In Pennsylvania, the municipal authority is a public entity created and used to accomplish various public purposes and "projects" rather than through the direct action by counties, municipalities and school districts.  The PA Municipal Authorities Act of 1945 describes a public authority as “a body corporate and politic,” which is authorized by the local governing body(s) to acquire, construct, improve, maintain, operate, provide financing for insurance reserves, make loans, borrow money and issue bonds to finance approved public projects.  Although the Township Board of Supervisors plays the critical role of actually creating the authority, and serves to appoint the members of its board, the authority is not part of the Township government.  The Authority is not an agent or representative of the municipality.  Instead, it is an independent agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a public corporation engaged in the administration of civil government.  It is a separate legal entity with power to incur debt, own property and finance its activities by means of user charges and fees.  

On March 19, 1990, the Board of Supervisors of West Hanover Township  established the West Hanover Township Water and Sewer Authority.  Organized and created under the PA Second Class Township Code and the PA Municipal Authorities Act of 1945, the Water and Sewer Authority was created at the time public sewers were being introduced into the Township.  The Authority was formed for the purpose of providing guidance and management related to the acquisition, holding, construction, improvement, maintenance, operation, ownership or lease (whether lessor or lessee) "projects" related to  the West Hanover public sewer system.  Chapter 4, Article II of the Township Code of Ordinances designates in more detail those projects the Water and Sewer Authority may embark and the freedom to fund and devise its own plans of fiscal management.

Water and Sewer Authority Members and Officers

Chair: Steven Millard
Vice Chairman:  Donald Steinmeier
Secretary/Treasurer:  Kenneth Tyndale
Robert Jones
William A. LaDieu

AUTHORITY STAFF
Authority Manager - Mark Salisbury
Assistant Superintendent - Phil Rodemoyer
Administrative Assistant - Gail Martin
Plant Operator - Jamie Aston

Solicitor - Jon Yost, Yost and Davidson

Authority Engineer - Dale Shope, PE, Gannett Fleming Engineering, Inc.
P O Box 67100, Harrisburg, PA 17106    (717) 763-7211

Meeting Times and Minutes