[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Leetsdale
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 12-19-1956 by Ord. No. 276]
It is the desire of the Borough Council of the Borough of Leetsdale,
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and the Borough Council hereby signifies its
intention to organize an Authority under the Municipality Authorities Act
of May 2, 1945, P.L. 382, as amended.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Municipality Authorities Act of 1945 was repealed
6-19-2001 by P.L. 287, No. 22. See now 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5601 et seq.
The name of the proposed Authority shall be: "Municipal Authority of
the Borough of Leetsdale, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania."
The following persons are hereby appointed members of the Board of Municipal
Authority of the Borough of Leetsdale, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania: [Here
followed the members' names, addresses and terms of office.]
Pursuant to said desire and intention of the Borough Council and in
conformance with the terms and provisions of said Municipality Authorities
Act of 1945 and its amendments, the proposed Articles of Incorporation are
hereby set forth in full, as follows:
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Articles of Incorporation
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To the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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In compliance with requirements of the Municipality Authorities Act
of May 2, 1945, P.L. 382, as amended, and pursuant to an ordinance adopted
by the municipal authorities of the Borough of Leetsdale, Allegheny County,
Pennsylvania, signifying their desire and intention to form a Municipality
Authority and that a certificate of incorporation be issued to said Authority,
the Borough of Leetsdale does hereby certify:
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(a)
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The name of the Authority shall be: Municipal Authority of the Borough
of Leetsdale, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
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(b)
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The Authority is formed under the Act of May 2, 1945, P.L. 382, as amended.
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(c)
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There has been organized by the Borough of Edgeworth, Allegheny County,
Pennsylvania, under the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945 as amended, an
Authority known as the Municipal Authority of the Borough of Edgeworth, Allegheny
County, Pennsylvania, for the purpose of rendering water service in its service
area which includes the Borough of Leetsdale. No other Authority has been
organized under the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945 or the Act of June
28, 1935, P.L. 463, or is in existence in the Borough.
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(d)
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The name of the incorporating municipality is the Borough of Leetsdale,
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
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(e)
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The names and addresses of the Burgess, President of Council and of
all its members are as follows:
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[Here followed the names and addresses of the officers of the Borough]
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(f)
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The names, addresses and terms of office of the first members of the
Board of said Authority are:
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[Here followed the names and addresses of the original Authority members]
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all of whom are residents and citizens either of the Borough of Leetsdale,
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, or of the Borough of Edgeworth, Allegheny
County, Pennsylvania, being part of the territory into which the project of
the Authority will extend.
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[Adopted 11-13-1974 by Ord. No. 426]
The Council of the Borough of Leetsdale finds and therefore declares
that it is necessary that an adequate public ambulance and related emergency
health service be established and operated for the benefit and preservation
of the public health, comfort, convenience and general welfare, and the increase
of the prosperity of the inhabitants of the Borough of Leetsdale, and that
such service can be most efficiently and economically furnished by means of
an inter-community municipal authority jointly sponsored by the Township of
Allepo, the Township of Leet and the Boroughs of Bell Acres, Edgeworth, Glenfield,
Haysville, Leetsdale, Osborne, Sewickley, Sewickley Heights and Sewickley
Hills, and incorporated under the applicable laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
for the express purpose of supplying such service to all the inhabitants of
said municipalities.
It is therefore the joint desire and intention of the Townships of Aleppo
and Leet, and the Boroughs of Bell Acres, Edgeworth, Glenfield, Haysville,
Leetsdale, Osborne, Sewickley, Sewickley Heights and Sewickley Hills, all
municipal corporations of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and all situate
in the County of Allegheny, to organize an Authority under the "Municipality
Authorities Act of 1945," designated as Act No. 164, approved May 2, 1945,
together with all supplements and amendments thereto,[1] for the purpose of exercising and enjoying all of the powers conferred
by said Act, its supplements and amendments, except as otherwise specifically
provided in the proposed Articles of Incorporation hereinafter set forth.
