[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of New Kensington
12-14-1999 by Ord. No. 6-99. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The City of New Kensington shall join and be a member of the Central
Westmoreland Council of Governments.
No action taken by the Central Westmoreland Council of Governments which
creates a legal obligation, whether it be contractual, financial or otherwise,
upon a member municipality shall be binding upon a member municipality affected
unless and until its municipal legislative body ordains, resolves or otherwise
enacts the actions recommended by the Central Westmoreland Council of Governments,
according to the procedure set forth in the appropriate municipal code and
laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
This agreement shall stand in perpetuity.
The Central Westmoreland Council of Governments shall assist the member municipalities individually or collectively to execute their governmental responsibilities in as efficient and responsible a manner as possible; further, that the Central Westmoreland Council of Governments shall undertake such other projects related to municipal government as the Board of Directors of the Corporation may direct, subject to the provisions of § 3-2.
The Central Westmoreland Council of Governments shall be financed by
annual dues paid by member municipalities and by funds obtained by the Corporation
from public or private sources.
The Central Westmoreland Council of Governments shall be the agent for the City of New Kensington in matters pertaining to this agreement. A legislative officer of each municipality shall be a Director of the Central Westmoreland Council of Governments; there shall also be appointed an alternate(s) from among the legislative body of that municipality to represent him (her) fully in his (her) absence; and the Board of Directors of the Central Westmoreland Council of Governments shall be authorized to act as it deems necessary in accordance with its bylaws, subject to §§ 3-2 and 3-5.
The real personal property necessary to implement this agreement shall
be required, managed and disposed by the Central Westmoreland Council of Governments
in accordance with the bylaws of the Corporation and any laws of contracts
which apply.
