[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Edgeworth as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 9-10-1956 by Ord. No. 294]
It is the desire of the Borough Council of the
Borough of Edgeworth, 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Editor's Note: Said Act was repealed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
the "Municipal Authority of the Borough of Edgeworth, Allegheny County,
Pennsylvania."
The following persons are hereby appointed members
of the Board of the Municipal Authority of the Borough of Edgeworth,
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, for the terms of office indicated.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The names, addresses and terms of the original members of the Authority were deleted during the publication of the 1989 Code. A complete copy of Ord. No. 294 is on file in the Borough office. See also paragraph (f) of the Articles of Incorporation in § 19-4 for the names, addresses and terms of the original members.
Pursuant to said desire and intention of the
Borough Council and in conformance with the terms and conditions of
said Municipality Authorities Act of 1945 and its amendments,[1] 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 ordinance adopted by the municipal authorities of the Borough of
Edgeworth, 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 Edgeworth
does hereby certify:
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(a)
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The name of the Authority shall be the "Municipal
Authority of the Borough of Edgeworth, 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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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 Edgeworth, 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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Name
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Address
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L. W. Young, Burgess
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East Drive, Edgeworth, Pennsylvania
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A.O. Pearce, President
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215 Orchard Lane, Edgeworth, Pennsylvania
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Newton Chapin, Jr.
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414 Woodland Road, Edgeworth, Pennsylvania
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J. D. A. Morrow
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618 Maple Lane, Edgeworth, Pennsylvania
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F. C. Schroeder, Jr.
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630 East Drive, Edgeworth, Pennsylvania
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Andrew Thein
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408 Chestnut Road, Edgeworth, Pennsylvania
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J. Judson Brooks
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601 Maple Lane, Edgeworth, Pennsylvania
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T. A. Standish, Jr.
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430 Oliver Road, Edgeworth, Pennsylvania
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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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Name
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Address
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Term
(years)
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Albert H. Graham
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312 Meadow Lane Edgeworth, Pennsylvania
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1
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Carl M. Kerchner
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Lark Inn Fields Leetsdale, Pennsylvania
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2
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F. Brian Reuter
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614 Poia Road Edgeworth, Pennsylvania
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3
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A. Lyle Heberling
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Oak Drive Leetsdale, Pennsylvania
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4
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Nathan W. Pearson
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10 Woodland Road Edgeworth, Pennsylvania
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5
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all of whom are residents and citizens either
of the Borough of Edgeworth, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, or of
the Borough of Leetsdale, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, being part
of the territory into which the project of the Authority will extend.
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WITNESS the hands of the Burgess, President
of Council and Secretary of the Borough Council and the Seal of the
Borough of Edgeworth, this _____ day of September 1956.
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BOROUGH OF EDGEWORTH
By
President of Council
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Attest:
_________________
Secretary
(SEAL)
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EXAMINED AND APPROVED this _____ day of September
1956.
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Burgess
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY
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On this _____ day of September 1956, before
me, a notary public in and for said county and state, personally came
the above named L. W. Young, A. O. Pearce and Mary Louise Wilson,
whose official positions in the incorporating municipality are, respectively,
Burgess, President of Council and Borough Secretary, and who in due
form of law acknowledged the foregoing to be the act and deed of the
incorporating municipality for the purposes therein specified
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and
official seal
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Notary Public
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My commission expires
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(N. P. SEAL)
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[1]
Editor's Note: Said Act was repealed
6-19-2001 by P.L. 287, No. 22; see now 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5601
et seq.
The Solicitor is hereby authorized and directed
to cause to be published in accordance with law a proper notice of
intention to file the aforesaid Articles of Incorporation with the
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
[Adopted 10-14-1974 by Ord. No. 374]
The Council of the Borough of Edgeworth 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 Edgeworth and that such service
can be most efficiently and economically furnished by means of an
Intercommunity Municipal Authority jointly sponsored by the Township
of Aleppo, 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: Said Act 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
the "Quaker Valley Ambulance Authority."
The proposed Articles of Incorporation are as
follows:
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JOINT MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY
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ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION TO THE
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SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
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In compliance with the Municipality Authorities
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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This Authority is formed under the Municipality
Authorities Act of 1945, its supplements and amendments
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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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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 Municipality 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
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. 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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(2)
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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 fewer 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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Borough of Leetsdale
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Township of Leet
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Borough of Osborne
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Borough of Bell Acres
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Borough of Sewickley
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Borough of Edgeworth
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Borough of Sewickley Heights
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Borough of Glenfield
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Borough of Sewickley Hills
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Borough of Haysville
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The names and addresses of the municipal authorities
of each of the incorporating municipalities are as follows[1]
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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[2]
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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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WITNESS the due execution of these Articles
by each of the incorporating municipalities this _____ day of _________
1974[3]
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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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[1]
Editor's Note: The names and addresses
of the municipal authorities of the incorporating municipalities were
deleted during publication of the 1989 Code. A complete copy of Ord.
No. 374 is on file in the Borough office.
[2]
Editor's Note: The names, addresses and
terms of the original members of the Board of the Authority were deleted
during publication of the 1989 Code. A complete copy of Ord. No. 374
is on file in the Borough office.
[3]
Editor's Note: Space to be provided below
for the signatures of various officials of the below-listed municipalities
were deleted during publication. A complete copy of Ord. No. 374 is
on file in the Borough office.
Newton Chapin, Jr., is hereby appointed a member
of the first Board of the Authority to serve, in accordance with Section
8 of the proposed Articles of Incorporation, for a term expiring December
31, 1976.
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,[1] to a member of such Board for services rendered as officer
of the Authority.
[1]
Editor's Note: Said Act was repealed
6-19-2001 by P.L. 287, No. 22; see now 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5601
et seq.
The Articles of Incorporation of the proposed Authority, in substantially the form set forth in § 19-9 of this article, shall be executed on behalf of the Borough of Edgeworth by the Mayor and by the President of the Borough Council and, under its Municipal Seal, attested by the Borough Secretary, and such officers are hereby authorized, empowered and directed to do all things necessary and appropriate to effect and establish said Authority in conformity with the aforesaid Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, its supplements and amendments.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Said Act was repealed
6-19-2001 by P.L. 287, No. 22; see now 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5601
et seq.
A.Â
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 Edgeworth 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 $352.32, 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:
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Amount
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Township of Aleppo
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$127.04
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Township of Leet
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$263.36
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Borough of Bell Acres
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$202.24
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Borough of Glenfield
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$64.96
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Borough of Haysville
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$24.64
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Borough of Leetsdale
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$297.92
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Borough of Osborne
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$92.64
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Borough of Sewickley
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$905.60
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Borough of Sewickley Heights
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$127.52
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Borough of Sewickley Hills
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$43.04
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B.Â
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 Edgeworth hereby promises
and agrees with the Townships of Aleppo and Leet and the Boroughs
of Bell Acres, Glenfield, Haysville, Leetsdale, 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 Edgeworth
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.
