[Adopted 7-14-1952 by Ord. No. 258]
It is the considered opinion of this body that
the extension of the social security system to employees and officers
of the Borough of Honesdale aforesaid will be of great benefit, not
only to the employees of the Borough by providing that said employees
and officers may participate in the provisions of the old-age and
survivors insurance system, but will also be of great benefit to said
Borough of Honesdale by enabling it to attract and retain in employment
the best of personnel and thus increase the efficiency of its government.
The 1951 session of the General Assembly of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in regular session, enacted a statute
known as "Act No. 491,"[1] which is the enabling Act provided for in Section 218
of Public Law 734, 81st Congress,[2] which designated the Secretary of Labor and Industry of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to act as the state agency to implement
the coverage of employees and officers under said old-age and survivors
insurance system. Said Borough of Honesdale is hereby authorized to
execute and deliver to the state agency a plan or plans and agreement,
required under Section 6 of said enabling Act[3] and the Social Security Act, to extend coverage to employees
and officers of said Borough of Honesdale and do all other necessary
things to effectuate coverage of employees and officers under the
old-age and survivors insurance system.
The Secretary is hereby authorized to establish
a system of payroll deductions to be matched by payments by said Borough
of Honesdale to be made into the Contribution Fund of the Social Security
Act through the office of the state agency and to make charges of
this tax to the fund or funds from which wage or salary payments are
issued to employees of said Borough of Honesdale. Such payments are
to be made in accordance with the provisions of the law and regulations
promulgated by the state agency and the Federal Security Administrator.
Appropriation is hereby made from the proper
fund or funds of said Borough of Honesdale in the necessary amount
to pay into the contribution fund as provided in Section 4 of the
enabling Act[1] and in accordance with the plan or plans and agreement.
Authority is given to the Mayor, the President and the Secretary of
said Borough of Honesdale to enter into an agreement with the state
agency, which agreement shall be in accordance with Act No. 491 and
with Paragraph 218 of the Social Security Act. Such plan and agreement
shall provide that the participation of this Borough of Honesdale
shall commence as of January 1, 1951.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 65 P.S. § 204.
