[Adopted 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1759]
The Township is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement
for the mutual aid of police services between the municipalities of
Aspinwall, Blawnox, Bradford Woods, Etna, Fox Chapel, Hampton, Indiana,
Marshall, Millvale, O'Hara, Pine, Reserve, Richland, Ross, Shaler,
Sharpsburg and West Deer and any other member police departments of
the NEWCOM Communications Dispatch Center.
The intergovernmental cooperation agreement, attached hereto
and made a part of this article,[1] between the Township and the above municipalities is hereby
approved and ratified in all respects.
[1]
Editor's Note: Said agreement is on file in the Township
offices.
The conditions of the agreement are those conditions set forth
therein.
The agreement shall be effective for one year commencing March
1, 1998, 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.
The power and scope of authority of the agreement are the power
and scope of authority as set forth therein.
The manner and extent of financing of the costs of the mutual
aid rendered shall be the manner and extent as set forth in the agreement.
The agreement is an agreement to provide mutual aid upon request,
and it is not anticipated that an organizational structure will exist.
The agreement is an agreement to provide mutual aid upon request,
and it is neither contemplated nor intended that the mutual aid agreement
will confer authority to acquire manage or dispose of property.
The agreement is an agreement to provide mutual aid upon request,
and it is neither contemplated nor intended that any contracts be
entered into for policies of group insurance and employee benefits,
including social security.
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 article as well as the agreement.
This article is adopted pursuant to the powers and authority
of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 2301
et seq.
