[Adopted 4-7-1986 by Ord. No. 258 (Ch.
5, Art. III, of the 1990 Code)]
This Township hereby signifies its intention
and desire to organize an Authority (the "Authority") jointly in a
group consisting of the Boroughs of Collegeville and Trappe and the
Townships of Perkiomen, Skippack and Upper Providence, under the provisions
of the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, as amended.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Municipality Authorities
Act of 1945 (53 P.S. § 301 et seq.) was repealed by Act
22 of 2001 (6-19-2001, P.L. 287, No. 22). See now the Municipality
Authorities Act, 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5601 et seq.
The initial project to be undertaken by the
Authority is to acquire, hold, construct, improve, interconnect, maintain,
operate, own and lease, either in the capacity of lessor or lessee,
sanitary sewer treatment facilities and collection systems for sanitary
sewage, in the above-mentioned participating municipalities or any
of them or anywhere else, and for such participating municipalities
or any of them and for such other territory as it or they may be authorized
to serve.
The Chairperson of the Board of Supervisors
and the Township Secretary are hereby authorized and directed to execute,
on behalf of the Township of Upper Providence, Articles of Incorporation
for the Authority in substantially the form presented to this meeting
which is hereby approved and is ordered to be filed with this article.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Articles of Incorporation
are not included herein but are on file in the office of the Township
Secretary with Ord. No. 258.
The Township is hereby directed to cause a notice
of the substance of this article to be published, separately or jointly
with respect to similar ordinances adopted by other municipalities,
once in the legal periodical for Montgomery County and once in a newspaper
published and of general circulation in such county pursuant to the
Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, as amended.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Municipality Authorities Act of 1945 (53
P.S. § 301 et seq.) was repealed by Act 22 of 2001 (6-19-2001,
P.L. 287, No. 22). See now the Municipality Authorities Act, 53 Pa.C.S.A.
§ 5601 et seq.
The Chairperson of the Supervisors and the Township
Secretary are directed to file said Articles of Incorporation, together
with the necessary proofs of publication, with the secretary of the
commonwealth and to do all other acts and things necessary or appropriate
to effect the incorporation of the Authority.
Section 6 of the Authority's Articles of Incorporation
shall provide that the respective municipalities which are incorporating
members of the Authority shall each have one representative on the
Board of the Authority.
The following named persons are hereby appointed
as the first members of the Board of the Authority to represent this
Township. Their terms of office shall commence on the date of appointment
and shall be computed from the January 1 next succeeding the date
of incorporation.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The names and addresses of the members first
appointed are not included herein but are on file in the office of
the Township Secretary with Ord. No. 258.
