[Adopted 12-2-1952 as Ord. No. 90, approved 12-2-1952]
[Added 12-30-1975 by Ord. No. 174]
It is the considered opinion of the Council
of the Borough of Matamoras of Pike County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
that the extension of the social security system to employees and
officers of said borough 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 by enabling
it to attract and retain in employment the best of personnel and thus
increase the efficiency of its government.
[Added 12-30-1975 by Ord. No. 174]
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.
The borough 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 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 the borough
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 or from the general funds of the borough.
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 one-half of one percent (1/2 of 1%) per month
until such time as payments are made.
Appropriation is hereby made from the proper
fund or funds of the borough 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 hereby
given to the President and the Secretary of the Council of the Borough
of Matamoras 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 the borough shall commence as of January
1, 1951.
