If any provision of this Charter is held invalid, the remaining provisions of this Charter shall not be affected thereby. If the application of this Charter or any of its provisions to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the application of this Charter and its provisions to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
Unless provided specifically otherwise, the requirement of public notice of this Charter shall include the procedures which follow:
A. 
Legal advertising: publication in one (1) or more newspapers of general circulation in the township, one (1) of which shall be printed in the township, if such a newspaper exists.
B. 
Posting: posting in the Township Building, the Memorial Library of Radnor Township and such other places as the Board may direct in locations readily accessible to the general public within the township.
C. 
Public availability. Copies of the subject matter so advertised and posted shall be made available for inspection by members of the public at the Township Building during regular working hours or at any meeting of the Board at which the subject is being considered by the Board. Such copies shall be made available to members of the public free of charge or at a reasonable price as authorized by the Board.
Notwithstanding other provisions of this Charter, any elected or appointed official and any employee of the township may hold an appointment (inactive duty) in any component of the Armed Forces or uniformed services of the United States or the National Guard of a state or commonwealth.
A. 
The activities which follow shall be prohibited in the operation of the township government:
(1) 
Discrimination. No person shall, in employment by the township in any capacity or appointment to any board, commission or authority or removal therefrom, be favored or discriminated against because of age, race, national origin, sex, handicap or political or religious opinions or affiliations in violation of applicable federal or state laws. No person shall be accorded favored treatment in employment or appointment because of a family relationship.
(2) 
Improper gifts. No person who seeks appointment on any township board, commission or authority or employment by the township in any capacity shall, directly or indirectly, give or pay any money, service or other consideration to any person in connection with such appointment or employment. In addition, no elected or appointed township official or employee shall receive any money, service or other consideration in connection with such appointment or employment.
(3) 
Political party office. No township official elected under this Charter, no appointed official and no full-time township employee shall hold any elected or appointed political party office.
(4) 
Improper political influence. No elected or appointed township official and no employee of the township shall request any township employee to make a political contribution or engage in political activity.
(5) 
Other government service. No township official elected or appointed to an elective office under this Charter and no full-time township employee shall hold any other township employment or any other elective or appointive township position. No township official elected or appointed to an elective office under this Charter and no full-time township employee shall hold any full-time employment or any other elective position with Delaware County or the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This provision shall not apply to employees of school districts or of other educational institutions.
(6) 
Ex parte communications. All proceedings of a quasi-judicial character required to be determined on the record by the Board or any other township board, commission or authority shall be determined solely upon the evidentiary record and the arguments of the parties to the proceeding or their counsel, properly made in the regular course of the proceedings. No member of the Board or of any other township board, commission or authority or any township employee or representative assisting in the determination in any such proceeding shall communicate, directly or indirectly, with any party or his or her representative in connection with any issue involved, except upon notice and opportunity for all members of the Board or other township board, commission or authority involved and parties to the proceeding to participate. If any member of the Board or any other township board, commission or authority receives a communication or authority receives a communication orally or in writing from any person with respect to any such proceeding, the member shall disclose the communication to all other members and furnish them and all parties to the proceeding with a memorandum of the oral communication or a copy of the written communication.
B. 
Violation of any provision of this section shall constitute grounds for forfeiture of office, termination of appointment or dismissal.
[1]
Editor's Note: See also Ch. 39, Ethics, Code of.
A. 
No elected or appointed official of the township and no township employee shall engage in any activity as follows:
(1) 
Take any action as a result of information acquired as a township official, from which action the township official or employee or any other person or entity in whose welfare the official is interested shall realize a gain or advantage. Such action shall not, however, be construed to be prohibited if the gain or advantage were realized generally by a group or class of citizens as the purposeful result of such action.
(2) 
Solicit or accept directly or indirectly, any gift, favor, service, commission or other consideration that might reasonably tend to influence that official or employee in the discharge of the duties of office.
(3) 
Seek to influence, directly or indirectly, the awarding of any contract where such township official or employee or other person or entity in whose welfare the official or employee is interested would benefit, directly or indirectly, financially or otherwise, from said contract.
B. 
Disqualification from action. Any elected or appointed official and any employee of the township, having a direct or indirect financial interest with any person or business entity proposing to contract with the township for the purchase or sale of land, materials, supplies or services of any kind or seeking formal action of the Board or any petition application, request or appeal, whether that interest is as an employee, a party, a partner or a stockholder, shall disclose fully said interest and, except where stock holdings in a public corporation shall be minimal, shall not participate in the discussion or formal action relating thereto. Violation of the provisions of this section shall render the contract or such actions voidable by the township.
C. 
Disclosure of ownership of real property. All elected officials, the Township Manager and all appointed officials shall, upon taking office, file with the Township Secretary a statement of direct, indirect or beneficial ownership of real property in the township or direct, indirect or beneficial interest in any corporation, partnership or joint venture owning real property in the township. Such statement shall be revised promptly as required by any change in ownership.
D. 
Violation. Willful violation of any provision of this section shall constitute malfeasance in office which, and except as may otherwise be provided by law, shall be a summary offense punishable by the maximum fine, including double the pecuniary gain derived from the offense, or by imprisonment as provided by law. Conviction of such a violation by an official or appointed official or employee shall result in forfeiture of office, termination of appointment or dismissal, and any elected or appointed official or employee so convicted shall thereafter be ineligible to hold office or employment with the township.
[1]
Editor's Note: See also Ch. 39, Ethics, Code of.
All records shall be retained or disposed of in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Records Act, as amended.[2]
[1]
Editor's Note: See also Ch. 72, Records Retention.
[2]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 9001 et seq.
The Board shall not have the authority to create, alter or abolish any township elective office except as provided otherwise herein.
As used in this Charter, the term "elected officials" of the township shall mean the seven (7) members of the Board and the Treasurer of the township. The term "appointed officials" of the township shall mean members of those boards, commissions and authorities appointed by the Board, the Township Secretary, the Township Solicitor, the Township Manager, department heads and administrative officers who are appointed by the Manager subject to approval of the Board. The term "employees of the township" or its equivalent shall include the Township Manager, the Township Secretary, all department heads, all administrative officers and all other persons employed by the township.
This Charter may be amended or repealed in the manner provided by law.
This Charter shall become effective on the first day of January 1977, except for the transition provisions which shall become effective upon adoption of this Charter.