[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Lansdowne 10-19-1935 by Ord. No. 585. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Pursuant to the provisions of Act No. 10 of the Sessions of
1935 of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania,[1] the Borough of Lansdowne shall appoint one resident of
the Borough of Lansdowne to represent the Council of the Borough of
Lansdowne on the Joint Sewer Board, as provided in said Act. Any existing
officer of the Borough of Lansdowne or member of Council of the Borough
of Lansdowne shall be eligible for such appointment, which shall be
for the term of six years from the date thereof or until his successor
had been appointed and qualified.
[1]
Editor's Note: See now 53 P.S. § 47021.
A.
The
Joint Sewer Board shall organize as provided by the Act of Assembly,
shall adopt rules and regulations to govern its proceedings and shall
prepare and suggest any practical measures and plans by means of which
the joint improvement may be carried to a successful completion, and
the future developments of the system, so as to conform to the plan
aforesaid.
B.
It
shall appoint an engineer, solicitor and such other assistants as
are deemed necessary and shall prescribe the reasonable compensation
of such employees.
A.
The
Board shall, as soon after its organization as possible and annually
thereafter, prepare a budget of the amount necessary for the compensation
of its appointees and assistants and the payment of its anticipated
expenses. Said budget shall be submitted to the Council of the Borough
of Lansdowne on or before the 15th day of December of each year, except
as to the first budget.
B.
The
Treasurer of the Borough of Lansdowne shall pay to the Treasurer of
the Board its proportionate share of said budget.
C.
The
proportion that each municipality shall pay shall be determined as
the average of the following ratios:
(1)
The ratio which the area of the municipality tributary to the proposed
sewer bears to the total area tributary to said sewer. Areas of cemeteries
are to be excluded.
(2)
The ratio which the population in the area of the municipality tributary
to the proposed sewer bears to the population in the total area tributary
to said sewer.
The representative of this Borough shall represent the Borough
of Lansdowne in any or all acts or decisions contemplated or reached
by the Sewer Board affecting its rights under the proposed joint sewer
improvement plan. Nothing herein contained shall authorize the Board
to expend any moneys other than those provided in the budget without
prior authorization of the Council of the Borough of Lansdowne and
of the other municipalities represented on the Board.
