[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Scott Township
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Sewers and sewage disposal — See Ch. 112.
[Adopted 1-25-1967 by Ord. No. 1-1967]
The Board of Township Supervisors 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: See now Municipality Authorities Act,
53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5601 et seq.
The Chairman and the Secretary of the Board of Township Supervisors
are hereby authorized and directed to execute on behalf of Scott Township
Articles of Incorporation for the Authority in substantially the following
form.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Said Articles of Incorporation are on
file in the administrative offices of the Township.
The Chairman and the Secretary of the Board of Township Supervisors
are hereby directed to cause a notice of the proposed filing of the
above Articles of Incorporation to be published once in a newspaper
of general circulation in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, as required
by the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, as amended.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See now Municipality Authorities Act,
53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5601 et seq.
The Chairman and the Secretary of the Board of Township 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 Scott Township Authority.
The following named persons be and they hereby are 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 next succeeding the date of incorporation.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The names, addresses and terms of office
of the first members of the Board of the Authority are on file in
the administrative offices of the Township.
The project which shall first be undertaken by the Authority
is to acquire, hold, construct, improve, maintain, operate, own or
lease, either as lessor or as lessee, sewers, sewer systems and sewage
treatment works for Scott Township and for such other territory as
it may be authorized to serve.
[Added 7-12-2005 by Ord.
No. 7-12-05B]
The Authority Board members shall be entitled to received $25
for one meeting per month, provided that, in order to be entitled
to payment, a Board member must attend one regular public meeting
of the Authority during any given month. Compensation provided for
hereunder shall be paid out of the Authority's funds.
[Adopted 6-18-1990 by Ord. No. 6-1990]
This Township does grant to the Authority, its successors and
assigns all easements, rights-of-way and other rights and privileges
necessary and desirable in, along, over and under streets, roads,
lanes, courts, culs-de-sac, alleys, public ways, public squares and
other properties of this Township, together with free ingress, egress
and regress therein and thereto, along with other persons having interests
or rights therein, for use in connection with construction, replacing,
repairing, altering, extending, improving, operating and maintaining
the sewer system as the same shall exist from time to time.
The rights and privileges granted to the Authority under § 5-7 shall be exercised by the Authority under and subject to such reasonable rules and regulations as shall be adopted and specified, from time to time, by resolution or ordinance of this Township, and this Township does reserve the right to adopt and specify, from time to time, such reasonable rules and regulations in connection with exercise by the Authority of such rights and privileges.
It is declared that enactment of this article is necessary for
the protection, benefit and preservation of the health, safety and
welfare of the inhabitants of this Township.
