[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Lansdowne as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Adopted 4-19-1938 by Ord. No. 617]
The Borough of Lansdowne does hereby signify intention to organize
an Authority, together with the Townships of Springfield and Upper
Darby and the Boroughs of Aldan, Clifton Heights, Collingdale, Colwyn,
Darby, Sharon Hill and Yeadon, under the provisions of the Acts of
Assembly and the amendments and supplements thereto.
The proper officers are hereby authorized and directed to organize
said Authority in conjunction with the proper officers of the aforesaid
townships and boroughs, and together with the aforesaid officers to
execute the Articles of Incorporation and to file the same with the
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as provided by law.
The Articles of Incorporation shall be as follows:
A.
The
name of the Authority shall be "Darby Creek Joint Authority."
B.
The
Authority is formed under the provisions of the Acts of Pennsylvania,
No. 191 of the Session of 1935 and No. 200 of the Session of 1937.
C.
No
other Authority organized under the Municipal Authority Act of 1937
(Act No. 200), nor under Act approved December 27, 1933 (Special Session
1933, P.L. 114), is in existence in or for the incorporating municipalities.
D.
The
names of the incorporating municipalities, together with the names
and addresses of its municipal officers, are as follows:
The Township of Springfield, whose Commissioners are:
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Guy M. Kennedy
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411 North Rolling Road
Springfield, PA
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George H. Chatham
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284 Ballymore Road
Springfield, PA
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Alfred Berger, Jr.
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45 School Lane
Springfield, PA
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A. A. Ackerman
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404 Yale Avenue
Morton, PA
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Louis Wagner
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97 S. Forest Road
Springfield, PA
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The Township of Upper Darby, whose Commissioners are:
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Cyrus F. Agnew
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34 Overhill Road
Upper Darby, PA
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Frederick C. Hoopes
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Fernwood, PA
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N. Joseph Connelly
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242 Wiltshire Road
Upper Darby PA
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John E. Burt
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344 Kingston Road
Upper Darby, PA
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J. Frank McCloskey
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7236 Hilltop Road
Upper Darby, PA
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Walter C. Fetters
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57 Sunshine Road
Upper Darby, PA
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George T. Wadas
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8144 West Chester Park
Upper Darby, PA
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Richard G. Kelly
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212 Magnolia Avenue, Kirklyn
Upper Darby, PA
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Walter B. Riddell
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396 Lakeview Avenue
Drexel Hill, PA
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James F. Conner
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919 Wilde Avenue
Drexel Hill, PA
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James S. Hughes
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4117 Sommers Avenue
Drexel Hill, PA
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Edward R.S. Tull, Jr.
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445 Burmont Road
Drexel Hill, PA
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Clark W. Wooding
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361 Blanchard Road
Drexel Hill, PA
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The Borough of Aldan, whose Councilmen are:
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Arthur Piercey
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125 S. Woodland Avenue
Aldan, PA
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Merritt G. Magee
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13 Ridley Avenue
Aldan, PA
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George M. Nichol
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43 S. Clifton Avenue
Aldan, PA
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Frank H. Blythe
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216 Birchwood Road
Aldan, PA
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August C. Jauss
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301 W. Providence Road
Aldan, PA
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James R. Essler
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218 W. Providence Road
Aldan, PA
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Clifford Betson
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28 Linden Avenue
Aldan, PA
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The Borough of Clifton Heights, whose Councilmen are:
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Daniel J. Sweeney
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Clifton Heights, PA
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S. Garchinsky
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Clifton Heights, PA
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Wm. S. Evans, Jr.
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Clifton Heights, PA
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Joseph Carson
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Clifton Heights, PA
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John Banner
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Clifton Heights, PA
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The Borough of Collingdale, whose Councilmen are:
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Samuel A. Jackson
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417 Lafayette Avenue
Collingdale, PA
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Herbert L. Shallcross
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500 Collingdale Avenue
Collingdale, PA
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Joseph MacDougall
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907 MacDade Boulevard
Collingdale, PA
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Robert K. Atwood
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103 Roberta Avenue
Collingdale, PA
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Paul Harper
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208 Lincoln Avenue
Collingdale, PA
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W. Ashton Mousley
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701 MacDade Boulevard
Collingdale, PA
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Charles Hockey
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76 Chester Pike
Collingdale, PA
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The Borough of Colwyn, whose Councilmen are:
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John I. Young
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400 Colwyn Avenue
Colwyn, PA
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Charles O. Bennett
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3 S. Front Street
Colwyn, PA
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L. B. Grimstone
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419 S. 4th Street
Colwyn, PA
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Frank W. Burr
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307 S. 4th Street
Colwyn, PA
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Victor E. Bernaurer
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103 Walnut Street
Colwyn, PA
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D. W. Butts
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21 S. Second Street
Colwyn, PA
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George A. Mason
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405 S. Fifth Street
Colwyn, PA
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The Borough of Darby, whose Councilmen are:
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Andrew J. McClure, Jr.
