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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOMM - Meeting Minutes - 95 - 12-19-1956 - COMMISSIONERW 'N U T E* B;O 0 K BOARD CIF' QOUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTQN COUNTY, i ENNSiYLVANIA FRANCIS E. PETTIT, W.J. LANE, JCMN,MAZZA, COMMISSIONER-' MONONGAHKLA FUNLI.NIN. CO H1 0 1 1 There being no further business to come before the Board at this time, the meeting adjourned. THE FOREGOING MINUTE READ AIM APPROVED: :rk Office of the County Commissioners Washington, Pa., December 19, 1956 Board of County Commissioners in regular session those present being Commissioners Pettit, Lane and Mazza. Motion by Mr. Lane, seconded by Mr. Pettit, that John C. Pettit, be appointed as a temporary employee in the Tax Assessment Office, from December 15th to Decembeer 31, 1956 inclusive. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Mr. Lane, seconded by Mr. Pettit, that Farrell Jackson, Jr., be appointei as a temporary employee of the Tax Assessment Office, from December 19th to December 31st, 1956 inclusive. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Mr. Lane, seconded by Mr. Pettit, that Barabara Klapkowski, be appointed as a Clerk in the Tax Assessment Office, this action being effective December 17, 1956. Motion carried unanimously. Motion byMr. Lane, seconded by Mr. Pettit, that the following resolution on Social Security be adopted: RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the Social Security Act has been so amended by the Congress of the United States as to permit political subdivisions of the several states to extend to their officers and employes, previously excluded from coverage by reason of their menbership in a retirement system, the benefits of Old Age and Survivors Insurance, and WHEREAS, the 1955 Session of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl- vania, in regular session met, has enacted a statute known as Act No. 662 which enables the political subdivisions of the Conmonwealth of Pennsylvania to take all action necessary to effectuate the coverage of their officers and employes under the Old Age and Survivors Insurance System, and WHEREAS, such action is contingent upon the result of a referendum required under the provisions of Section 6.1 (a) of said Act No. 662, and WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners, the governing body of the County of Washing- ton, pursuant to the provisions of said section of said act, did request a referendum be author- ized by the Governor for the eligible members of the Washington County Employes Retirement System, on the question whether services in positions covered by said retirement system should be excluded from or included under an agreement to participate in the Old Age and Survivors Insurance Prograx, and WHEREAS, the Governor did authorize a referendum for such members of said retire- ment system to be held under the supervision of an agency or individual designated by him, and WHEREAS, said referendum was held in the County of Washington on the 18th day of December, 1956, and WHEREAS, the returns of said referndum, a copy of which is attached hereto, show that a majority of the eligible members of said retirement system voted in the affirmative, r