[Adopted 4-25-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-4[1]]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also superseded former Art. IV,
Northern Regional Compost Authority, adopted 7-12-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-1.
The Supervisors of the Township of Lehigh hereby signifies its intention
and desire to organize an Authority under the provisions of the Municipality
Authorities Act of 1945 (the Act of May 1945, P.L. 382), as amended, and to
do so in allegiance with five municipalities, those of Allen, East Allen,
Lehigh, Moore and Bushkill.
The Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of Lehigh Township and the
Secretary of the Board of Supervisors are hereby authorized and directed to
execute, on behalf of the Township of Lehigh, Articles of Incorporation for
said Authority substantially in the following form:[1]
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Editor's Note: The Articles of Incorporation are on file in the
Township offices.
The Authority shall be for the purpose of acquiring, holding, constructing,
improving, maintaining and operating, owning or leasing, either in the capacity
of lessor or lessee, land, facilities and equipment necessary to implement
a regional yard waste recycling program and to create a yard waste facility
to provide yard waste recycling to the member municipalities.
The first member of the Board of said Authority named to represent this
Township in the Articles of Incorporation set forth above is hereby specifically
appointed a member of said Board on behalf of this Township for the term of
office set after his/her respective name, which term shall commence on the
date of appointment as shall be computed from June 1, 2006.
The proper officers of this Township are hereby directed, as required
by the said Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, as amended, to cause a notice
of adoption of this article and of the intention to file with the Secretary
of the Commonwealth said Articles of Incorporation to be published one time
in the Northampton County Reporter, a legal periodical at Northampton County,
Pennsylvania, and one time in a newspaper published and of general circulation
in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, to file with the Secretary of the Commonwealth
the Articles of Incorporation together with the required proofs of publication
of notice of this article and notice of intention to file the Articles of
Incorporation, together with a certified copy of this article, and to execute
and perform any and all official acts and to pay the fees and costs necessary
and appropriate to effect the incorporation of the Authority.
