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made thereto after adoption, shall automatically stand repealed as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.