[Adopted 7-10-1991 by Ord. No. 225]
[Amended 12-15-2008 by Ord. No.288]
The Borough shall enter into an intergovernmental
cooperation agreement with Hilltown Township, a Second Class Township
in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, pursuant to 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 2301
et seq., under the terms of which the Borough delegates to the Township
the duty and authority of providing police protection to the Borough
and its residents.
The conditions of the agreement are that the
Township shall provide complete police service to the Borough and
that the Borough shall compensate the Township for such services at
compensation rates to be determined between the parties. The operation
and supervision of the police activities shall be exclusively the
obligation of the Township.
The agreement shall continue initially for a
term of one year and six months from July 1, 1991, and shall extend
for further terms of one year each unless terminated by either party
on 90 days' notice.
The purposes and obligations of the agreement
are to have a single police force providing service to both the Borough
and the Township and that the agency providing this service shall
be the Township. The authority delegated to the Township by the Borough
is the authority to maintain and operate a police force which provides
police services in the Borough.
The manner and extent of financing the agreement
is that the Borough shall budget sufficient funds for police services
which will be paid to the Township at least quarter-annually.
The organizational structure necessary to implement
the agreement is the present police force which the Township already
has in existence.
There is no need for property to be acquired,
managed, licensed or disposed of to implement this agreement.
No entity which is an employer need be created
to implement this agreement. The implementation will be done by the
existing Township, which is empowered to enter into contracts for
policies of group insurance and employee benefits, including social
security, for its employees.
