The expenses of administration of the plan established by this
document, including the compensation of the actuary and the bond for
the trustees of the plan, exclusive of the payment of retirement or
disability benefits, may be paid from plan assets.
Insofar as the provisions of this part are the same as statutory
provisions, they shall be subject to change or repeal to comply with
any future statutory provisions, and the provisions of this document
may be amended or repealed if statutory authority be granted therefor
of if statutory restrictions or mandates are eliminated and discretion
vested in the Borough Council.
In the event that any provision, section, sentence, clause or
part of this document shall be held to be invalid, such invalidity
shall not affect or impair any remaining provision, section, sentence,
clause or part of this document, it being the intent of this Borough
Council that such remainder shall be and shall remain in full force
and effect.
The establishment of the plan shall not be construed as conferring
any legal rights upon any police officer or other person to a continuation
of employment nor shall it interfere with the rights of the Borough
Council to discharge any police officer or to treat him or her without
regard to the effect such treatment might have upon him or her as
a member of the plan.
Any masculine pronoun includes the feminine and any singular
reference means the plural wherever appropriate.
In connection with the administration of the plan, the practice
of the Police Pension Committee, whenever there is a choice or decision
to be made with respect to participants of the plan, shall be uniformly
applied to all similar circumstances, with the result that there shall
be no discrimination in the operation of the plan.
The plan shall be construed, regulated, and administered under
the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Notwithstanding any information that is made available by the
Borough Council, the Police Pension Committee, or the trustees to
participants of the plan through the distribution of descriptive booklets,
bulletin board notices, payroll notices, or oral announcement, any
participant of the plan may examine the plan and all amendments thereto
at the main office of the Borough of Punxsutawney at such mutually
convenient time as is arranged by the members and a representative
of the Borough Council, and/or the Board of the Trustees.