This municipality shall join with other municipalities
in accordance with the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation
Act by becoming a settlor of the Pennsylvania Local Government
Investment Trust (the "Trust") and entering into the Declaration of
Trust, which is adopted by reference with the same effect as if it
had been set out verbatim in this section and a copy of which shall
be filed with the minutes of August 2, 1982.
This municipality is authorized to purchase
shares in the Trust from time to time with available municipal funds
and to redeem some or all of those shares from time to time as funds
are needed for municipal purchases. These actions are to be taken
by the officers designated for this purpose, pursuant to general or
specific instructions by the governing body adopting this chapter.
The Trustees of the Trust are designated as
having official custody of this municipality's funds which are invested
by the purchase of shares in the Trust.
As required by the Intergovernmental Cooperation
Act, the following matters are specifically found and determined:
A. The conditions of the agreement are set forth in the Declaration of Trust referred to in §
37-1.
B. This municipality's
participation in the Trust shall be terminable at any time by ordinance.
C. The Declaration
of Trust and the purchase of its shares are for the purpose of investing
this municipality's funds in obligations which are otherwise legal
investments are part of a pooled arrangement with other governmental
units, thereby achieving economic and other advantages of pooled investments.
D. It is not necessary
to finance the agreement authorized herein from municipal funds except
through the purchase of shares in the Trust.
E. The Trust shall
be managed by a Board of Trustees as set forth in the Declaration
of Trust and by bylaws provided for therein.
F. Shares may be purchased
and redeemed from time to time as this municipality may determine
to be necessary or appropriate to meet its cash investment requirements.