[Ord. 11/16/1953, Paragraph 1]
It is the considered opinion of this body that the extension
of the Social Security System to employees and officers of the Borough
of Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 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 the
Borough of Doylestown by enabling it to attract and retain in employment
the best of personnel and thus increase the efficiency of its government.
[Ord. 11/16/1953, Paragraph 2]
The 1951 Session of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, in regular session, enacted a statute, known as Act
No. 491, which is the enabling Act provided for in Section 218 of
Public Law 734, 81st Congress, 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
the said Old Age and Survivors Insurance System. The Borough of Doylestown
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 and the Social Security Act, to extend coverage to employees and
officers of the Borough of Doylestown and do all other necessary things
to effectuate coverage of employees and officers under the Old Age
and Survivors Insurance System.
[Ord. 11/16/1953, Paragraph 3]
The Secretary is hereby authorized to establish a system of
payroll deduction to be matched by payments by the Borough of Doylestown
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 the Borough of Doylestown. 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. Such payments
which are delinquent shall bear interest at the rate of 1/2 of 1%
per month until such time as payments are made.
[Ord. 11/16/1953, Paragraph 4]
Appropriation is hereby made from the proper fund, or funds,
of the Borough of Doylestown in the necessary amount to pay into the
Contribution Fund as provided in Section 4 of the enabling Act and
in accordance with the plan, or plans, and agreement. Authority is
given to the President of Borough Council and the Secretary of the
Borough of Doylestown 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 Doylestown shall commence
as of October 1, 1952.
[Ord. 1968-5, 11/18/1968, § 1]
Pursuant to the Act of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, No. 491, of the 1951 Session, as subsequently amended,
and in accordance with the 1967 amendments to the Federal Social Security
Act, the Borough of Doylestown elects to revise and amend its plan
and agreement for coverage of public employees under the Federal Social
Security Program and has approved and hereby authorizes the execution,
on behalf of the Borough, of a plan and agreement in the form attached
hereto and made part hereof.