Borough of Churchill, PA Chapter 109 Water Authority

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Churchill 3-11-1947 by Ord. No. 81. Amendments noted where applicable.]

GENERAL REFERENCES

Sanitary Authority — See Ch. 97.

§ 109-1 Intent to become member.

It is the desire and intention of the municipal authorities of the Borough of Churchill, a municipality of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, situated in Allegheny County, to become a member of the Wilkinsburg-Penn Joint Water Authority, which was incorporated on the 4th day of October, 1945, by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, upon the application of the Borough of Wilkinsburg and the Township of Penn, both municipalities of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and both situated in Allegheny County, under the provisions of the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, approved May 2, 1945, Act No. 164,[1] said joinder being under the provisions of the aforesaid statute and the provisions of a Declaration of Trust dated December 21, 1945, which was executed by the Wilkinsburg-Penn Joint Water Authority, the Borough of Wilkinsburg and the Township of Penn, and which is recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in Deed Book Volume 2880, page 20.

[1] Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 301 et seq.

§ 109-2 Authority to acquire properties.

The Wilkinsburg-Penn Joint Water Authority has been organized as stated in § 109-1 and has acquired the water properties of the Pennsylvania Water Company with the permission of the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission in proceedings before the Commission at Application Docket No. 65,840 of 1945, and is now engaged in supplying water to a number of communities in the County of Allegheny, Pennsylvania, including the Borough of Churchill.

§ 109-3 Admission of other municipalities.

The Wilkinsburg-Penn Joint Water Authority and the Borough of Wilkinsburg and the Township of Penn, which created said Water Authority, executed a Declaration of Trust dated December 21, 1945, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in Deed Book Volume 2880, page 20, which authorizes the admission to membership in said authority of the Borough of Churchill, provided that said borough by proper municipal action express its desire to become a member of the authority, take all steps necessary to provide for its admittance thereto and by proper municipal action join in the aforesaid Declaration of Trust and agree to be bound by all the obligations therein imposed upon the Borough of Wilkinsburg and the Township of Penn. Upon such admission the Borough of Churchill shall be entitled to elect a member of the Board of said authority and thus participate in its management. Since the incorporation of said Wilkinsburg-Penn Joint Water Authority the Borough of East Pittsburgh has joined and become a member of said authority.

§ 109-4 Admission of borough.

The proper municipal officers of the Borough of Churchill are hereby authorized to take whatever action is required by the provisions of the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945[1] and the aforesaid Declaration of Trust to obtain the admission of the Borough of Churchill to membership in the Wilkinsburg-Penn Joint Water Authority and to designate Harry C. Barton as a member of the Board of said authority representing the Borough of Churchill.

[1] Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 301 et seq.

§ 109-5 Purpose.

The adoption of this chapter is deemed necessary for the benefit and preservation of the public health, peace, comfort and general welfare of the people of the Borough of Churchill.