Intermunicipal Agreements

Intermunicipal Agreements made by the Town of North Hempstead

The Town is currently a party to IMA’s with one or more municipal corporation(s) and/or special improvement district(s), including but not limited to, villages, school districts, library districts, fire districts, park districts and waste water treatment districts located within the Town. These IMA’s permit the Town to cooperate with other municipal corporations and/or special districts to provide various services. The Town is currently a party to IMA’s for, among others, the cooperative purchase of supplies and equipment, the use of Town equipment, the collection of recyclables, actuarial services, sand and salt storage, traffic enforcement, and services related to mass transportation.

Section 119-o(1) of the New York General Municipal Law provides as follows:

In addition to any other general or special powers vested in municipal corporations and districts for the performance of their respective functions, powers or duties on an individual, cooperative, joint or contract basis, municipal corporations and districts shall have power to enter into, amend, cancel and terminate agreements for the performance among themselves or one for the other of their respective functions, powers and duties on a cooperative or contract basis or for the provision of a joint service, or a joint water, sewage or drainage project. … Any agreement entered into hereunder shall be approved by each participating municipal corporation or district by a majority vote of the voting strength of its governing body.