It is the desire and intention of the municipal authorities of the Borough
of Churchill, a municipality of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, situated
in Allegheny County, to become a member of the Wilkinsburg-Penn Joint Water
Authority, which was incorporated on the 4th day of October, 1945, by the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, upon the application of the Borough of Wilkinsburg
and the Township of Penn, both municipalities of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
and both situated in Allegheny County, under the provisions of the Municipality
Authorities Act of 1945, approved May 2, 1945, Act No. 164, said joinder being under the provisions of the aforesaid statute
and the provisions of a Declaration of Trust dated December 21, 1945, which
was executed by the Wilkinsburg-Penn Joint Water Authority, the Borough of
Wilkinsburg and the Township of Penn, and which is recorded in the Office
of the Recorder of Deeds of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in Deed Book Volume
2880, page 20.
The Wilkinsburg-Penn Joint Water Authority has been organized as stated in §
109-1 and has acquired the water properties of the Pennsylvania Water Company with the permission of the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission in proceedings before the Commission at Application Docket No. 65,840 of 1945, and is now engaged in supplying water to a number of communities in the County of Allegheny, Pennsylvania, including the Borough of Churchill.
The Wilkinsburg-Penn Joint Water Authority and the Borough of Wilkinsburg
and the Township of Penn, which created said Water Authority, executed a Declaration
of Trust dated December 21, 1945, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder
of Deeds of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in Deed Book Volume 2880, page
20, which authorizes the admission to membership in said authority of the
Borough of Churchill, provided that said borough by proper municipal action
express its desire to become a member of the authority, take all steps necessary
to provide for its admittance thereto and by proper municipal action join
in the aforesaid Declaration of Trust and agree to be bound by all the obligations
therein imposed upon the Borough of Wilkinsburg and the Township of Penn.
Upon such admission the Borough of Churchill shall be entitled to elect a
member of the Board of said authority and thus participate in its management.
Since the incorporation of said Wilkinsburg-Penn Joint Water Authority the
Borough of East Pittsburgh has joined and become a member of said authority.
The proper municipal officers of the Borough of Churchill are hereby
authorized to take whatever action is required by the provisions of the Municipality
Authorities Act of 1945 and the aforesaid Declaration of Trust to obtain the admission
of the Borough of Churchill to membership in the Wilkinsburg-Penn Joint Water
Authority and to designate Harry C. Barton as a member of the
Board of said authority representing the Borough of Churchill.
The adoption of this chapter is deemed necessary for the benefit and
preservation of the public health, peace, comfort and general welfare of the
people of the Borough of Churchill.