The resolution adopted by the Dormont Borough Council on December
4, 1972, agreeing to participate in the South Hills Area Council of
Governments is hereby ratified and approved. A copy of the resolution
is attached hereto and marked Exhibit "A."
The Articles of Association between the members of the South
Hills Area Council of Governments is hereby approved. A copy of the
Articles of Association are incorporated herein by reference and attached
as Exhibit "B."
The bylaws of the South Hills Area Council which were adopted
by the General Assembly at the organizational meeting of said Council
are ratified and approved. A copy of the bylaws are incorporated by
reference, attached hereto, and marked Exhibit "C."
The manner and extent of financing the association shall be
through dues, grants and funds received from the membership and other
sources. The dues structure of the South Hills Area Council of Governments
was adopted by the General Assembly at an organizational meeting of
said Council and is hereby ratified and approved. The dues structure
will not be increased by any participating municipality during the
calendar year 1974-1975.
The formation of a nonprofit corporation by the South Hills
Area Council of Governments is hereby ratified and approved. The name
of the nonprofit corporation will be the "South Hills Area Council
of Governments, Inc." It will be organized upon a nonstock basis,
with the members being the same as the member municipalities of the
unincorporated association, South Hills Area Council of Governments.
The incorporators of the nonprofit corporation will be the official
representatives to the Board of Directors of the Council from the
member municipalities. The unincorporated association will remain
in existence and shall perform all functions, powers or responsibilities
delegated to it by the member municipalities. The nonprofit corporation
shall perform such functions as are designated by the unincorporated
association. The unincorporated association is authorized to make
such payments to the nonprofit corporation as are authorized by the
unincorporated association.
Real or personal property shall be acquired, managed and disposed
of by action of the unincorporated association in accordance with
its bylaws.
The duration of the unincorporated association shall be perpetual
or until such time as the member municipalities shall elect to withdraw
in accordance with the bylaws and procedures of the unincorporated
association. The purpose and object of the unincorporated association
shall be as enumerated in the articles and bylaws of the association.
The organizational structure necessary to implement any agreement
among the member municipalities shall be the South Hills Area Council
of Governments, as herein set forth.