[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors
of the Township of West Deer 6-28-1995 by Ord. No. 254. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
The Township is hereby authorized to create
an intergovernmental emergency dispatching and communication entity
consisting of, but not limited to, one or more of the municipalities
of Aspinwall, Blawnox, Etna, Fox Chapel, Hampton, Indiana, Millvale,
O'Hara, Reserve, Richland, Shaler, Sharpsburg or West Deer.
The Township is hereby authorized to delegate
or transfer its emergency dispatching and communication services to
such intergovernmental entity which shall manage and operate an emergency
communication dispatch center.
The intergovernmental cooperation agreement
("agreement"), attached hereto and made a part of this chapter, between
the Township and the above municipalities creating such entity is
hereby approved and ratified in all respects.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The agreement is on file in
the municipal offices.
The conditions of the agreement are those conditions
set forth therein.
The agreement shall be effective for one year
commencing January 1, 1996, and will remain in effect on a year-to-year
basis thereafter, until renewed, amended or terminated as set forth
in the agreement.
The purpose and objectives of the agreement
are those purposes and objectives set forth therein.
A.ย
The intergovernmental communication entity is hereby
authorized to establish a Board of Delegates to provide for representation
of all municipalities thereon. The Board is hereby authorized to set
policies, adopt a budget and generally govern the emergency dispatching
and communication services of the emergency communication dispatch
center, which shall be known as "NEWCOM." The Board shall be comprised
of one delegate from each participating municipality. Each delegate
shall be a member of the governing body of the municipality represented
and shall have one vote on the Board per each 1,000 municipal residents,
based upon the most recent United States census, rounded down to the
nearest whole number. The affirmative vote of a majority of the total
weighted votes of the Board shall be required in order to take action,
which action shall be binding upon each municipality. The Board shall
meet regularly as it shall determine.
B.ย
An Operating Committee is also authorized to be created
at the administrative level to carry out the policies of the Board
in the operation of NEWCOM and to perform such other functions as
shall be designated by the Board. The Committee shall be comprised
of the municipal manager/secretary of each municipality. Each member
shall have one vote in the Committee. The affirmative vote of a majority
of all of the members of the Committee shall be required in order
to take action or approve a Committee recommendation. The Committee
shall meet regularly as it shall determine. The Committee shall develop
recommendations of policies, budgets and procedures for NEWCOM. Such
recommendations shall be subject to approval by the Board.
The manner and extent of financing of the entity
shall be the manner and extent as set forth in the agreement.
The organizational structure of the entity shall
be that organizational structure as set forth in the agreement.
The entity may acquire, manage and dispose of
property as set forth in the agreement.
The entity is hereby authorized to enter into
contracts for policies of group insurance and employee benefits, including
social security, for its employees as determined by the Board of Delegates.
The proper officers of the Township are hereby
authorized and directed to execute and deliver to the other municipalities
the attached agreement and any additional documents to effectuate
the purposes of this chapter, as well as the agreement.
This chapter is adopted pursuant to the powers
and authority of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, 53 P.S. ยงย 485.