[Adopted 7-10-1991 by Ord. No. 91-5]
Hilltown Township shall enter into an intergovernmental
cooperation agreement with Silverdale Borough, a borough in Bucks
County, Pennsylvania, pursuant to Act 180, July 12, 1972, as amended,
53 P.S. § 481 et seq., under the terms of which the Borough of Silverdale delegates
to Hilltown Township the duty and authority of providing police protection
to the Borough of Silverdale and its residents.
The conditions of the agreement are that Hilltown
Township shall provide complete police service to Silverdale Borough
and that the Borough shall compensate the Township for such services
at compensation rates to be determined between the parties. The operation
and supervision of the police activities shall be exclusively the
obligation of Hilltown Township.
The agreement shall continue initially for a
term of one year and six months from July 1, 1991, and shall extend
for further terms of one year each unless terminated by either party
on 90 days’ notice.
The purpose and obligations of the agreement
are to have a single police force providing service to both Silverdale
Borough and Hilltown Township and that the agency providing this service
shall be the Hilltown Township Police Department. The authority delegated
to the Township by the Borough is the authority to maintain and operate
a police force which provides police services in the Borough of Silverdale.
The manner and extent of financing the agreement
is that Hilltown Township shall budget sufficient funds to finance
a police department able to provide services to the Township and the
Borough and that Silverdale Borough will pay the Township for the
police services provided at least quarter annually.
The organizational structure necessary to implement
the agreement is the Hilltown Township Police Department which is
already in existence.
There is no need for property to be acquired,
managed, licensed or disposed of to implement this agreement.
No entity which is an employer need be created
to implement this agreement. The implementation will be done by Hilltown
Township which is empowered to enter into contracts for policies of
group insurance and employee benefits, including Social Security,
for its employees.