The Council of the City of Coatesville hereby
signifies its intention and desire to organize an Authority under
the provisions of the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, as amended
and supplemented.
The President or Vice President and the Secretary
of the Council are directed to execute, on behalf of the City of Coatesville,
Articles of Incorporation for said Authority, in substantially the
following form:
MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY
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ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
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To the Secretary of the Commonwealth Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania
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In compliance with the requirements
of the Act of May 2, 1945, P.L. 382, known as the "Municipality Authorities
Act of 1945," as amended, and pursuant to an ordinance adopted, the municipal authorities
of the City of Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, desiring
to incorporate an Authority thereunder, hereby certify:
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1.
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The name of the Authority is "City of Coatesville
Authority."
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2.
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Said Authority is formed under the provisions
of the Act of May 2, 1945, P.L. 382, as amended.
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3.
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No other Authority organized under the Act of
May 2, 1945, P.L. 382, as amended, or under the Act of June 28, 1935,
P.L. 463, as amended, is in existence in or for the incorporating
municipality, the City of Coatesville, except Central Chester County
Joint Authority incorporated March 23, 1956, and the Coatesville Sewage
Plant Authority incorporated April 11, 1960.
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4.
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The name of the incorporating municipality is
"City of Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania."
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5.
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The names and addresses of its municipal authorities
are as follows.
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6.
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The names, addresses and terms of office of
the first members of the Board of the Authority to be formed hereby
are as follows.
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7.
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The advertisement of notice of public meeting
concerning adoption of the ordinance to incorporate the Authority
and the notice of the adoption of the ordinance and of filing the
Articles of Incorporation in conformity with the requirements of Section
3, Act of May 2, 1945, P.L. 382, as amended, are submitted herewith.
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The Secretary is hereby directed to cause a
notice of the substance of this Article, including the substance of
the above Articles of Incorporation, to be published once in The Record,
Coatesville, Pennsylvania, a newspaper published and of general circulation
in the County of Chester, and in the Chester County Law Reporter,
the legal journal designed by the Rules of Court for the publication
of legal notices in said county, as required by the Act.
The President and 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 City of Coatesville Authority.
The initial project to be undertaken by said
Authority is to acquire, hold, construct, improve, maintain, operate,
own or lease, either in the capacity of lessor or lessee, waterworks,
water supply works and water distribution systems and all facilities
appurtenant thereof in and for the City of Coatesville and surrounding
areas presently served by the water system of the City of Coatesville
and for such other territory as it may choose to serve from time to
time.
The following-named persons be and they hereby
are appointed as the first members of the Board of the Authority,
whose terms of office shall commence on the date of appointment and
shall be computed from January 1 next succeeding the date of the incorporation.