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City of Coatesville, PA
Chester County
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[Adopted 10-10-1989 by Ord. No. 845-89 as Ch. 131 of the 1989 Code]
The Council of the City of Coatesville hereby signifies its intention and desire to organize a Joint Regional Recycling Authority under the provisions of the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, as amended and supplemented.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 301 et seq.
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:
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION FOR THE
CENTRAL CHESTER COUNTY REGIONAL RECYCLING AUTHORITY
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
  The Municipal Authority of the City of Coatesville, situate in the County of Chester, Pennsylvania, submits herewith for appropriate action, pursuant to the Municipalities Authorities Act of 1945, as amended, the following:
ARTICLES
1.
The name of the Authority shall be "Central Chester County Regional Recycling Authority."
2.
The Authority shall be organized pursuant to the Municipalities Authorities Act of 1945, Act of May 2, 1945, P.L. 382, as amended, 53 P.S. § 303, for the purposes of undertaking to supply, supervise or furnish acceptable and sanitary methods for the storage, removal processing, recycling and disposal of all such refuse materials originating in any of said municipalities by sanitary landfill methods or such other means as may said Authority deem appropriate.
3.
No other Authority has been organized under said Municipalities Authorities Act of 1945, as amended, or under the Act approved the 28th day of June 1935, P.L. 463, and which is in existence in or for the incorporating municipality.[2]
4.
The name of the incorporating municipalities are the City of Coatesville, Boroughs of Modena, Parkesburg and South Coatesville and the Townships of East Fallowfield and Valley, all situate within the County of Chester, Pennsylvania.
5.
The names, addresses and terms of office of the first members of the Board of said Authority as designated by the several incorporating municipalities are.[3]
6.
Any member of the Authority may, with thirty (30) days' notice, withdraw from the Authority when membership is no longer in the best interest of that municipality.
7.
In the event that the Authority is dissolved, all assets will be publicly sold or transferred to a municipal body chosen by this Authority. If the assets are sold, any remaining funds will be equally distributed to the Authority members at the time of dissolution.
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.
[2]
Editor's Note: At the time of incorporation of this Authority, the Municipal Authority and the Industrial Development Authority were in existence.
[3]
Editor's Note: Such information is on file at the city offices.
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.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 301 et seq.
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 Central Chester County Regional Recycling Authority.
The initial project to be undertaken by said Authority is to supply, supervise or furnish acceptable and sanitary methods for the storage, removal and disposal of all such ashes, garbage and refuse materials originating in said municipality by incineration or landfill or such other methods as may be by said Authority deemed appropriate.
[Amended 5-28-1996 by Ord. No. 1012-96]
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 incorporation.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The names of the first Board members are on file in the city offices.