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Ordinance # 078-1

Organization of

Tri-Community Water

& Sewage Authority


An Ordinance organizing an Authority under the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945 for the purpose of Constructing or otherwise providing facilities to furnish, maintain, and administer a water distribution system and sewage and waste collection and treatment facilities in Fairfield Township and Bolivar Borough, Westmoreland county Pennsylvania, and West Wheatfield Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, to be known as the Tri-Community Water and Sewer Authority.

Be it enacted and ordained by the Borough Council of the Borough of Bolivar, and by the Board of supervisors of Fairfield Township, County of Westmoreland and commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and it is ordained and enacted by authority of the same as follows.

Section 1. Joint Authority. It is the joint desire and intention of the municipal authorities of the Borough of Bolivar and the Township of Fairfield, both in the County of Westmoreland, and the Township of West Wheatfield, in the County of Indiana all municipalities of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to organize and authority under the "Municipality Authorities Act of 1945" designed as Act 164, approved May 2, 1945, together with all supplements thereof and amendments thereto, for the purpose of exercising and enjoying all the powers of the Act, its supplements or amendments.

Section 2. Name and Authority. The name of the proposed authority is "The Tri-Community Water and Sewer Authority".

Section 3. Articles of Incorporation. The proposed Articles of Incorporation of the Authority is as follows:

Municipal Authority

Articles of Incorporation

to the Secretary of the

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

In compliance with the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, its supplements and amendments, the Borough of Bolivar and the Township of Fairfield, both in the County of Westmoreland, and the Township of West Wheatfield in the County of Indiana, all municipalities of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pursuant to identical Ordinances duly adopted by the representative municipal authorities of all three municipalities signifying their joint desire and intention to form an Authority, hereby certify:

1. The name of the Authority shall be: "The Tri-Community Water and Sewer Authority." 

2. This authority is formed under the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, its supplements and amendments.

3. No other joint Authority organized under the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, its supplements or amendments, the Act approved June 28, 1935 P.L. 463 as amended, is in existence in or for the incorporating municipalities named herein.

4. The purpose of the authority is to construct or otherwise provide the facilities necessary to furnish, maintain and administer a water distribution system, as well as the facilities necessary to furnish the collection and treatment of sewage wastes from the incorporating municipalities and from such adjoining political subdivision or areas as may desire the service.

5. The respective names of the incorporating municipalities are:

a. The Borough of Bolivar

b. The Township of Fairfield, County of Westmoreland

c. The Township of West Wheatfield, County of Indiana

6. The names and addresses of the Mayors and members of Council of the Borough of Bolivar, such persons being the municipal authorities of the municipalities are as follows:

a. George Bella

Market Street Extension , Bolivar Pa

(Mayor)

b. Conrad Gamble

Box 45

Bolivar PA

(President of Council)

c. Paul Mundorff

Bolivar PA

(Councilman)

d. Harry Mears

PO Box 27

Bolivar PA

(Councilman)

e. Andrew Pahach

Box 48

Bolivar PA

(Councilman)

f. Eugene Irwin

Box 311

Bolivar PA

(Councilman)

g. Andrew LaMantia

Box 159

Bolivar PA

(Councilman)

h. Joseph John Sisitki

Box 301

Bolivar PA

(Councilman)

The names and addresses of the Supervisors of the Township of Fairfield, County of Westmoreland, such persons being the municipal authorities of the municipality, are as follows:

a. Charles H. Short

RD1 West Bolivar PA

(Supervisor and chairman)

b. John E St. Clair

Box 373, Bolivar PA

(Supervisor)

c. Homer Burkett

RD1 West Bolivar PA

(Supervisor)

The names and addresses of the Supervisors of the Township of Wet Wheatfield, County of Indiana, such persons being the municipal authorities of the municipality, are as follows:

a. Otis J. Penrose

Robinson PA

(Supervisor and Chairman) 

b. Weldon F. Cable

Robinson PA

(Supervisor)

c. Michael P. Barbus

RD2 New Florence PA

(Supervisor)

7. The membership of the Board of the Authority to be formed hereby shall be apportioned so that the Borough of Bolivar shall have three (3) members, the Township of Fairfield shall ha e two (2) members and the Township of West Wheatfield shall have two (2) members.

8. The names and addresses of the members of the first Board of the Authority to be formed hereby are as follows:

a. Joseph Howe

RD1 Bolivar PA

whose term expires January 1, 1979

b. Ronald Moyer

McKinley St

Robinson PA

whose term expires January 1, 1980

c. Charles J. Burkett

707 Lincoln St

Bolivar PA

whose term expires January 1, 1981

d. Robert Gamble

Lincoln St

Bolivar Pa

whose term expires January 1, 1982

e. James Garland

RD1 Bolivar PA

whose term expires January 1, 1982

f. Edward Speidel

5th and Market Street

Bolivar PA

whose term expires January 1, 1983

g. Stanley Miller

RD1 Robinson Pa

Whose term expires January 1, 1983

In witness whereof, the incorporating municipalities have executed these articles, each by its proper officers thereto duly authorized, and under its municipal seal this 3rd day of February 1978

J. Conrad Gamble

Council President

Attest:

Joan Lichtenfels

Secretary

Charles H. Short

Township of Fairfield

Attest:

Erma Muir

Secretary

Section 4. Appointment of Board. The following persons, respectively hereinafter designated as appointees of either the Borough of Bolivar or the Townships of Fairfield or West Wheatfield are hereby appointed members of the Board of the authority, with the following terms of office :

Edward Speidel

Bolivar Borough

Chairman, whose term expires January 1, 1983

Robert Gamble

Bolivar Borough

Vice Chairman, whose term expires January 1 1982

Charles J. Burkett

Bolivar Borough

Secretary, whose term expires January 1, 1981 

Stanley Miller

West Wheatfield Township

Treasurer, whose term expires January 1, 1983

Ronald Moyer

West Wheatfield Township

whose term expires January 1, 1980

Joseph Howe

Fairfield Township

whose term expires January 1, 1979

James Garland

Fairfield Township

Whose term expires January 1, 1982

Section 5. Execution of Articles of Incorporation. The Articles of Incorporation of the Authority, in substantially the form set forth in Section 3 of this Ordinance shall be executed on behalf of the Borough of Bolivar by the President of Council, and under its municipal seal attested by the Secretary of the Borough of Bolivar, and on behalf of the Township of Fairfield by the Chairman of the Board of the Township Supervisors, under its municipal seal attested by the Secretary of the Township of Fairfield, and on behalf of the Township of West Wheatfield by the Chairman of the Board of Township Supervisors, under its municipal seal attested by the Secretary of the Township of West Wheatfield, and such officers are hereby authorized, empowered and directed to do all things necessary or appropriate to effect and establish the said Authority, in conformity with the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, its supplements and amendments.

Section 6. General Welfare. The adoption of this Ordinance is deemed necessary for the benefit and preservation of the public health, peace, comfort and general welfare, and will increase the prosperity of the people of the Borough of Bolivar and the Townships of Fairfield and West Wheatfield. 

Section 7. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become effective upon final passage.

Ordained and enacted into an Ordinance and passed by the Borough of Bolivar, County of Westmoreland and Township of Fairfield, County of Westmoreland and commonwealth of Pennsylvania, this 3rd day of February 1978.

J. Conrad Gamble

President of Council

Attest:

Joan Lichtenfels

Secretary

George Bella

Mayor

Charles H. Short

Township of Fairfield , Chairman

Attest:

Erma Muir

Secretary