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1112 Main Street
Darby, PA
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Charles Fink
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119 S. Fifth Street
Darby, PA
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Frank J. Lynn
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630 Darby Terrace
Darby, PA
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P. J. Griffin
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24 N. 6th Street
Darby, PA
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Ralph Parish
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1132 Main Street
Darby, PA
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Thos. G. Chadwick
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1034 Pine Street
Darby, PA
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E. Howard Tomlinson
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13 N. Second Street
Darby, PA
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Edward C. Taylor
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9 South 13th Street
Darby, PA
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George W Beacher
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107 S. 6th Street
Darby, PA
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The Borough of Lansdowne, whose Councilmen are:
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Harold L. Bauder
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Lansdowne Court
Lansdowne, PA
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David R. A. Carson
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N. Wayne Avenue
Lansdowne, PA
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Howard S. Cornog
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McKinley Avenue
Lansdowne, PA
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George W. Shuster
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Gladstone Manor
Lansdowne, PA
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Richardson Shoemaker
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W. Baltimore Avenue
Lansdowne PA
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Alexander Wilson, 3rd
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N. Owen Avenue
Lansdowne PA
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Mrs. Ethel V. Patterson
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N. Highland Avenue
Lansdowne, PA
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The Borough of Sharon Hill, whose Councilmen are:
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Clarence E. Steel
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720 Bonsall Avenue
Sharon Hill, PA
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Harry E. Ball
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55 High Street
Sharon Hill, PA
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John F. Carson
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33 High Street
Sharon Hill, PA
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John W. R. Watson
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216 Bartlett Avenue
Sharon Hill, PA
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Edgar Hewish
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1438 Melrose Avenue
Sharon Hill, PA
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Harvey L. Kirk
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235 Felton Avenue
Sharon Hill, PA
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Frederick A. Stockwell
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82 Kenney Avenue
Sharon Hill, PA
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The Borough of Yeadon, whose Councilmen are:
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Robert Platzer
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828 Bullock Avenue
Yeadon, PA
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George E. Kane
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844 Whitby Avenue
Yeadon, PA
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Harry L. Biester
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966 Tunbridge Road
Yeadon, PA
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Hugh R. Carlon
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47 Bailey Road
Yeadon, PA
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George H. Knauder
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904 Serrill Avenue
Yeadon, PA
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Richard T. Kinsella
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954 Tunbridge Road
Yeadon, PA
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Hiram A. Hansen
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518 Bonsall Avenue
Yeadon, PA
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E.
The
names and addresses and terms of office of the first members of the
Board of said Authority are as follows:
Municipality
|
Representative/Address
|
Term of Office
(years)
|
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Township of Springfield
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J. W. Calder
Springfield, PA
|
5
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Township of Upper Darby
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John T. Brosnan
Drexel Hill, PA
|
5
|
Borough of Aldan
|
Arthur Piercey
Aldan, PA
|
2
|
Borough of Clifton Heights
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Ellwood B. Revell
Clifton Heights, PA
|
1
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Borough of Collingdale
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Robert K. Atwood
Collingdale, PA
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2
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Borough of Colwyn
|
L. B. Grimstone, Jr.
Colwyn, PA
|
1
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Borough of Darby
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Ralph Parish
Darby, PA
|
3
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Borough of Lansdowne
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Alex. Wilson, 3rd
Lansdowne, PA
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4
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Borough of Sharon Hill
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Edgar Hewish
Sharon Hill, PA
|
4
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Borough of Yeadon
|
Fred Bachman
Yeadon, PA
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3
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F.
Commissioners
or Councils, as the case may be, of each municipality creating the
Joint Authority shall appoint one member of the Board.
