It is the considered opinion of Borough Council
that extension of the Social Security System to employees and officers
of the Borough of Morrisville will be of great benefit not only to
employees of said Borough by providing that said employees and officers
may participate in the provisions of the Old Age and Survivors Insurance
System, but will also be of great benefit to said Borough of Morrisville
by enabling it to attract and retain in employment the best of personnel
and thus increase the efficiency of the government.
The 1951 General Assembly of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania in regular session having enacted statute known as
Act No. 491, which is the Act provided for in § 218 of Public
Law 734, 81st Congress, which designates the Secretary of Labor and
Industry of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to act as the "State
Agency" to implement the coverage of employees and officers under
said Old Age and Survivors Insurance System, the proper officers of
the Borough of Morrisville are hereby authorized and directed to execute
and deliver to the State Agency a plan or plans and agreement required
under § 6 of the Enabling Act and Social Security Act to
extend to the employees and officers of the Borough of Morrisville
and do all other necessary acts and deeds to effectuate coverage of
employees and officers under the Old Age and Survivors Insurance System.
The Secretary of the Borough of Morrisville
is hereby authorized and directed to establish a system of payroll
deduction to be matched by payments by the Borough of Morrisville
to be made into a Contribution Fund of the Social Security Act through
the office of the State Agency and to make charges to this fund or
funds from which wage or salary payments are issued to employees and
officers of the Borough of Morrisville, said deductions to commence
on July 1, 1954. Such payments are to be made in accordance with the
provisions of the aforesaid Act of Assembly and regulations promulgated
thereunder by the State Agency and the Secretary of Health, Education
and Welfare. Such payments which are delinquent shall bear interest
at the rate of 1/2 of 1% per month until such time as payments are
made.
Appropriation is hereby made from the proper
fund or funds of the Borough of Morrisville in the necessary amount
to pay into the Contribution Fund as provided in § 4 of
the Enabling Act and in accordance with the plan or plans and agreement.
Authority is hereby given to the Mayor, the President of Borough Council
and to the Borough Secretary of the Borough of Morrisville to enter
into an agreement with the State Agency, which agreement shall be
in accordance with Act No. 491 and with Paragraph 218 of the Federal
Social Security Act, such plans and agreement shall provide that the
participation of the Borough of Morrisville shall commence as of July
1, 1954.
[Added 6-15-1957; amended 5-14-1985 by Ord. No. 800]
Approval is hereby given the Municipal Authority
of the Borough of Morrisville so that it may become a participant
in the Social Security program and that the benefits of Social Security
be extended to its employees. Be it further resolved, that the Social
Security agreements about to be entered into between the Municipal
Authority of the Borough of Morrisville and the State Agency are hereby
approved and that the Municipal Authority of the Borough of Morrisville
shall bear all financial expense in relation to the same and establish
such system of payroll deductions from salaries of employees as may
be necessary to employees' coverage under the Social Security program.
Be it further resolved, that a certified copy of this section be delivered
to the Municipal Authority of the Borough of Morrisville so that the
same may be forwarded to the State Agency as required and that participation
in the Social Security program by the Municipal Authority of the Borough
of Morrisville shall commence upon the execution of the agreement
between the Municipal Authority of the Borough of Morrisville and
the State Agency or any other date to which those parties shall agree.