[Adopted 5-29-2018 by Ord. No. 434]
The short title of this article shall be "The Berks County MS4 Steering Committee Ordinance," and the same may be cited in that manner, and the Background sections of this article is as set forth above in the WHEREAS clauses, which are incorporated herein by reference.[1]
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Editor's Note: See original ordinance, on file in the Township offices.
The purpose of this article is to enable the Township to participate with other Berks County municipalities in the Berks County MS4 Steering Committee and Cooperative Education Program.
The Township hereby approves entering into the Berks County MS4 Steering Committee Cost-Sharing and Cooperation Agreement ("Agreement"),[1] a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit "A" (and which shall be filed with the minutes of the meeting at which this article was enacted), with the intent and effect that the Township shall be bound by the Agreement.
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Editor's Note: The Berks County MS4 Steering Committee Cost-Sharing and Cooperation Agreement is on file in the Township offices.
The Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of the Township is hereby authorized and directed on behalf of the Township:
A. 
To execute and deliver the Agreement; and
B. 
To execute and deliver such additional instruments, and to take such further actions as may be necessary or appropriate to carry forth the Agreement and the transactions to be effected under the Agreement, including payment of expenses, as may be due from the Township under the Agreement.
All actions of any officer, agent or other representative of the Township heretofore taken in the pursuit of the Berks County MS4 Steering Committee and/or the Township's participation therein are hereby ratified and approved in all respects.
The Township is hereby authorized to take such other action as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this article and of the Agreement.
This article is adopted pursuant to the authority granted in the Act and, as required thereby, the following matters are specifically found and determined:
A. 
The conditions of the Agreement are set forth in the Agreement;
B. 
The duration of the Agreement is set forth in the Agreement;
C. 
The purposes, objectives, powers and scope of authority granted and delegated for the Berks County MS4 Steering Committee are as set forth in the WHEREAS clauses of this article and in the Agreement;
D. 
The manner and extent of financing the Agreement is through, among other things, the payments set forth in Section 6 of the Agreement; provided, however, that if permitted by law, the participating municipalities may approve a revision in fees payable, if warranted, by resolution from time to time;
E. 
The corporate organizational structure comprising the participating municipalities in the Berks County MS4 Steering Committee governing the Agreement is as set forth in the Agreement; and
F. 
All property, real or personal, necessary for the implementation and operation of this Agreement shall be acquired, managed, licensed or disposed of in accordance with the terms of the Agreement;
G. 
There will be no employees of the Berks County MS4 Steering Committee for purposes of entering into contracts for policies of group insurance and employee benefits.
Any ordinance or parts of ordinances conflicting with the provisions of this article are hereby repealed insofar as they are inconsistent with the provisions of this article.
If any article, section, subsection, provision, regulation, limitation, restriction, sentence, clause, phrase or word in this article, is, for any reason declared to be illegal, unconstitutional or invalid by any Court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect or impair the validity of the article as a whole, or any other article, section, subsection, provision, regulation, limitation, restriction, sentence, clause, phrase, word or remaining portion of this article. The Board of Supervisors of the Township of Spring, Berks County, Pennsylvania, hereby declares that it would have adopted this article and each article, section, subsection, provision, regulation, limitation, restriction, sentence, clause, phrase and word thereof, irrespective of the limitations, restrictions, sentences, clauses, phrases or word that may be declared illegal, unconstitutional or invalid.