[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors (now Township Council[1]) of the Township of Middletown as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Sewers — See Ch. 180.
Water — See Ch. 242.
[1]
Editor's Note: The name of the Township's governing body became the Township Council as of 1-1-1978, the effective date of the Home Rule Charter.
[Adopted 7-6-1966 by Ord. No. 96 (Ch. I, Art. 2, Sec. 202, of the 1976 Ordinance Book); amended 8-9-1967 by Ord. No. 102]
The Board of Supervisors of the Township of Middletown, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, constituting the "Municipal Authority" of said Township as defined in the Municipal Authorities Act of 1945 (the act of May 2, 1945, P.L. 382, as amended and supplemented[1]), hereby signifies its intention to organize an Authority under the provisions of said Act.
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Editor's Note: Said Act was repealed 6-19-2001 by P.L. 287; see now 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5601 et seq.
To the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: In compliance with the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945 (the Act of May 2, 1945, P.L. 382, as amended and supplemented) the Township of Middletown, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, pursuant to an ordinance duly enacted by the Board of Supervisors of said Township authorizing and directing the formation of an Authority under said Act, does hereby certify:
A. 
The name of the Authority shall be "Middletown Township, Delaware County, Sewer Authority."
B. 
Said Authority is formed under the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945.
C. 
No other Authority has been organized under the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945 or under the Act approved June 28, 1935, P. L. 463, or is in existence in and for the said Township of Middletown.
D. 
The name of the incorporating municipality is the Township of Middletown, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, and the names and addresses of its municipal authorities are as follows:
Names
Titles
Addresses
Wallace E. Arters
Chairman
1163 W. Baltimore Pike, Lima, Pennsylvania
William D. March
Vice-Chairman
363 Mt. Alverno Road, Media, Pennsylvania
John W. Kriebel
Supervisor
224 S. Middletown Road, Media, Pennsylvania
Clair R. Kephart
Supervisor
21 Arrowhead Trail, Media, Pennsylvania
David Van Ness
Supervisor
121 Meadowburn Lane, Media, Pennsylvania
E. 
The names addresses and terms of office of the first members of the Board of said Authority are as follows:
Name
Address
Term of Office
(years)
James T. Fifer
11 Arrowhead Trail, Media
1
Harvey Froehlich
27 Chipmunk Lane, Media
2
Stephen P. Pahides
13 Spring House Lane, Media
3
Lawrence T. Ramaika
79 Glen Riddle Road, Media
4
Paul Restall
347 Mt. Alverno Road, Elwyn
5
The term of office of the first members of the Board of said Authority shall commence on the date of appointment and shall be computed from the first Monday of January 1967.
F. 
Said Authority is organized for the purpose only to acquire, hold, construct, improve, maintain, operate, own and lease, either in the capacity of lessor or lessee, sewers, sewer systems or parts thereof, sewerage treatment works, including works for treating and disposing of industrial waste, in and for the Township of Middletown, and such other territory as it may be authorized to serve, and shall exercise all of the powers granted to an Authority organized for such purpose by the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945 under which it is organized.
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Ordinance No. 748, adopted 7-14-2014, amended the Sewer Authority Articles of Incorporation to state that its term of existence will be for a period of 50 years from the date of approval of the amendment to the Articles of Incorporation. The full texts of this and future amendments to the Articles of Incorporation are on file in the Township offices.
The first members of the Board of the Township of Middletown, Delaware County, Sewer Authority, named in the aforesaid Articles of Incorporation, hereby are specifically appointed members of said Board for the terms of office set after their respective names, which terms shall commence on the date of appointment and shall be computed from the sixth day of July 1966.
Middletown Township, Delaware County, Sewer Authority shall be organized for the purpose only to acquire, hold, construct, improve, maintain, operate, own and lease, either in the capacity of lessor or lessee, sewers, sewer systems or parts thereof, sewerage treatment works, including works for the treating and disposing of industrial waste, in and for the Township of Middletown, Delaware County, and such other territory as it may be authorized to serve, and shall exercise all of the powers granted to an authority organized for such purpose by the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945 under which it is organized.
The proper officers of the Township of Middletown, Delaware County, hereby are authorized and directed to execute said Articles of Incorporation on behalf of said Township, and the Secretary is authorized and directed to affix thereto the seal of the Township and to attest the same, 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 ordinance and required proofs of publication, with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and to do, execute and perform any and all acts and things necessary or appropriate to effect and establish said Middletown Township, Delaware County, Sewer Authority.