[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of West Hempfield as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Crash Scene Investigative Unit — See Ch. 11.
Police pensions — See Ch. 25, Art. II.
[Adopted 12-16-2009 by Ord. No. 3-09]
West Hempfield Township shall join with Mountville Borough in accordance with the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Act by entering into the agreement which is adopted by reference with the same effect as if it had been set out verbatim in this section and a copy of which shall be filed with the minutes of the meeting at which this article was enacted.
This Township is authorized to enter into the agreement for the purposes contained therein. This action is to be taken by the officials or employees of the Township designated for this purpose, pursuant to general or specific instructions issued by the Board of Supervisors.
As required by the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act the following matters are specifically found and determined:
A. 
The conditions of the agreement are set forth in the agreement referred to in § 30-1.
B. 
The agreement shall be for a period of five years commencing on 6:01 p.m. on December 31, 2009, and extending until midnight on December 31, 2014, subject to annual renewals upon the mutual agreement of the parties or earlier termination if a regional police department is formed.
C. 
The purpose and objectives of the intermunicipal agreement are to enter into an intergovernmental contract to permit Township police officers to perform police services within the Borough.
D. 
The Borough shall pay to the Township a fee for police services as set forth in the agreement, with payments being made monthly.
E. 
No entity will be formed to administer the agreement. The Township will continue to administer the Township Police Department.
F. 
No property, real or personal, shall be acquired, managed or disposed of under the agreement.
G. 
All police officers shall continue to be employees of the Township which has the power to enter into contracts for policies of group insurance and employee benefits, including Social Security, for its employees.
The Board of Supervisors reserves the right to modify, supplement or amend the agreement from time to time by resolution or ordinance.
All other intergovernmental agreements between Mountville Borough and West Hempfield Township or among Mountville Borough and West Hempfield Township and third parties presently existing are hereby ratified and confirmed to the extent such agreements are not inconsistent with the agreement authorized herein.