[1]
Editor's Note: The Municipality Authorities Act of 1945 was repealed
6-19-2001 by P.L. 287, No. 22. See now 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5601 et seq.
The name of the proposed Authority shall be "Quaker Valley Ambulance
Authority."
The proposed Articles are as follows:
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Joint Municipal Authority
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Articles of Incorporation
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To the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
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In compliance with the Municipalities Authority Act of 1945, its supplements
and amendments, the Townships of Aleppo and Leet and the Boroughs of Bell
Acres, Edgeworth, Glenfield, Haysville, Leetsdale, Osborne, Sewickley, Sewickley
Heights and Sewickley Hills, all municipal corporations of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania and all situate in the County of Allegheny, pursuant to identical
ordinances duly adopted by the respective municipal authorities of all said
municipalities, hereby signify their joint desire and intention to form an
Authority under said Act and do therefore hereby certify as follows:
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The name of the Authority shall be: "Quaker Valley Ambulance Authority."
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(b)
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This Authority is formed under the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945,
its supplements and amendments.
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(c)
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No other Authority or Joint Authority organized under the Municipality
Authorities Act of 1945, its supplements and amendments, or under the Act
approved June 28, 1935, as amended, is in existence in or for the incorporating
municipalities named herein, except as follows:
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Aleppo Township Authority — A municipal Authority organized by
the Township of Aleppo, in the County of Allegheny, under the Municipality
Authorities Act of 1945, its supplements and amendments, for the purpose of
furnishing water service and a sanitary sewage collection and disposal system
for said Township of Aleppo and adjoining municipalities.
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Leet Township Municipal Authority — A Municipal Authority organized
by the Township of Leet, in the County of Allegheny, under the Municipality
Authorities Act of 1945, its supplements and amendments, for the purpose of
furnishing a sanitary sewage collection and disposal system for said Township
of Leet.
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The Municipal Authority of the Borough of Edgeworth, Allegheny County,
Pennsylvania — A Municipal Authority organized by the Borough of Edgeworth,
under the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, its supplements and amendments,
for the purpose of furnishing water service to said Borough of Edgeworth and
to the Borough of Leetsdale and the Township of Leet, all in the County of
Allegheny.
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The Municipal Authority of the Borough of Leetsdale — A Municipal
Authority organized by the Borough of Leetsdale, under the Municipality Authorities
Act of 1945, its supplements and amendments, for the purpose of furnishing
a sanitary sewage collection and disposal system for said Borough of Leetsdale
and for the Borough of Edgeworth and the Township of Leet, all in the County
of Allegheny.
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Quaker Valley Joint School Authority — A joint Municipal Authority
organized by the Quaker Valley School District, under the Municipal Authorities
Act of 1945, its supplements and amendments, for the purpose of providing
public school buildings and facilities for said Quaker Valley School District.
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Sewickley Valley Hospital Authority — A Municipal Authority organized
by the Borough of Sewickley under the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945,
its supplements and amendments, for the purpose of acquiring and constructing
hospital and related facilities for the use of inhabitants of said Borough
and neighboring municipalities.
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The purpose of the Authority is to provide ambulance and related equipment
and facilities and to furnish ambulance and other related emergency health
services to the inhabitants of a primary service area consisting of the Townships
of Aleppo and Leet and of the Boroughs of Bell Acres, Edgeworth, Glenfield,
Haysville, Leetsdale, Osborne, Sewickley, Sewickley Heights, and Sewickley
Hills, to the inhabitants of adjoining political subdivisions or areas who
may require or desire such services, and to other persons who may require
or desire such services while temporarily within such service area.
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For such purpose the Authority shall have and exercise all powers granted
by law except the following:
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The Authority shall not undertake any project other than the providing
of ambulance and other related emergency health services.
