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Borough of East Stroudsburg, PA
Monroe County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of East Stroudsburg 6-5-1951 by Ord. No. 408, approved 6-5-1951. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Sewers — See Ch. 126.
The Council hereby signifies its intention and desire to organize an Authority under the provisions of the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, as amended.[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Editor's Note: Said Act was repealed 6-19-2001 by P.L. 287, No. 22.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.
The Burgess, the President of the Borough Council and the Secretary thereof are hereby authorized and directed to execute on behalf of the Borough of East Stroudsburg, Articles of Incorporation for said Authority, in substantially the following form, which is a summary of said Articles of Incorporation:
The preamble recited the fact that the following sections were set forth in compliance with the Act of May 2, 1945, P.L. 382, known as the "Municipality Authorities Act of 1945," as amended. Section 1 stated that the name of the authority is the "East Stroudsburg Borough Authority." Section 2 stated that said Authority was formed under the provisions of the Act of May 2, 1945, P.L. 382, as amended. Section 3 stated that no other Authority is in existence for the incorporating municipality. Section 4 set forth the name of the incorporating municipality. Section 5 set forth the names and addresses of its municipal authorities. Section 6 set forth the names and addresses and terms of office of the first members of the Authority. Section 7 stated that the ordinance authorizing the creation of the Authority, together with the advertisement of notice of filing of said Articles, was submitted with the Articles.
The proper officers of the Borough are hereby directed to cause this chapter to be published as required by law for the publication of ordinances but setting forth only briefly the substance of the proposed Articles of Incorporation, as permitted by Section 3 of the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, as amended.[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Editor's Note: Said Act was repealed 6-19-2001 by P.L. 287, No. 22.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.
The President and Secretary of the Borough Council are directed to cause a notice of the proposed filing of the above Articles of Incorporation to be published once in the Monroe Legal Reporter and once in a newspaper published and of general circulation in the County of Monroe, as required by the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, as amended.
The President and Secretary of the Borough Council are further 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 East Stroudsburg Borough Authority.
The initial project which shall be undertaken by said Authority is to acquire, hold, construct, improve, maintain, operate, own or lease, in the capacity of either lessor or lessee, sewers, sewer systems or parts thereof and sewage treatment works, including works for treatment and disposing of industrial waste for the Borough of East Stroudsburg and for such other territory as it may be authorized to serve.
The following named persons are hereby 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, 1952.
Name
Address
Term of Office
(years)
R. Frederick Jones
116 Washington Street
East Stroudsburg
5
Carl T. Secor
219 East Broad Street
East Stroudsburg
4
Horace G. Walters
751 Milford Road
East Stroudsburg
3
B.K. Williams
86 East Broad Street
East Stroudsburg
2
Rudolph E. Manheim
59 South Green Street
East Stroudsburg
1