Abbottstown Borough shall join with East Berlin
Borough in accordance with the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation
Act of July 12, 1979, No. 180 (53 P.S. § 481 et seq.) in an Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto and
incorporated by reference.
The President of Borough Council and the Secretary
of the Borough are hereby authorized and directed to execute said
Agreement, in duplicate, on behalf of Abbottstown Borough, under the
Borough Seal, and to take such other actions as may be necessary to
carry out the purpose of this article in connection with the implementation
of said Agreement.
As required by the Intergovernmental Cooperation
Act, the following matters are specifically found and determined:
A. The conditions of the Agreement are as set forth in the proposed copy of said Agreement referred to in §
25-5, above.
B. The duration of the term of the Agreement begins upon
the passage of the required ordinance by both Abbottstown Borough
and East Berlin Borough, and the Agreement will terminate upon the
failure of East Berlin Borough to gather enough funds and financing
to complete the purchase of the building or the formation of a joint
recreation commission and the transfer of the school building to said
commission or the sale of the school building by East Berlin Borough
as per the terms of the Agreement.
C. The purpose and objectives of the Agreement are for
the municipalities to cooperate in the purchase of the East Berlin
Elementary School, and then convert said structure into a recreation
building/community services building for the use of the citizens of
the participating municipalities.
D. The objectives of the agreement in regard to purchasing
the Elementary School will be met by financing by the Borough of East
Berlin and contributions from other municipalities within the general
vicinity of the Borough of East Berlin where the school is located,
and grants from the state and federal government.
E. Initially, the organizational structure to implement
the Agreement will simply be the governing bodies of the municipalities
taking part therein. Eventually, the municipalities will form a joint
recreation commission which will then take over the ownership of the
building, any debt service associated therewith, and any income therefrom.
Each municipality will have equal representation on said commission.
F. The Agreement contemplates that the property shall
be acquired in the name of the Borough of East Berlin, for purposes
of financing by the Borough, and will eventually be transferred to
the joint recreation commission when it is established. If the commission
or a similar entity is not established and the structure is sold by
the Borough of East Berlin, the municipalities who contributed to
the purchase thereof will receive a share of the proceeds of sale
in proportion to their contributions to the purchase.