Article 155
FRENCH CREEK COUNCIL
OF GOVERNMENTS
Sections:
155.03 Membership and term of agreement.
155.05 Appropriation of funds.
155.07 Organizational structure to implement agreement.
155.08 Real or personal property.
155.09 No entity created by this agreement.
155.01 Title.
This article shall be known as the French Creek council of governments organizational ordinance. (Ord. 3571 § 1, 2000)
155.02 Purpose.
The purpose of this article is to promote the order, convenience, prosperity and general welfare of the City of Meadville through its participation in the French Creek council of governments and its cooperative programs as authorized by the Intergovernmental Cooperation Law of 1996, as may in the future be amended. (Ord. 3571 § 2, 2000)
155.03 Membership and term of agreement.
The City of Meadville hereby accepts membership into the French Creek COG and shall remain a member unless and until such time as the city council of the City of Meadville shall repeal the ordinance establishing its membership and provide notice in writing to the remaining member governments of the French Creek COG. (Ord. 3571 § 3, 2000)
155.04 Approval of bylaws.
The city council of the City of Meadville is authorized to approve future bylaws and, from time to time, amended bylaws for the COG on behalf of the City of Meadville by resolutions, duly adopted. (Ord. 3571 § 4, 2000)
155.05 Appropriation of funds.
The city council of the City of Meadville is hereby authorized to appropriate moneys from the governmental funds of the City of Meadville as approved by resolution duly adopted to: (A) pay any membership fees and/or dues in the COG; (B) pay the City of Meadville proportionate share of any other miscellaneous administrative fees and costs; and (C) pay the City of Meadville proportionate share of any program assessments for projects or programs undertaken through the COG in which the City of Meadville participates. (Ord. 3571 § 5, 2000)
155.06 Authority to act.
The city council of the City of Meadville is authorized to take all actions required to effectuate this article. (Ord. 3571 § 6, 2000)
155.07 Organizational structure to implement agreement.
No new or custom organizational structure shall be required to implement the agreement except as may be provided in bylaws of the French Creek COG as may, from time to time, be approved by the city council of the City of Meadville by resolutions duly adopted in the manner provided by law. (Ord. 3571 § 7, 2000)
155.08 Real or personal property.
No real or personal property shall be acquired, managed, licensed or disposed by the French Creek council of governments except as may be authorized from time to time by action of the city council of the City of Meadville by resolution duly adopted in the manner provided by law. (Ord. 3571 § 8, 2000)
155.09 No entity created by this agreement.
There is no intent for the French Creek COG to act as a separate entity or to have direct employees at the time of the adoption of the ordinance codified in this article, therefore there is no need for that entity to be empowered to enter into contracts for policies of group insurance and employee benefits, including Social Security, for its employees. If and to the extent that the French Creek COG may hereafter have direct employees pursuant to authority granted by the city council of the City of Meadville pursuant to resolutions duly adopted in the manner provided by law, the French Creek COG shall have the full authority and power to enter into contracts for policies of group insurance and employee benefits to the full extent permitted by law. (Ord. 3571 § 9, 2000)