Ambridge Water Authority v. Ambridge Borough

ROWLEY, J.,

The threshold, and decisive, issue in this case is whether a borough council has the authority or power to remove from office a duly qualified and acting member of the board of a municipal authority which was organized and incorporated by the borough. We have concluded that council does not have such authority and for that reason the attempted removal by defendants, Ambridge Borough Council (council) and councilmen, of plaintiff Richard W. Towcimak (Towcimak) from his seat on the board of the Am-bridge Water Authority (Authority) was void and of no effect.1

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The Authority was…