[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Connoquenessing as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 10-2-2019 by Ord. No. 96-19]
The Board of Supervisors hereby signifies its intention to organize a municipal authority (the "Authority") under the provisions of the Municipal Authorities Act of 1945,[1] as amended and supplemented (the "Act").
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Editor's Note: See now 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5601 et seq.
The name of the proposed Authority is the "Connoquenessing Township Sewer Authority."
Pursuant to said intention, Articles of Incorporation are hereby approved and adopted in the following form:
Articles of Incorporation of Connoquenessing Township Sewer Authority
To the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania:
In compliance with the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945,[1] as amended and supplemented, the Township of Connoquenessing, County of Butler, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pursuant to an ordinance duly enacted by the Board of Supervisors of said Township, authorizing and directing the formation of the Authority under the Act does hereby certify:
A.
The name of the Authority shall be the "Connoquenessing Township Sewer Authority."
B.
The Authority is formed under the "Municipality Authorities Act of 1945," as amended and supplemented, 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5601 et seq.
C.
No other authority has been organized under the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, as amended and supplemented, or under the former Act of June 28, 1935 (P.L. 463 No. 191), or any other act, for the said Township of Connoquenessing.
D.
The name of the incorporated municipality is the Township of Connoquenessing, County of Butler, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the names and addresses of the Supervisors are as follows:
Name
Office
Address
Terry Steinheiser
Chairman
230 Double Road Renfrew, PA 16053
Edward M. Rupert
Vice Chairman
675 Dick Road Butler, PA 16001
Ray Kroll, Sr.
Supervisor
103 Kroll Lane Renfrew, PA 16053
E.
Addresses and terms of office of the first members of the Board of the Authority are as follows:
Name
Address
Term and Office:
Tom Barnett
133 Plateau Street Renfrew, PA 16053
First term: 5 years
Calvin Wonderly
211 Winchester Court Renfrew, PA 16053
Second term: 4 years
Ray Kroll, Sr.
103 Kroll Lane Renfrew, PA 16053
Third term: 3 years
Brent Benoit
138 Panther Road Evans City, PA 16033
Fourth term: 2 years
Terry Steinheiser
230 Double Road Renfrew, PA 16053
Fifth term: 1 year
The terms of office of the first members of the Board shall commence on the date of appointment and shall be computed from the first Monday of January 2020.
In Witness thereof, the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Connoquenessing, County of Butler, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania have caused these Articles of Incorporation to be duly executed on behalf of said Township, by its duly authorized officers with seal to be duly affixed and attested to this 2nd day of October, 2019.
F.
The first members of the Board of the said Authority, named in the aforesaid Articles of Incorporation, are hereby specifically appointed members of said Board for a term set forth after their respective names, commencing on the date of appointment and computed from the first Monday in January 2020.
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Editor's Note: See now 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5601 et seq.
The Chairman of the Board of Supervisors hereby authorizes and is directed to execute said Articles of Incorporation on behalf of the Township of Connoquenessing and the Secretary of the Township of Connoquenessing is hereby authorized and directed to affix thereto and attest the seal of the Township of Connoquenessing. Said officers are further authorized and directed to cause a notice of intention to file said Articles of Incorporation to be published as required by law, and to file said Articles of Incorporation, together with a certified copy of this article and require proofs of publication, with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and to take all such action as they may deem necessary or appropriate toward said authority.
The purpose of said Authority is to acquire, hold, construct, mprove, maintain, operate, own and lease, either in the capacity of lessor or lessee, real estate, facilities and improvements necessary to operate a sewage treatment plant, and sewage collection facilities and other appurtenant facilities within the Township of Connoquenessing in accordance with the Act 537 Plan Update and to exercise all authority granted under the provisions of the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act.