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Total bonded indebtedness of the Authority shall not at any time exceed
the sum of $100,000 without the prior approval of not less than eight of the
incorporating municipalities.
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In addition to all other reports required by law to be filed or published
by it, the Authority shall prepare a report of its fiscal affairs for each
calendar quarter of its operations and shall file a copy thereof with each
of the incorporating municipalities within 30 days following the last day
of each such quarter.
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The respective names of the incorporating municipalities are:
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Township of Aleppo
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Township of Leet
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Borough of Bell Acres
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Borough of Edgeworth
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Borough of Glenfield
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Borough of Haysville
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Borough of Leetsdale
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Borough of Osborne
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Borough of Sewickley
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Borough of Sewickley Heights
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Borough of Sewickley Hills
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The names and addresses of the municipal authorities of each of the
incorporating municipalities are as follows:
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[Here followed the names and addresses of the municipal officials]
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The Board of the Authority to be formed pursuant to these Articles shall
consist of 11 members, each of whom, except for those who shall be members
of the first Board of the Authority, shall be appointed for terms of five
years each.
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One member of the Board of the Authority shall be appointed by the governing
body of each of the several incorporating municipalities.
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The names and addresses of members of the first Board of the Authority,
the municipality by which each such member has been appointed, and the dates
of expiration of their respective terms are as follows:
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[Here followed a list of names, addresses and terms of original member]
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Whenever a vacancy has occurred or is about to occur by reason of the
expiration of the term of any member, the incorporating municipality which
appointed the member whose term has expired or is about to expire, shall appoint
a successor member for a full term of five years.
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Until such time as all of the incorporating municipalities shall otherwise
provide by resolution, the members of the Board of the Authority shall receive
no compensation for their services as board members; provided, however, that
nothing herein contained shall be deemed to prohibit the payment of compensation
as authorized by Section 7C of the aforesaid Municipality Authorities Act
of 1945, as amended, to a member of such Board for services rendered as an
officer of the Authority.
A.
Organization and start-up expenses. In order to fund
the proposed Authority with sufficient moneys to cover incorporation, organization
and start-up expenses, the Borough of Leetsdale hereby assumes, as its fair
share of such expenses, the payment of a per capita assessment of $0.16 and
in discharge of such commitment does hereby appropriate the sum of $297.92,
the same to be paid to or for the account of said Authority from time to time
and in such amounts as the Borough Council may by resolution or motion authorize;
provided, however, that the other incorporating municipalities shall by like
appropriations have committed themselves to the payment of such initial expenses
in the following respective portions and amounts, viz: [Here followed the
amounts of the original financial contributions.]
B.
Capital funds and operating expenses. In order to fund
the proposed Authority with sufficient moneys to cover capital expenditures
for equipment and housing and to cover the operating expenses of such Authority,
the Borough of Leetsdale hereby promises and agrees with the Townships of
Aleppo and Leet and the Boroughs of Bell Acres, Edgeworth, Glenfield, Haysville,
Osborne, Sewickley, Sewickley Heights and Sewickley Hills, that this Borough
will, from time to time and to the extent and in the manner provided by law,
appropriate from general funds or from funds derived from special levy the
same portion of the aggregate capital expenditures and operating expenses
of such Authority as the population of this Borough of Leetsdale, bears to
the aggregate population of the Authority's primary service area. For all
computations required to be made hereunder, the term "population," unless
otherwise agreed by all of the incorporating municipalities, shall mean the
total number of inhabitants of this Borough or of such primary service area
as reported in the then most recent enumeration thereof by the United States
Bureau of the Census.
Notwithstanding any express or implied provision hereof to the contrary,
the Authority shall fix and collect reasonable fees or charges for its services
from recipients or users of such services who are not residents of the Authority's
primary service area and, should additional revenues be required to defray
the full cost of the aforesaid capital expenditures and operating expenses,
the Authority may fix and collect reasonable fees or charges for its services
from recipients or users thereof who are residents of such primary service
area.
