[Adopted 6-4-1956 by Ord. No. 74]
The Board of Supervisors of the Township of Millcreek, County
of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, constituting the municipal authority
of said Township as defined in the Act of Assembly known as the "Municipality
Authorities Act of 1945", Pamphlet Laws 382,[1] hereby signifies its intention to organize an authority
under the provisions of the said Act of Assembly, its supplements
and amendments.
[1]
Editor's Note: The Municipality Authorities Act of 1945 (53
P.S. § 301 et seq.) was repealed by Act 22 of 2001 (June 19,
2001, P.L. 287, No. 22). See now the Municipality Authorities Act,
53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5601 et seq.
In pursuance of said intention, the Articles of Incorporation
of said Authority are hereby approved and adopted by the Board of
Supervisors upon behalf of said Township of Millcreek in the following
form:
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ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
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(A)
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The name of the Authority shall be "MILLCREEK TOWNSHIP SEWER
AUTHORITY."
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(B)
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The Authority is formed under the Act of Assembly known as "Municipality
Authorities Act of 1945," approved May 2, 1945, Pamphlet Laws 382,
as supplemented and amended.
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(C)
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There has been organized by the municipal authority of the Township
of Millcreek under the above Act of Assembly by resolution duly adopted
by this Board on the 4th day of December 1950, an authority known
as "Millcreek Township Authority," which by virtue of Articles of
Amendment, approved by the Secretary of the Commonwealth on May 11,
1956, is now and hereafter known as "Millcreek Township Building Authority,"
which authority is in existence.
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(D)
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The name of the incorporating municipality is Township of Millcreek.
The names and addresses of the Supervisors of said incorporating municipality
are as follows.[1]
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(E)
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The term of office for each member of the Board of Authority
shall be five years, except that the first members named to said Board,
being the following persons, shall serve for terms as follows.[2]
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The terms of office of the first members of the Board of Millcreek
Township Sewer Authority shall begin on date of enactment of this
ordinance and the terms of the first members of the Board as above
set forth shall be computed from the first day of January 1957.
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[Amended 2-17-1958 by Ord. No. 87]
The Millcreek Township Sewer Authority is organized for the
following purposes: to acquire, hold, construct, improve, maintain
and operate, own, lease, either in capacity of lessor or lessee, either
individually or by agreement with any other authority or authorities,
any municipality or municipalities, sanitary sewers, sanitary sewer
systems or parts thereof, sewage treatment works, including works
for treating and disposing of industrial wastes, and for these purposes
to have, possess and enjoy all the rights, benefits and privileges
granted to such authorities by the Municipality Authorities Act of
1945, its supplements and amendments.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See now the Municipality Authorities Act, 53
Pa.C.S.A. § 5601 et seq.
The Chairman and members of the Board of Supervisors of the
Township of Millcreek are hereby authorized and directed to execute
said Articles of Incorporation upon behalf of said Township, and the
Secretary of the Township is authorized and directed to attest said
signatures and affix thereto the seal of said Township, cause a notice
of the filing of said Articles of Incorporation to be published once
in the Erie County Legal Journal and once in the Millcreek Leader,
as required by the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945,[1] its supplements and amendments, and to file a certified
copy of this article, together with proof of publication of notice
of filing said Articles of Incorporation, with the Secretary of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, accompanied by the required filing fee
as provided by said Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, its supplements
and amendments.
[1]
Editor's Note: See now the Municipality Authorities Act, 53
Pa.C.S.A. § 5601 et seq.
An order be drawn on the Treasurer of said Township of Millcreek
to pay the required fee for filing said Articles of Incorporation
and the amount necessary to pay said fee is hereby appropriated from
the general treasury of said Township of Millcreek.
[Added by Res. No. 75-R-6; amended 4-12-2011 by Res. No. 2011-R-17]
The Millcreek Township Sewer Authority shall have a term of
existence until March 17, 2061.
