The position of parking enforcement person is hereby created.
Parking enforcement persons shall be selected from person(s)
over the age of 21 years, who are physically fit and possess the necessary
administrative and human skills to effectively serve. Borough Council
shall authorize the number of parking enforcement person(s) to be
employed, and such person(s) shall serve at the pleasure of Borough
Council.
The duties of a parking enforcement person shall be to assist
in the operation and enforcement of all parking ordinances in the
Borough of Jenkintown. Upon observance or detection of parking ordinance
violations, the parking enforcement person shall give notice of violation
to the offending drivers/owners by handing a copy of the violation
notice to the driver/owner of said vehicle or affixing said violation
notice to the vehicle in question. Said violation notice shall be
in the form of a ticket on which the time, place and nature of the
offense shall be noted.
Borough Council shall set the compensation and other benefits
of employment. All parking enforcement person(s) shall adhere to the
rules and regulations of the nonuniform handbook of the Borough of
Jenkintown.
The parking enforcement person(s) shall be under the direct
supervision of the Chief of Police, who shall be responsible for setting
the hours and days to be worked by such person. The Chief of Police
shall have the right to take any appropriate personnel action, as
stated in the nonuniform handbook.
Parking enforcement personnel may be regular part-time, part-time,
regular, seasonal or temporary and shall not be covered by any civil
service regulations or provisions. The parking enforcement person(s)
shall be paid on an hourly basis.
The Chief of Police shall prescribe the uniforms, badges and/or
other signs of employment to be worn while on duty as parking enforcement
person(s).
The Chief of Police shall have the right to assign the parking
enforcement person(s) to other duties from time to time. Duties may
include, but shall not be limited to, special details, school crossing
assignments, parking meter maintenance and collection, regulatory
sign inspection and inventory.