[Adopted 5-13-2019 by Ord. No. 1548[1]]
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Editor’s Note: This ordinance also superseded former Article V, Agreement for Law Enforcement Services, adopted 12-19-2003 by Ord. No. 1500, as amended.
The Council of the Borough of Ephrata hereby approves entering into the Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference (and which shall be filed with the minutes of the meeting at which this article was enacted), with the intent and effect that the Borough shall be bound by the agreement.[1]
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Editor's Note: A copy of said agreement is on file in the Borough offices.
A. 
The President and Secretary of the Council of the Borough of Ephrata are hereby authorized and directed on behalf of the Borough: i) to execute and deliver the agreement; and ii) 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.
B. 
All actions of any officer, agent or other representative of the Borough heretofore taken in the pursuit of the agreement and/or the Township's participation therein, are hereby ratified and approved in all respects.
C. 
The Council of the Borough of Ephrata 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.
Pursuant to the provisions of the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, 53 Pa. C.S.A. § 2307, the following matters are specifically found and determined:
A. 
The conditions of the agreement are set forth in the agreement.
B. 
The term of the agreement shall be for a period of five years, commencing at 12:01 a.m. on the first day of January 2020, and terminating at 12:00 midnight on December 31, 2024.
C. 
The purpose and objectives of the Agreement are for the Ephrata Police Department to provide law enforcement services within the corporate limits of Ephrata Township to the extent and in the manner as set forth in the agreement.
D. 
The agreement will be financed from the revenues of the Borough of Ephrata and Ephrata Township together with such fees, grants and assistance monies as shall become available from time to time in accordance with the terms of the agreement.
E. 
The Borough of Ephrata through its Police Department shall serve as the organizational structure by which the agreement shall be implemented.
F. 
Any property, real or personal, acquired, managed, licensed or disposed of pursuant to the agreement shall be done so in accordance with the requirements of Act 581 of 1965, P.L. 1656; 53 P.S. § 45101 et seq., the Borough Code,[1] and all other applicable procurement laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the terms of the agreement.
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Editor's Note: 53 P.S. § 45101 et seq. was repealed by 2014, April 18, P.L. 432, No. 37, § 3(2), effective in 60 days [June 17, 2014]. See now 8 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq.
G. 
The Borough of Ephrata is empowered to enter into contracts for policies of group insurance and employee benefits, including social security, for its employees.