[Adopted 6-1-1964 by Ord. No. 27]
This Township hereby signifies its intention and desire to organize an Authority (the "Authority") jointly in a group consisting of the Boroughs of Lansdale and Souderton and the Townships of Franconia, Hatfield, Lower Salford, Towamencin and Worcester, under the provisions of the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, as amended.[1]
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Editor's Note: See now 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5601 et seq. A preamble to this article contained the following recital:
WHEREAS, This Township has been a member of the North Penn Water Study Committee (the 'Committee') formed in July 19693 by the Boroughs of Hatfield, Lansdale, North Wales, Souderton and Telford and the Townships of Franconia, Hatfield, Lower Gwynedd, Lower Salford, Montgomery, Towamencin, Upper Gwynedd and Worcester (all together being referred to as the 'municipalities') all of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; and
"WHEREAS, the Committee after thorough study and after considering certain engineering and other documents has presented its Preliminary Recommendation to form a North Penn Water Authority dated October 29, 1963, as amended (the 'Committee Recommendation'), which has in turn been considered by the governing body of this Township; and
"WHEREAS, the Committee Recommendation proposes the formation of a North Penn Water Authority (the 'Authority') to acquire the assets of the water supply and distribution agencies in certain of the municipalities, to interconnect and improve such facilities, to develop interim and long-range water sources, to extend present distribution systems, to purchase and sell water to certain other municipalities, agencies and water companies and to operate a retail water agency;
"NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained and enacted by the Supervisors of the Township of Towamencin as follows:"
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, waterworks, sources of water supply, water rights and allocations, water supply works and water distribution systems in the above-mentioned municipalities or any of them, or anywhere else, and for such municipalities or any of them and for such other territory as it may be authorized to serve.
The President and Secretary of the Board of Supervisors are hereby authorized and directed to execute on behalf of the Township of Towamencin 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.
The Township Secretary 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]
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Editor's Note: See now 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5601 et seq.
The President and Secretary of the Board of Supervisors 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 restrictive municipalities which are incorporating members of the Authority shall each have one representative on the Board of the Authority.
The following-named person is hereby appointed as the first member of the Board of the Authority to represent this Township, whose term of office shall commence on the date of appointment and shall be computed from January 1 next succeeding the date of incorporation:
Name
Address
Term
John M. Waligora
Lansdale, Pa., R.D. #1
1 year
This article shall become effective when ordinances substantially similar to this (except, in the case of the boroughs, for the addition of a section with respect to the transfer of existing water systems) have been enacted by the Boroughs of Lansdale and Souderton and the Townships of Franconia, Hatfield, Lower Salford and Worcester.