PREAMBLE

   We, the citizens of the City of Sharon, under the authority granted the citizens of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to adopt home rule charters, and thus to exercise to the fullest extent the rights of local self-government, do hereby adopt this home rule charter. We do this in order to establish a government that will be responsive to the needs and desires of the citizens of the City of Sharon, and accountable to them, both now and in the future.