)]
The Township shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless any elected
or appointed Township official and/or employee from claims, suits
or legal proceedings of any type which arise, either directly or indirectly,
or in any manner, from the execution of their duties as Township officials,
appointed officials and/or employees, whether such said act is deemed
to be within the scope of their official capacity or in their personal
capacity as may be defined by law, from any and all forms of claims
of whatever nature, including but not limited to all costs of defense,
court costs, judgment interest, stenographer fees, filing costs, expert
witness fees, fees for duplication of documents or costs of any nature.
It is hereby ordained and decreed that the Township shall obtain,
to the fullest extent possible, insurance coverages which seek to
insulate those individuals against the costs and judgments previously
enumerated.
The Township shall be authorized to expend from its general
revenues such amounts of money as necessary to effectuate the purposes
of this chapter.
