[Adopted 5-26-1981 by Ord. No. 4706]
The City of Altoona finds and therefore declares that it is
necessary that adequate public ambulance service be established and
operated for the benefit and preservation of the public health, comfort,
convenience and general welfare, and the increase of prosperity of
the inhabitants of the City of Altoona, and that such service can
be most efficiently and economically furnished by means of an intercommunity
municipal authority jointly sponsored by the City and the Township
of Logan, all of which are 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 City of
Altoona and the Township of Logan, both municipal corporations of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and both situate in the County of
Blair, 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, for the purpose of exercising
and enjoying all the powers conferred by said Act, its supplements
and amendments.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Municipality Authorities Act of 1945 (53
P.S. § 301 et seq.) was repealed by Act 22 of 2001 (June
19, 2001, P.L. 287, No. 22). See now the Municipality Authorities
Act, 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5601 et seq.
The name of the proposed authority shall be: "Altoona-Logan
Township Mobile Medical Emergency Department Authority," to be known
and designated as "AMED."
The proposed Articles of Incorporation are as follows:
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JOINT MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
TO THE
SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
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In compliance with the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945,
its supplements and amendments, the City of Altoona and Township of
Logan, both municipal corporations of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
and all situate in the County of Blair, pursuant to identical ordinances
duly adopted by the representative 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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1.
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The name of the Authority shall be: "Altoona-Logan Township
Mobile Medical Emergency Department Authority, to be known and designated
as "AMED."
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2.
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This Authority is formed under the Municipality Authorities
Act of 1945, its supplements and amendments.[2]
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The only other Authorities organized under the provisions of
the Act, or the Act approved the 28th day of June, 1945, P.L. 453,
and still in existence within the said City of Altoona are:
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(1)
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Altoona City Authority - Ordinance No. 3364, adopted August
3, 1948.[3]
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(2)
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Transportation and Motor Buses for Public Use Authority - Ordinance
No. 3587, adopted July 6, 1958.[4]
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The purpose of the Authority is to provide ambulance equipment
and facilities and to furnish ambulance service to the inhabitants
of the City of Altoona and the Township of Logan, and to the inhabitants
of such adjoining political subdivisions or areas as may desire such
service.
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The respective names of the incorporating municipalities are:
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The City of Altoona
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The Township of Logan
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6.
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The names and addresses of the municipal authorities of each
of the incorporating municipalities are as follows:[5]
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7.
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The Board of the Authority to be formed pursuant to these Articles
shall consist of seven 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. The members of the Board of the Authority
shall be apportioned among the several municipalities as follows:
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Municipality
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Number of Board Members
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The City of Altoona
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5
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The Township of Logan
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2
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8.
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The names and addresses of the 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:[6]
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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 participating 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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[2]
Editor's Note: The Municipality Authorities Act of 1945 (53
P.S. § 301 et seq.) was repealed by Act 22 of 2001 (June
19, 2001, P.L. 287, No. 22). See now the Municipality Authorities
Act, 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5601 et seq.
[5]
Editor's Note: Information regarding the names and addresses
of the original municipal authorities is available in the City offices.
[6]
Editor's Note: Information regarding the names, addresses
and terms of the first members is available in the City offices.
The following persons are hereby appointed members of the first
Board of the Authority who shall serve, in accordance with Section
8 of the proposed Articles of Incorporation, for terms as hereinafter
set forth opposite their respective names, via:[2]
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 70 of
the aforesaid Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, as amended,[1] to a member of such Board for services rendered as an
officer of the Authority.
[1]
Editor's Note: The Municipality Authorities Act of 1945 (53
P.S. § 301 et seq.) was repealed by Act 22 of 2001 (June
19, 2001, P.L. 287, No. 22). See now the Municipality Authorities
Act, 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5601 et seq.
The Articles of Incorporation of the proposed Authority, in substantially the form set forth in § 15-23 of this article, shall be executed on behalf of the City of Altoona by the Mayor, and under its Municipal Seal, attested by the City Clerk, and such officers are hereby authorized, empowered and directed to do all things necessary and appropriate to effect and establish the said Authority, in conformity with the aforesaid "Municipality Authorities Act of 1945," its supplements and amendments.
