Pursuant to the Intergovernmental Cooperation
Act, 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 2301 et seq., the Borough of Emsworth is
hereby authorized to enter into a joint intergovernmental cooperation
agreement with any or all of the municipalities of the Township of
Aleppo, the Borough of Bell Acres, the Borough of Bellevue, the Borough
of Ben Avon, the Borough of Edgeworth, the Borough of Avalon, the
Borough of Glenfield, the Borough of Haysville, the Township of Kilbuck,
the Borough of Leet, the Borough of Leetsdale, the Borough of Osborne
and the Borough of Sewickley (hereinafter "the member municipalities"),
and the Quaker Valley Council of Governments (hereinafter "the QVCOG"),
to establish the Quaker Valley Municipal Appeals Board.
The proper officers of the Borough are hereby
authorized to take any and all steps necessary to execute an intergovernmental
cooperation agreement by and between the member municipalities, to
effectuate the authorization granted by this article.
The conditions of the intergovernmental cooperation
agreement are those conditions set forth therein, a copy of which
is attached hereto and made a part hereof as Exhibit 1.
The intergovernmental cooperation agreement
shall be effective for two years commencing August 1, 2004, and will
remain in effect on a year-to-year basis thereafter, until renewed,
amended or terminated as set forth in the intergovernmental cooperation
agreement by and between the member municipalities.
The purpose and objectives of the intergovernmental
cooperation agreement are those purposes and objectives set forth
therein.
The QVCOG is hereby authorized to manage the
Municipal Appeals Board as set forth in the intergovernmental cooperation
agreement and the bylaws of the Appeals Board.
The manner and extent of financing of the Municipal
Appeals Board shall be as agreed upon by the member municipalities
and as set forth in the bylaws of the Municipal Appeals Board.
The organizational structure of the association
authorized by this article shall be the organizational structure set
forth in the agreement between the member municipalities.
The acquisition, management and disposal of
property is set forth in the bylaws of the Municipal Appeals Board.
The QVCOG Municipal Appeals Board is not authorized
to enter into contracts.
This article is adopted pursuant to the powers
and authority of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, 53 Pa.C.S.A.
§ 2305.
Any ordinances or parts of ordinances conflicting
with the provisions of this article be and the same are hereby repealed
so far as the same affects this article; however, such repeal shall
not affect any act done or any right, liability or violations accrued
under any such ordinance herein repealed or superseded and all such
rights, liabilities and violations shall continue and may be enforced
in the same manner as if such repeal or supersession had not been
made but only to the extent otherwise permitted under the laws of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
All provisions of all other intergovernmental
cooperation agreements between the member municipalities, not conflicting
with the provisions hereof, are ratified and affirmed.