[Ord. 1581, 12/14/1087, § 1]
The Mayor and Borough Council hereby signify their intention
and desire to organize and form a Municipal Business Authority under
and by virtue of the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, approved
the second day of May A.D. 1945, P.L. 382, as amended.
[Ord. 1581, 12/14/1987, § 2]
The name of the Authority shall be the "Pottstown Downtown Improvement
District Authority."
[Ord. 1581, 12/14/1987, § 3]
The Authority shall have authority, and the purpose thereof
shall be, to develop and make business improvements and provide administrative
services and to impose an assessment on each benefited property in
the designated district.
[Ord. 1581, 12/14/1987, § 4]
1.
The Mayor and Borough Council declare that it is desirable for the
preservation and revitalization of the central business district to
have an Authority providing a management process to coordinate the
collective public and private efforts of the Commercial District in
providing improvements and service.
2.
The Articles of Incorporation of the said Authority are approved
and adopted, and the appropriate Borough officials are hereby authorized
and directed to execute the same on behalf of the Borough.
[Ord. 1581, 12/14/1987, § 6; as amended by Ord.
2161, 2/13/2017]
1.
The names and original terms of office of the first members of the
Authority Board are: [Here followed the names and terms of office
of the first members of the Authority Board].
2.
Effective February 13, 2017, the number of Authority Board members
shall be reduced from nine members to seven members, who shall continue
to serve five-year terms that shall be staggered so that the term
of at least one member of the Board shall expire January 1 of each
year.
[Ord. 1581, 12/14/1987, § 7]
The Borough Solicitor is hereby directed to cause to be published,
as required by and in accordance with the Municipality Authorities
Act of 1945, a notice containing a brief statement of the substance
of this Part and of the Articles of Incorporation, which notice shall
state that on a day certain, not less than three days after the complete
publication of said notice, the Articles of Incorporation will be
filed with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
[Ord. 1581, 12/14/1987, § 8]
The proper officers of the Borough shall file with the Secretary
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania the Articles of Incorporation
together with the proofs of publication of said notice.
[Ord. 1612, 1/9/1989, § 1; as amended by Ord. 1676,
7/8/1991, § 1; by Ord. 1841, 12/9/1996, § 1; by
Ord. 1911, 12/29/2000, § 2; by Ord. 1984, 9/13/2004, § 1;
by Ord. 2056, 12/29/2008; by Ord. 2097, 9/10/2012; by Ord. 2128, 10/14/2014;
and by Ord. No. 2180, 12/10/2018]
Pursuant to the Act of April 10, 1980, P.L. 105, the Borough
of Pottstown hereby retains the right to approve any plan of the Municipal
Business Authority. The Borough of Pottstown retains this right only
to the extent that no plan for services or improvements shall be approved
which extends beyond December 31, 2019, unless this section is otherwise
amended by Council.
