Hellam Township hereby approves entering into
articles of agreement (hereinafter referred to as "agreement") with
other municipalities to jointly administer and enforce the Pennsylvania
Uniform Construction Code, Act No. 45 of 1999, to provide for a joint
appeals board or county appeals board, and to authorize and permit
other municipalities to participate in any of the above agreements.
A copy of the agreements are attached hereto and incorporated by reference
(and shall be filed with the minutes of the meeting at which this
article was enacted), with the intent and effect that Hellam Township shall
be bound by the agreements.
Hellam Township is authorized to enter into
the agreements for the purposes contained therein and attached hereto,
and the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Hellam Township Board of
Supervisors, acting alone or together with the Secretary or Assistant
Secretary, are hereby authorized and directed to execute said agreements
on behalf of Hellam Township, and to execute and deliver any additional
instruments, and to take such further actions, as may be necessary
or appropriate, to carry forth the articles of agreement and the transactions
to be effected under the agreements, including payments to third parties
to administer and enforce the Uniform Construction Code as are due
by Hellam Township pursuant to the agreement, and for appeals as are
due by Hellam Township pursuant to the agreements.
As required by the Intergovernmental Cooperation
Act, the following matters are hereby set forth:
A. The conditions of the agreements are set forth in
the articles of agreement attached hereto.
B. Hellam Township shall participate in joint administration
and enforcement of the Uniform Construction Code and for a county
Board of Appeals from the time of the effective date of the agreements
until such time as the Township chooses to withdraw from participation
by exercising the provisions set forth in the agreements for withdrawal.
C. The purposes and objectives of the intermunicipal
agreement are to provide joint administration and enforcement of the
Uniform Construction Code in partnership with the other municipalities,
to participate in a county board of appeals, and to accomplish the
other purposes and objectives as are set forth in the articles of
agreement.
D. The manner and extent of payment for services provided
by the articles of agreement are that Hellam Township shall pay a
proportionate cost of the operation of the program in accord with
the articles of agreement. All funds to pay Hellam Township's obligations
under the agreement shall come from normal and usual budgeted amounts
for such matters, from fees charges, and other provisions governing
the manner and extent of the payment for the services shall be as
set forth in the agreement.