[Adopted 9-8-1952 by Ord. No. 742]
The Borough of Lansdowne hereby exercises its right to execute
and deliver to the Secretary of Labor and Industry of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, designated as the "State Agency," under Act No. 491
of the Pamphlet Laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania of 1951,[1] the plan or plans and agreement required under Section
6 of said Act of Assembly and Section 218 of Public Law No. 734 of
the 81st Congress of the United States of America, and to do all other
necessary things to effectuate social security coverage of employees
and officers of the Borough of Lansdowne.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 65 P.S. § 201 et seq.
The Borough Secretary and Borough Treasurer are hereby authorized
and directed to establish a system of payroll deductions to be matched
by payments by the Borough of Lansdowne and to pay the amount of said
deductions and matching payments 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 account, fund or appropriation from
which wage or salary payments are issued to employees of the Borough
of Lansdowne. All such payments shall be made in accordance with the
provisions of the said Act of Assembly and Act of Congress and regulations
promulgated by the State Agency and the Federal Security Administrator.
Any and all such payments which shall be delinquent shall bear interest
at the rate of 1/2 of 1% per month until such time as payments are
made.
The Borough's payment as matching funds, as provided in
Section 4 of said Act No. 491 of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,[1] shall be made from the same fund or appropriation from
which wage or salary payments are made to the employee whose contributions
are matched by the Borough, and appropriation is hereby made from
said fund in such amounts as are necessary to be paid into the Contribution
Fund by the Borough of Lansdowne.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 65 P.S. § 204.
The Mayor and the Secretary of the Borough are hereby authorized to enter into an agreement with the State Agency in accordance with § 61-1 of this article and in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania of 1951, No. 491,[1] and in accordance with Section 218 of Public Law No. 734
of the 81st Congress of the United States. Such plan and agreement
shall include the following provisions:
A.
The
participation of the Borough of Lansdowne shall commence as of the
first day of January 1951.
B.
Each
employee subject to the terms of this article as hereinafter provided
shall pay to the Borough for transmission to the Contribution Fund
1 1/2% of his wages or salary from January 1, 1951, until such
time as the rate shall be changed by applicable legislation of the
United States of America or of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and
in the event of any change in rate, the deduction shall be at the
percentage required by the applicable Act of Assembly or Act of Congress.
C.
The
Borough of Lansdowne shall contribute a matching fund equivalent to
the amount of payroll deductions from the wages or salaries of employees.
D.
The persons subject to said payroll deductions and entitled to the benefits of the Old Age and Survivors' Insurance Plan shall be all employees of the Borough except those excluded under the provisions of § 61-5 of this article.
E.
There
shall be paid into the Contribution Fund interest at the rate set
by the applicable Act of Congress with respect to all delinquent amounts,
and the interest on the payroll deductions shall be paid by the employee
affected and the interest on the matching funds shall be paid by the
Borough.
F.
The
Borough Secretary and Borough Treasurer shall make all such reports
and provide all such information to the State Agency and the Federal
Security Administrator or their respective successors, from time to
time, as may be required by applicable legislation and by regulations
promulgated thereunder.
G.
The
plan and agreement so entered into may be modified to include groups
or services in addition to those originally established in the plan
in the event that the same is hereafter authorized by an ordinance
of the Council and by applicable Acts of Assembly of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania and Acts of the Congress of the United States.
H.
The
agreement may be terminated by an ordinance of the Council and agreements
between the State Agency and the Borough of Lansdowne in the manner
authorized by the Acts of Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
and Acts of the Congress of the United States.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 65 P.S. § 201 et seq.
The following employees of the Borough of Lansdowne shall not
be included as covered employees:
A.
Services
of an emergency nature provided by persons temporarily employed only
for the purpose of meeting an emergency of limited duration, including
but not limited to emergency policemen, emergency highway workmen
and emergency library and recreation employees.
B.
Services
of the Borough Engineer so long as he is employed solely on a fee
basis and services of any other employee paid solely upon a fee basis.
C.
Services
of the Collector or Receiver of Taxes or of any employee thereof or
deputy thereof.
D.
Services
performed by a student or researcher solely as a part of his course
of training.
E.
Services
in any class or classes of elective positions.
