(A) The governing board hereby finds that participation in the proposed joint municipal assistance agency will result in economies, efficiencies and other benefits with respect to the construction, ownership, maintenance, expansion and operation of the municipality’s electric system and that participation in such agency by the municipality as a member is desirable.
(B) The municipality’s Commissioner or alternate Commissioner, to be appointed as hereinafter provided, be and they are hereby authorized and directed to take such action as may be necessary or desirable to effect the municipality’s membership in the joint municipal assistance agency to be formed pursuant to an application of the Secretary of State by two or more Commissioners from the municipalities proposed as members of the same.
(C) The names of the municipalities which are proposed to be the initial members of the joint municipal assistance agency are: Albemarle; Apex; Ayden; Belhaven; Benson; Black Creek; Cherryville; Clayton; Concord; Cornelius; Dallas; Drexel; Edenton; Elizabeth City; Farmville; Forest City; Fountain; Fremont; Gastonia; Granite Falls; Greenville; Hamilton; Hertford; High Point; Hobgood; Hookerton; Huntersville; Kinston; LaGrange; Landis; Laurinburg; Lexington; Lincolnton; Louisburg; Lucama; Lumberton; Macclesfield; Maiden; Monroe; Morganton; New Bern; Newton; Oak City; Pikeville; Pinetops; Pineville; Red Springs; Robersonville; Rocky Mount; Scotland Neck; Selma; Sharpsburg; Shelby; Smithfield; Southport; Stantonsburg; Statesville; Tarboro; Wake Forest; Walstonburg; Washington; Wilson; Windsor; Winterville.
(D) The failure of any one or more of the proposed initial members to actually join the joint municipal assistance agency shall in no way impair or affect the findings or determinations herein made or the authority herein granted.
(E) The municipality does hereby authorize the transfer to the newly formed joint municipal assistance agency of its interest in such of the assets of ElectriCities of North Carolina, a voluntary association, as may be determined by the Board of Directors of ElectriCities of North Carolina.
(F) The authority of the municipality to appoint the municipality’s Commissioners and alternate Commissioners to the joint municipal assistance agency is hereby delegated to the Greenville Utilities Commission of the City of Greenville, North Carolina, and such appointments shall have the same force and effect as appointments by the municipality, such appointments to serve at the pleasure of the Greenville Utilities Commission and until their successors are appointed by the Greenville Utilities Commission as herein provided.
(Ord. No. 1316, §§ 1–6, passed 9-8-1983)