(1)
The Townships of Springfield and Upper Darby shall appoint one member
each for a period of five years; the Boroughs of Sharon Hill and Lansdowne
for a period of four years; the Boroughs of Darby and Yeadon for a
period of three years; the Boroughs of Collingdale and Aldan for a
period of two years; and the Boroughs of Clifton Heights and Colwyn
for a period of one year, and thereafter the Commissioners or Councils,
as the case may be, shall, at a meeting held not later than one month
prior to January 1 in each year in which a vacancy occurs in the office
filled by that municipality, appoint as a member of the Board a citizen
of that municipality for a term of five years to succeed the member
whose term expires on January 1 next succeeding.
(2)
All vacancies shall be filled by the governing body of the municipality
whose appointee has vacated his office.
(3)
In witness whereof the municipalities appointed herein have hereunto
caused to be written their respective names, signed by their presiding
officer and attested by their Secretary, or Clerk, this _____ day
of A.D. 1938.
[Adopted 10-1-2008 by Ord. No. 1234]
It is hereby the finding and declaration of the Borough Council
that there is need for a Redevelopment Authority to function within
the territorial limits of the Borough of Lansdowne.
It is the policy of the Borough of Lansdowne to promote the
health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants thereof by the operation
of the Redevelopment Authority, which shall exist and operate for
the public purposes of the elimination of blighted areas through economically
and socially sound redevelopment of such areas, as provided by the
Urban Redevelopment Law, in conformity with the Comprehensive General
Plan of the Borough of Lansdowne for residential, recreational, commercial,
industrial or other purposes, and otherwise encouraging the provision
of healthful homes, a decent living environment and adequate places
of employment of the people of this Borough.
The name of the Authority is the "Redevelopment Authority of
the Borough of Lansdowne."
The Authority is formed under the Pennsylvania Urban Redevelopment
Law, 35 P.S. § 1701 et seq., as amended.
Upon certification of this ordinance[1] declaring the need for an Authority to operate in the
Borough of Lansdowne, the Mayor shall appoint, as members of the Authority,
five citizens. A majority of the members of the Authority shall be
residents of the Borough, and the remainder may be nonresidents who
own and operate businesses in the Borough. The Mayor shall announce
the appointment of such persons at any regularly scheduled or special
meeting of Borough Council. The Borough Council shall vote to approve
or disapprove the persons appointed by the Mayor within 30 days following
the date of appointment. If Borough Council fails to take action within
said 30 days, then the appointment shall be deemed to have been approved
by Borough Council. If Borough Council shall vote not to approve any
person appointed by the Mayor within said thirty-day period, then
such appointment shall be deemed rescinded, null and void, and the
Mayor shall appoint another person in lieu of such person whom Borough
Council did not approve.
[1]
Editor's Note: The words "this ordinance" refer to Ord.
No. 1234.
The members who are first appointed shall serve for terms of one, two, three, four and five years, respectively, from the date of their appointment as shall be specified at the time of their appointment. Thereafter, the term of office shall be five years. A member shall hold office until his successor has been appointed. Vacancies for unexpired terms shall be promptly filled by the Mayor, subject to the approval of Council as set forth in § 12-9 of this article. A member shall receive no compensation for his or her services, but shall be entitled to the necessary expenses, including traveling expenses, incurred in the discharge of his or her duties. The Borough of Lansdowne shall not be responsible for reimbursing any member for any expenses unless the member obtains the consent of the Borough Council in advance of incurring such expense.
The members of the Authority shall select from among themselves
a chairman, a vice chairman, and such other officers as the Authority
may determine. The Authority may employ a secretary, an executive
director, its own counsel and legal staff, and such technical experts,
and such other agents and employees, permanent or temporary, as it
may require, and may determine the qualifications and fix the compensation
of such persons.
Three members of an Authority shall constitute a quorum for
its meetings.
The Authority shall have all powers entitled to it pursuant
to the Urban Redevelopment Law; provided, however, that the power
to act as an agent of the Borough of Lansdowne conveyed upon the Authority
pursuant to § 1709(d) of the Urban Redevelopment Law shall
be conditioned upon the execution and delivery by the Borough of Lansdowne
of a written agency agreement appointing the Authority as the agent
of the Borough of Lansdowne and such agency shall be applied and be
limited to solely the matters set forth in such written agreement.
The Authority may delegate to one or more of its agents or employees
such of its powers as it shall deem necessary to carry out the purposes
of the Authority, subject always to the supervision and control of
the Authority.