This Charter shall be submitted to a vote of the electors of the Township of Penn Hills at the general election to be held on November 6, 1973.
The first elections required to effect the provisions of this Charter shall be conducted by the election officials of the Township of Penn Hills and the County of Allegheny, in accordance with the Pennsylvania Election Code in the year 1975.
This Charter shall be in full effect for all purposes on and after the date and time of the first meeting of the newly elected Council.
On the first Monday in January following the first election of Council members under this Charter, the Council shall meet at 8:00 p.m. in the legislative chambers of the Penn Hills Municipal Building.
At its first meeting or at any meeting held within sixty (60) days thereafter, the Council may adopt temporary ordinances to deal with cases in which there is an urgent need for prompt action in connection with the transition of government and in which the delay incident to the appropriate ordinance procedure would probably cause serious hardship or impairment of effective Municipal government. Every temporary ordinance shall be plainly labeled as such but shall be introduced in the form and manner prescribed for ordinances generally. A temporary ordinance may be considered without prior notice and may be adopted with or without amendment or rejected at the meeting at which it is introduced. A temporary ordinance shall become effective upon adoption or at such later time preceding automatic repeal under this subsection as it may specify. Every temporary ordinance, including any amendments made thereto after adoption, shall automatically stand repealed as of the ninety-first (91st) day following the date on which it was adopted, and it shall not be readopted, renewed or otherwise continued except by adoption in the manner prescribed by the Charter for ordinances of the kind concerned.
The purpose of Articles XX and XXI is to provide a transition from the present government of the Township of Penn Hills to the new government provided for in this Charter and to inaugurate the new government under the provisions of this Charter. They shall constitute a part of this Charter only to the extent and for the time required to accomplish this aim.