[Adopted 6-24-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-08]
A true and correct copy of the proposed intergovernmental
agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit A.
The Board of Supervisors of Springettsbury Township
is hereby authorized to enter into the intermunicipal agreement as
attached. Said agreement generally provides, as follows:
A. The municipalities shall create a five-member Board
of Appeals, with the members being appointed by the York County Board
of Commissioners.
B. All costs of appeals or hearings shall be paid first
from the filing fee received by the Township, and the Township shall
pay any remaining costs.
C. In the event there are any claims made against the
Board of Appeals relating to its procedures or decisions, the county
shall indemnify the Township for the costs of defending such claims
and shall be responsible for any resulting liability.
D. This agreement shall be effective through the last
day of 2005 and shall be automatically renewable for successive periods
of one year, unless terminated by agreement of the municipalities.
[Adopted 8-23-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-13]
Springettsbury Township shall enter into a charter
agreement between Spring Garden Township and Springettsbury Township
creating York Area United Fire and Rescue (the "Department") to provide
fire services to an independent fire district consisting of the geographic
area of the participating municipalities, as defined in the charter
agreement.
The term of the agreement shall extend until
December 31, 2017, and shall be automatically renewable from year
to year thereafter, subject to termination by a vote of at least 2/3
of the Commission and passage of termination ordinances by at least
75% of the charter municipalities, as defined in the charter agreement.
The purpose of entering into such an agreement
is to provide fire services to the participating municipalities.
The Regional Department shall be financed primarily
through assessed funding from the participating municipalities adjusted
over time by average-call history, as further defined in the charter
agreement, plus such supplemental funding as may be available from
time to time from other private and local, state, or federal government
sources.
All real and personal property required shall
be owned or leased by the Regional Department and managed by the Commission.
In the event of dissolution of the Regional Department, all real estate,
vehicles, equipment, materials and supplies owned or leased by the
Department shall be appraised by appraisers appointed by the Commission
for the purpose of determining fair market value. The Commission shall
first pay all lawful debts and obligations incurred during its term
of existence, and any reasonable reserve for same. Thereafter, the
Commission shall pay to each charter municipality, in cash or in kind,
a sum equal to the value of its initial capital contribution established
pursuant to Exhibits A and B of the charter agreement. Lastly, the
remaining assets, if any, shall be distributed to the charter municipalities,
in like kind, in the same proportion as the funding assessments for
the then current fiscal year. In the event that the Department's charter
municipalities cannot agree upon an equitable distribution, in like
kind, the assets shall be sold and the cash proceeds distributed in
the foregoing proportions.
The Commission shall be empowered to enter into
contracts for policies of group insurance and employee benefits, including
social security, for its employees.
The Board of Supervisors of Springettsbury Township
is hereby authorized to execute whatever documents may be necessary
to carry out the express provisions and intent of this article, including,
but not limited to, the charter agreement attached hereto as Exhibit
A and deemed incorporated as if fully set forth herein.