[Adopted 10-10-1989 by Ord.
No. 845-89 as Ch. 39 of the 1989 Code]
The Council of the City of Coatesville hereby signifies its intention
and desire to organize an Authority under the provisions of the Municipality
Authorities Act of 1945, as amended and supplemented.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 301 et seq.
The President or Vice President and the Secretary of the Council are
directed to execute, on behalf of the City of Coatesville, Articles of Incorporation
for said Authority, in substantially the following form:
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MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY
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ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
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To the Secretary of the Commonwealth Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
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In compliance with the requirements of the Act of May 2,
1945, P.L. 382, known as the "Municipality Authorities Act of 1945," as amended,[2] and pursuant to an ordinance adopted, the municipal authorities
of the City of Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, desiring to incorporate
an Authority thereunder, hereby certify:
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The name of the Authority is "City of Coatesville Authority."
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2.
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Said Authority is formed under the provisions of the Act of May 2, 1945,
P.L. 382, as amended.
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No other Authority organized under the Act of May 2, 1945, P.L. 382,
as amended, or under the Act of June 28, 1935, P.L. 463, as amended, is in
existence in or for the incorporating municipality, the City of Coatesville,
except Central Chester County Joint Authority incorporated March 23, 1956,
and the Coatesville Sewage Plant Authority incorporated April 11, 1960.[3]
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The name of the incorporating municipality is "City of Coatesville,
Chester County, Pennsylvania."
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5.
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The names and addresses of its municipal authorities are as follows.[4]
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The names, addresses and terms of office of the first members of the
Board of the Authority to be formed hereby are as follows.[5]
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The advertisement of notice of public meeting concerning adoption of
the ordinance to incorporate the Authority and the notice of the adoption
of the ordinance and of filing the Articles of Incorporation in conformity
with the requirements of Section 3, Act of May 2, 1945, P.L. 382, as amended,
are submitted herewith.
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The Secretary is hereby directed to cause a notice of the substance
of this Article, including the substance of the above Articles of Incorporation,
to be published once in The Record, Coatesville, Pennsylvania, a newspaper
published and of general circulation in the County of Chester, and in the
Chester County Law Reporter, the legal journal designed by the Rules of Court
for the publication of legal notices in said county, as required by the Act.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 301 et seq.
The President and Secretary 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 the City of Coatesville Authority.
The initial project to be undertaken by said Authority is to acquire,
hold, construct, improve, maintain, operate, own or lease, either in the capacity
of lessor or lessee, waterworks, water supply works and water distribution
systems and all facilities appurtenant thereof in and for the City of Coatesville
and surrounding areas presently served by the water system of the City of
Coatesville and for such other territory as it may choose to serve from time
to time.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: This Authority, as of 7-7-1988, shall also act as the
Sewer 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 the incorporation.[2]
