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Borough of Towanda, PA
Bradford County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Towanda 5-5-1980 by Ord. No. 2-1980. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Sewer — See Ch. 243.
Water — See Ch. 318.
A. 
The Towanda Municipal Authority was constituted pursuant to an ordinance enacted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Towanda approved the 14th day of April 1950, and Articles of Incorporation were filed pursuant thereto with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and approved by the Department of State on the 18th day of April 1950.
B. 
Pursuant to a resolution of this Council, the Borough of Towanda entered into a sewer system purchase agreement, the other parties to which are the Towanda Municipal Authority, Township of North Towanda and the North Towanda Sewer and Water Authority.
C. 
The sewer system purchase agreement above recited does provide in Paragraph 4 thereof that the Towanda Municipal Authority shall be reconstituted pursuant to Section 3.1 of the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, as amended, 53 P.S. § 304,[1] to become a joint municipal authority having as its member municipalities the Borough of Towanda and the Township of North Towanda.
[1]
Editor's Note: Said act was repealed 6-19-2001 by P.L. 287, No. 22; see now 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5601 et seq.
D. 
The sewer system purchase agreement above recited does further provide in Paragraph 4 that the Board of the Towanda Municipal Authority shall consist of six members, five of whom shall be the existing members whose terms shall be for five years each, which shall expire as presently constituted and who shall represent the Borough of Towanda. The sixth member shall represent the Township of North Towanda and shall have a term of five years, and the initial term shall expire five years from January 1, 1980.
E. 
The Borough Council desires to enact an ordinance pursuant to Section 3.1 of the Municipal Authority's Act of 1945, as amended,[2] expressing its consent to the reconstitution of the Authority as a joint municipal authority as aforesaid.
[2]
Editor's Note: Said act was repealed 6-19-2001 by P.L. 287, No. 22; see now 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5601 et seq.
The Borough Council of the Borough of Towanda does hereby express its consent to the reconstitution of the Towanda Municipal Authority as a joint municipal authority having as member municipalities the Borough of Towanda and the Township of North Towanda.
The name of the reconstituted Authority shall be "Towanda Municipal Authority."
The President of the Borough Council, Mayor and Secretary of the Borough are hereby authorized and directed to execute on behalf of the Borough of Towanda amended Articles of Incorporation for the Towanda Municipal Authority, providing, among other things, for the following changes in the Articles of Incorporation of said Authority:
A. 
The name of the Authority shall be "Towanda Municipal Authority."
B. 
The Authority is being reconstituted under the Act of May 2, 1945, P.L. 382, as amended, Section 3.1, known as the "Municipality Authorities Act of 1945."[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Said act was repealed 6-19-2001 by P.L. 287, No. 22; see now 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5601 et seq.
C. 
The names of the incorporating municipalities of the reconstituted Authority shall be the Borough of Towanda and the Township of North Towanda. The municipal authorities of the Borough of Towanda are the Mayor, President of Borough Council, Secretary and Councilmen of the Borough of Towanda, and the municipal authorities of the Township of North Towanda are the members of the Board of Supervisors and Secretary of said Township.
D. 
The Board of the reconstituted Authority shall consist of six members, five of whom shall represent the Borough of Towanda, shall be the same persons presently holding office as members of the Board of the Towanda Municipal Authority and shall have terms of five years each which shall expire as presently provided for the present members of the Board of the Authority. The sixth member of the Board of the reconstituted Authority shall represent the Township of North Towanda, shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors of North Towanda and shall have a term of five years, and the initial term shall expire five years from January 1, 1980.
E. 
The term of existence of the Authority shall be increased to the date which shall be 50 years from the approval of those Articles of Amendment by the Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
[Added 2-9-2004 by Ord. No. 3-2004]
This chapter shall be effective upon the passage of appropriate resolutions or ordinances by the Board of the Towanda Municipal Authority and the Board of Supervisors of the Township of North Towanda approving the reconstitution of the Towanda Municipal Authority as a joint authority by jointure therein of the Township of North Towanda.