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This Part shall be known and may be cited as the "Red Hill Borough
School Crossing Guards Ordinance."
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The Borough hereby allows the Board of School Directors of the
Upper Perkiomen School District to assume the hiring and oversight
of school crossing guards in the Upper Perkiomen School District portion
of the Borough of Red Hill.
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The school crossing guards hired by the Upper Perkiomen School
District shall be authorized only in the management of traffic and
pedestrians in and around areas identified by the Upper Perkiomen
School District Superintendent or his or her designee.
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The Borough shall not provide any training or assistance to
the school crossing guards while on duty, as the Borough does not
employ a police department.
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The school crossing guards shall not:
(a) Come within the civil service provisions of Subchapter E of Chapter
11 of the Pennsylvania Borough Code (8 Pa.C.S.A. § 1121 et seq.);
(b) Be considered part of the bargaining unit of the Upper Perkiomen
School District;
(c) Be considered a school employee as defined under § 1101-A
of the Public School Code of 1949, as amended (24 P.S. § 11-1101-A);
(d) Be considered a school employee as defined under 24 Pa.C.S.A. § 8102
(relating to definitions); or
(e) Be considered an employee under any plan.
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The Upper Perkiomen School District shall assume the cost of
compensation, including fixing such compensation of the school crossing
guards. The Borough shall reimburse the Upper Perkiomen School District
for 16.67% of the total cost of compensation paid by the Upper Perkiomen
School District to the school crossing guards.
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The Board of School Directors of the Upper Perkiomen School
District shall promptly notify the Borough Council of the individuals
hired to serve as school crossing guards. The Upper Perkiomen School
District shall indemnify, defend and hold the Borough of Red Hill,
its elected officials, officers and employees, harmless from and against
any and all claims made, suits, judgments or recovery of any nature
or kind resulting from any actions or omissions by or on account of
any such school crossing guard, designated or appointed by the Upper
Perkiomen School District pursuant to this Part, and shall provide
to the Borough a written agreement providing for such indemnification.
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The Board of School Directors of the Upper Perkiomen School
District, the Borough Council and all other participating municipalities,
if any, shall execute an intermunicipal agreement or memorandum of
understanding specifying their respective responsibilities with respect
to the hiring, training, oversight and funding for each school crossing
guard and the indemnification requirements of this Part.