BUTLER TWP — Township commissioners approved a resolution Monday, July 17, that will allow the Butler Area Sewer Authority to dissolve and pass its assets to a successor.

Township manager Tom Knights said BASA’s articles of incorporation did not include language regarding the authority’s dissolution. The language would be necessary if the sale of BASA’s assets to Pennsylvania American Water is approved by the state state Public Utilities Commission.

“This is to amend their articles of incorporation to empower them to basically take the steps that are necessary to wind down their operations and perform all necessary tasks in order to transfer assets and terminate,” Knights said. “We have to add those articles as one of two creating municipalities.”