The Borough Council of the Borough of Towanda does hereby express
its consent to the reconstitution of the Towanda Municipal Authority
as a joint municipal authority having as member municipalities the
Borough of Towanda and the Township of North Towanda.
The name of the reconstituted Authority shall be "Towanda Municipal
Authority."
The President of the Borough Council, Mayor and Secretary of
the Borough are hereby authorized and directed to execute on behalf
of the Borough of Towanda amended Articles of Incorporation for the
Towanda Municipal Authority, providing, among other things, for the
following changes in the Articles of Incorporation of said Authority:
A. The
name of the Authority shall be "Towanda Municipal Authority."
B. The
Authority is being reconstituted under the Act of May 2, 1945, P.L.
382, as amended, Section 3.1, known as the "Municipality Authorities
Act of 1945."
C. The
names of the incorporating municipalities of the reconstituted Authority
shall be the Borough of Towanda and the Township of North Towanda.
The municipal authorities of the Borough of Towanda are the Mayor,
President of Borough Council, Secretary and Councilmen of the Borough
of Towanda, and the municipal authorities of the Township of North
Towanda are the members of the Board of Supervisors and Secretary
of said Township.
D. The
Board of the reconstituted Authority shall consist of six members,
five of whom shall represent the Borough of Towanda, shall be the
same persons presently holding office as members of the Board of the
Towanda Municipal Authority and shall have terms of five years each
which shall expire as presently provided for the present members of
the Board of the Authority. The sixth member of the Board of the reconstituted
Authority shall represent the Township of North Towanda, shall be
appointed by the Board of Supervisors of North Towanda and shall have
a term of five years, and the initial term shall expire five years
from January 1, 1980.
E. The
term of existence of the Authority shall be increased to the date
which shall be 50 years from the approval of those Articles of Amendment
by the Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
[Added 2-9-2004 by Ord. No. 3-2004]
This chapter shall be effective upon the passage of appropriate
resolutions or ordinances by the Board of the Towanda Municipal Authority
and the Board of Supervisors of the Township of North Towanda approving
the reconstitution of the Towanda Municipal Authority as a joint authority
by jointure therein of the Township of North Towanda.