[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township
of East Bradford as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
[Adopted 11-13-2018 by Ord. No. 03-2018]
East Bradford Township is hereby authorized to enter into an
Intermunicipal Fire Services Agreement (the "agreement") with the
Borough of West Chester, Birmingham Township, Thornbury Township,
Chester County, West Goshen Township and Westtown Township in accordance
with the terms and conditions authorized by this article and set forth
in the agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A
and is incorporated herein by reference. Furthermore, the appropriate officers of the Township
are hereby authorized to do whatever is necessary and appropriate
to carry out the provisions of the agreement and this article and
to comply with the purposes and intent of the agreement and this article.
The agreement is conditioned upon each Township's governing
body, and that of the Borough, enacting an ordinance which authorizes
such municipalities to execute the agreement.
The term of the agreement shall commence at 12:00 midnight on
January 1, 2019, and, unless earlier terminated as to any municipalities
pursuant to Section 2.C. of the agreement, shall terminate at 11:59
p.m. on December 31, 2023.
The purposes and objectives of the agreement are to authorize
the Fire Department to provide fire protection services to certain
portions of each of the townships and to establish the respective
municipality's share of the cost of such fire services.
The fire protection services which will be provided by the Fire
Department pursuant to the agreement shall be shared and paid for
by the respective municipalities in accordance with the payment terms
specified in Paragraph 2 of the agreement.
Each municipality that enters the agreement is governed by an
elected governing body who shall oversee the implementation and enforcement
of the agreement. Moreover, the Borough has established a Police and
Fire Committee which oversees the Fire Department's operation. The
agreement contemplates that each Township shall appoint not more than
two delegates to serve on the Police and Fire Committee.
The Fire Department or the constituent fire companies that comprise
the Fire Department shall own all real property and personal property
used for the provision of fire services pursuant to the agreement.
The Borough and Fire Department are empowered to enter into
contracts for policies of group insurance and employee benefits for
any employees of the Fire Department.
If any sentence, clause, section, or part of this article is
for any reason found to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, such
unconstitutionality, illegality or invalidity shall not affect or
impair any of the remaining provisions, sentences, clauses, sections,
or parts hereof. It is hereby declared as the intent of the Board
of Supervisors of East Bradford Township that this article would have
been adopted had such unconstitutional, illegal or invalid sentence,
clause, section or part thereof not been included herein.
This Ordinance shall become effective five days from the date
hereof.
[Adopted 12-11-2018 by Ord. No. 04-2018]
East Bradford Township is hereby authorized to enter into an
Intermunicipal Fire Services Agreement (the "agreement") with West
Bradford Township in accordance with the terms and conditions authorized
by this article and set forth in the agreement, a copy of which is
attached hereto as Exhibit A and is incorporated herein by reference. Furthermore, the appropriate officers of the Township
are hereby authorized to do whatever is necessary and appropriate
to carry out the provisions of the agreement and this article and
to comply with the purposes and intent of the agreement and this article.
The agreement is conditioned upon each Township's governing
body enacting an ordinance which authorizes such municipalities to
execute the agreement.
The term of the agreement shall commence at 12:00 midnight on
January 1, 2019, and, unless earlier terminated as to any municipalities
pursuant to Section 14 of the agreement, shall terminate at 11:59
p.m. on December 31, 2023.
The purposes and objectives of the agreement are to authorize
the Fire Department to provide fire protection services to certain
portions of East Bradford and to establish the cost of such fire services.
The fire protection services which will be provided by the Fire
Department pursuant to the agreement shall be paid for by East Bradford
in accordance with the payment terms specified in paragraph 6 of the
agreement.
Each municipality that enters the agreement is governed by an
elected governing body who shall oversee the implementation and enforcement
of the agreement.
The Fire Department shall own all real property and personal
property used for the provision of fire services pursuant to the agreement.
The Fire Department is empowered to enter into contracts for
policies of group insurance and employee benefits for any employees
of the Fire Department.
If any sentence, clause, section, or part of this article is
for any reason found to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, such
unconstitutionality, illegality or invalidity shall not affect or
impair any of the remaining provisions, sentences, clauses, sections,
or parts hereof. It is hereby declared as the intent of the Board
of Supervisors of East Bradford Township that this article would have
been adopted had such unconstitutional, illegal or invalid sentence,
clause, section or part thereof not been included herein.
This article shall become effective five days from the date
hereof.