[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of
Dickinson as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 11-16-1998 by Ord. No. 2-1998]
This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Supervisors’
Compensation Ordinance of Dickinson Township.”
The background of this article and the legislative intention of the
Board of Supervisors (“Board”) in enacting it are as follows:
A.
The Township of Dickinson is a municipal township of
the second class.
C.
Section 606 of said Act provides that individual supervisors
may receive annual maximum compensation as set forth therein according to
township population so long as such compensation is established by ordinance.
D.
Section 606 of said Act further provides as follows:
“Any change in salary, compensation or emoluments of the elected office
becomes effective at the beginning of the next term of the supervisor.”
E.
Section 27 of Article III of the Constitution of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania states as follows: “No law shall extend
the term of any public officer, or increase or diminish his salary or emoluments,
after his election or appointment.”
A.
Commencing on January 1, 2000, and thereafter, each Supervisor
of Dickinson Township, elected or appointed to office, shall receive as compensation
for services as Supervisor the maximum compensation permitted by law, as the
same is amended from time to time, payable in equal monthly installments.
B.
Any change in salary, compensation, or emoluments of
the elected office effected by legislation duly enacted by the General Assembly
shall become effective, as to any individual Supervisor, at the beginning
of the next term of office of such Supervisor or his or her successor.
The compensation of Supervisors, when employed as roadmasters, laborers,
Secretary, Treasurer, Assistant Secretary, Assistant Treasurer or in any employee
capacity not otherwise prohibited by law, shall be determined by the Board
of Auditors as heretofore.
