[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Folcroft as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Adopted 10-31-1938 by Ord. No. 126 (Ch. 1, Part 3B, of the 2006 Code
of Ordinances)]
The Borough of Folcroft does hereby signify intention to organize
an authority together with the Townships of Ridley, Springfield and
Upper Darby, and the Boroughs of Clifton Heights, Glenolden and Norwood,
under the provisions of the Acts of Assembly and the amendments and
supplements thereto.
The proper officers are hereby authorized and directed to organize
said Authority in conjunction with the proper officers of the aforesaid
townships and boroughs, and together with the aforesaid officers,
to execute the Articles of Incorporation and to file the same with
the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as provided by
law.
A.
Said Articles of Incorporation shall be as follows:
(1)
The name of the authority shall be: "Muckinipates Authority."
(2)
The authority is formed under the provisions of the Acts of Pennsylvania,
No. 191, Sessions of 1935, and No. 200 of the Session of 1937.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Municipality Authorities Act of 1935 (Act
of June 28, 1935, P.L. 463) was superseded by Act of May 2, 1945 (P.L.
382), which Act was repealed by Act 22 of 2001 (June 19, 2001, P.L.
287, No. 22). Act. No. 200 of the Session of 1937 was repealed by
the same act. See now the Municipality Authorities Act, 53 Pa.C.S.A.
§ 5601 et seq.
(4)
The names of the incorporating municipalities, together with the
names and addresses of its municipal officers, are as follows: [Here
followed the names and ordinances of the officials of the incorporating
municipalities].
(5)
The names and addresses and terms of office of the first members
of the Board of said Authority are as follows: [Here followed the
names and addresses of the first members of the Board].
(6)
Commissioners or councils, as the case may be, of each municipality
creating said joint authority shall appoint one member of the Board.
B.
The Borough of Glenolden and the Township of Ridley shall appoint
one member each for a period of four years from the first of January
1939. The Township of Springfield and the Borough of Norwood for a
period of three years from the first of January 1939. The Township
of Upper Darby and the Borough of Folcroft for a period of two years
from the first of January 1939, and the Borough of Clifton Heights
for period of one year from the first of January 1939, all said terms
to start immediately upon the granting of Certificate of Incorporation
by the Secretary of the Commonwealth. Thereafter, said Commissioners
or Council, as the case may be, shall at a meeting held not later
than one month prior to January 1, in each year in which a vacancy
occurs in the office filled by that municipality, appoint as a member
of the Board, a citizen of that municipality, for a term of four years
to succeed the member whose term expires on January 1 next succeeding.
C.
All vacancies shall be filled by the governing body of the municipality
whose appointee has vacated his office.
[Adopted 11-21-1950 by Ord. No. 236 (Ch. 1, Part 3A, of the 2006 Code
of Ordinances)]
The Borough of Folcroft does hereby signify its desire of becoming
a member of the Darby Creek Joint Authority, a joint municipal authority
heretofore created by the Townships of Springfield and Upper Darby
and the Boroughs of Aldan, Clifton Heights, Collingdale, Colwyne,
Darby, Lansdowne, Sharon Hill and Yeadon, with charter issued by the
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, dated August 2, 1938,
and existing under the provisions of the Acts of Assembly and amendments
and supplements thereto.
The Borough of Folcroft does hereby signify its approval of
the application of the Township of Darby to become a member of the
Darby Creek Joint Authority.
The proper officers are hereby authorized and directed to make
application to said Authority to become a member thereof; to advertise
this article as required by law; to take all needful and proper steps
to accomplish the desire herein expressed; and together with the proper
officers of the Township of Darby, the proper officers of said Authority
and the proper officers of said townships and boroughs which are now
members of said Authority, to execute the Articles of Joinder and
to file the same with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
as provided by law.
[Amended 1-14-1952 by Ord. No. 248]
Said Articles of Joinder shall be as follows:
A.
The name of the Authority is: "Darby Creek Joint Authority."
B.
The Authority was formed under the provisions of the Acts of Pennsylvania,
No. 191 of the Session of 1935, and No. 200 of the Session of 1937,[1] with Charter issued dated August 2, 1938, and recorded
in the Office for the Recording of Deeds in and for the County of
Delaware in Charter Book "I," page 342.
[1]
Editor's Note: The Municipality Authorities Act of 1935 (Act
of June 28, 1935, P.L. 463) was superseded by Act of May 2, 1945 (P.L.
382), which Act was repealed by Act 22 of 2001 (June 19, 2001, P.L.
287, No. 22). Act. No. 200 of the Session of 1937 was repealed by
the same act. See now the Municipality Authorities Act, 53 Pa.C.S.A.
§ 5601 et seq.
C.
The present members of said Joint Authority are the Townships of
Springfield and Upper Darby and the Boroughs of Aldan, Clifton Heights,
Collingdale, Colwyn, Darby, Lansdowne, Sharon Hill and Yeadon, all
municipalities of the County of Delaware, Pennsylvania.
D.
E.
The name of the municipalities seeking to become members of the Authority
with the same names and addresses of their municipal officers are
as follows: [Here followed the names and addresses of the officials
of the incorporating municipalities].
F.
The names, addresses and terms of office of the first members of
the Board of said Authority from said municipalities seeking to become
members are as follows: [Here followed the names and addresses of
the first members of the Board].
G.
Commissioners or Council, as the case may be, of each municipality
seeking to become a member of said Joint Authority shall appoint one
member of the Board to serve for the term of five years, and thereafter
said Commissioners or Council, as the case may be, shall at a meeting
held not later that one month prior to January 1 in each year in which
a vacancy occurs in the office filled by that municipality, shall
appoint as a member of the Board, a citizen of the municipality for
a term of five years to succeed the member whose term expires on January
1 next succeeding. All vacancies shall be filled by the governing
body of the municipality whose appointee has vacated his office.
[Added 10-15-2013 by Ord.
No. 2013-07]
The term of existence shall be to a date not exceeding 50 years
from the date of approval of the Articles of Amendment.
