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.