[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Moore as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 5-5-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-01]
The Supervisors of the Township of Moore hereby signify their intention and desire to organize an Authority under the provisions of the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945 (the Act of May 1945, P.L. 382), as amended,[1] and to do so in allegiance with five municipalities: those of Allen, East Allen, Lehigh, Moore and Bushkill.
[1]
Editor's Note: See now 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5601 et seq.
The Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of Moore Township and the Secretary of the Board of Supervisors are hereby authorized and directed to execute, on behalf of the Township of Moore, Articles of Incorporation for said Authority substantially in the following form:
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
In compliance with the requirements of the Act of May 2, 1945 (P.L. 382, No. 164) known as the "Municipality Authorities Act of 1945," as amended, the governing bodies of the Municipalities of the Townships of Allen, East Allen, Lehigh, Moore and Bushkill, all of Northampton County, Pennsylvania, desiring to incorporate an Authority thereunder, do hereby certify: a) the name of the Authority is "First Regional Compost Authority"; b) said Authority is formed under the provisions of the Act of May 2, 1945, P.L. 382, known as the "Municipality Authorities Act of 1945", as amended; c) no other Authority has been organized under the said Municipality Authorities Act of 1945 or under the Act of June 28, 1935 (P.L. 463) and is in existence in or for the Townships of Allen, East Allen, Bushkill, Lehigh and Moore, incorporating municipalities herein, with the exception of East Allen Township Municipal Authority operating in East Allen Township; d) names of the incorporating municipalities and names and addresses of their respective municipal authorities are as follows:
(i)
Allen Township, 4714 Indian Trail Road, Northampton, PA 18067
(ii)
East Allen Township, 5344 Nor-Bath Blvd., Northampton, PA 18067 East Allen Township Authority, 5344 Nor-Bath Blvd., Northampton PA 18067
(iii)
Lehigh Township, 1069 Municipal Road, Walnutport, PA 18088
(iv)
Moore Township, 2491 Community Drive, Bath, PA 18014
(v)
Bushkill Township, 1114 Bushkill Center Road, Nazareth, PA 18064
All of the above Townships and their respective authorities are located in the County of Northampton and State of Pennsylvania; e) the names and addresses and terms of office of the first members of the Board of said Authority are as follows:
Name/Address
Term Years
Allen Township
Anthony Czonstak
3559 Howertown Road Northampton, PA 18067
4
East Allen Township
Deborah A. Seiple
7739 Airport Road Bath, PA 18014
4
Lehigh Township
Alice Rehrig
1069 Municipal Road Walnutport, PA 18088
2
Moore Township
Dave Lack
2491 Community Drive Bath, PA 18014
2
Bushkill Township
Aaron Hook
1114 Bushkill Center Road Nazareth, PA 18064
1
The terms of office of each of the first members of the Board of said Authority shall commence on the date of his or her appointment and shall be computed from June 1, 2006; f) said Authority is organized for the purpose of implementing a regional yard waste recycling program and to create a yard waste facility to provide yard waste recycling to the member municipalities, and for the purpose of acquiring, holding, constructing, improving, maintaining and operating, owning, leasing, either in the capacity of lessor or lessee, all the land and/or equipment used in and necessary for the yard waste recycling facility, and shall have and may exercise all powers necessary or convenient for the carrying out of the aforesaid purposes pursuant to the "Municipality Authorities Act of 1945," as amended; (g) the ordinance authorizing the creating of said Authority, certified from the record of the incorporating municipality together with proofs of publication of notice of intention to file these Articles of Incorporation with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, are each submitted herewith.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed these Articles of Incorporation on behalf of the Township respectively set by its officers, and have caused to be affixed hereto the seals hereof this _____ day of __________ 2006.
ATTEST:
ALLEN TOWNSHIP
By
Secretary
Chairman
ATTEST:
EAST ALLEN TOWNSHIP
By
Secretary
Chairman
ATTEST:
LEHIGH TOWNSHIP
By
Secretary
Chairman
ATTEST:
MOORE TOWNSHIP
By
Secretary
Chairman
ATTEST:
BUSHKILL TOWNSHIP
By
Secretary
Chairman
The Authority shall be for the purpose of acquiring, holding, constructing, improving, maintaining and operating, owning or leasing, either in the capacity of lessor or lessee, land, facilities and equipment necessary to implement a regional yard waste recycling program and to create a yard waste facility to provide yard waste recycling to the member municipalities.
The first member of the Board of said Authority named to represent this Township in the Articles of Incorporation set forth above is hereby specifically appointed a member of said Board on behalf of this Township for the term of office set after his/her respective name, which term shall commence on the date of appointment as shall be computed from June 1, 2006.
The proper officers of this Township are hereby directed, as required by the said Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, as amended,[1] to cause a notice of adoption of this article and of the intention to file with the Secretary of the Commonwealth said Articles of Incorporation to be published one time in the Northampton County Reporter, a legal periodical at Northampton County, Pennsylvania, and one time in a newspaper published and of general circulation in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, to file with the Secretary of the Commonwealth the Articles of Incorporation together with the required proofs of publication of notice of this article and notice of intention to file the Articles of Incorporation, together with a certified copy of this article, and to execute and perform any and all official acts and to pay the fees and costs necessary and appropriate to affect the incorporation of the Authority.
[1]
Editor's Note: See now 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5601 et seq.
If any provision, sentence, clause, section, or part of this article is for any reason found to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, such unconstitutionality, illegality, or invalidity shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions of this article. It is hereby declared as the intent of Moore Township that this article would have been adopted had such stricken provisions not been included herein.
All ordinances and parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.