[Amended 8-25-2014 by Ord. No. 64-2014; 8-26-2015 by Ord. No. 1-2015]
The Mayor and Vice President of Council and the City Clerk, respectively, of this City are authorized and directed to execute, in behalf of this City, Articles of Incorporation for such Authority in substantially the following form:
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA:
In compliance with requirements of the Act of Assembly approved May 2, 1945, P.L. 382, as amended and supplemented, known as the Municipalities Authorities Act of 1945, and pursuant to an ordinance duly enacted by the municipal authorities of the City of Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania (the "City"), expressing the intention and desire of the municipal authorities of said municipality to organize an authority under provisions of said Act, said municipality certifies:
(1) The name of the authority is "Reading Area Water Authority."
(2) The Authority is formed under provisions of the Act of Assembly approved May 2, 1945, P.L. 382, as amended and supplemented, known as the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945. The Authority shall have all the powers provided for under such Act; provided, however, that the Authority shall be prohibited, without prior approval from City Council, from:
(a) Undertaking any project which is not related to waterworks, water supply works or water distribution systems.
(b) Undertaking any project, whether or not related to waterworks, water supply works or water distribution systems, which involves the incurrence of any long- term debt.
(3) The City is the sole incorporating municipality of the Reading Regional Airport Authority, and is a joint incorporating municipality of the Berks Area Reading Transportation Authority. Other than the aforementioned municipal authorities, no other authority has been organized under provisions of the Act of Assembly approved May 2, 1945, P.L. 382, as amended and supplemented, known as the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, or under provisions provided of the Act of Assembly approved June 28, 1935, P.L. 436, as amended and supplemented, and is in existence in or for the incorporating municipality.
(4) The name of said incorporating municipality is City of Reading. Berks County, Pennsylvania.
(5) The offices, names and addresses of the municipal authorities of said incorporating municipality are: [Here followed the offices, names and addresses of the municipal authorities.]
(6) The names, addresses and terms of office of first members of the Board of the Authority, each of whom is a citizen of said incorporating municipality are as follows: [Here followed the names, addresses and terms of office of the first Board members.]
(7) The Board of Directors of the Authority shall consist of seven members effective as of September 1, 2014. The two newly created positions shall serve for initial terms, as follows: one new appointee shall serve for a term ending the first Monday in January 2018 and the other new appointee shall serve for a term ending the first Monday in January 2019. Thereafter appointments and reappointments to the two newly created Board positions shall serve for terms of five years.