Township of Ferguson, PA Other Township Officers and Employees

Appointment, Qualification and Compensation. The Board shall appoint a legal officer for the Township and establish a suitable compensation. The legal officer shall be appointed on any basis which will most efficiently serve the needs to the Township. The legal officer shall be learned in the law and engaged in active legal practice in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Powers and Duties. The Township legal officer, when directed or requested to do, shall prepare or approve such bonds, obligations, contracts, leases, conveyances, ordinances and assurances to which the Township may be a party; the legal officer shall commence and prosecute all actions brought by the Township for or on account of any of the estates, rights, trusts, privileges, claims or demands, as well as defend all actions or suits against the Township, or any officer thereof, wherein or whereby any of the estates, rights, trusts, ordinances, resolutions or accounts of the Township, may be brought in question before any court in the Commonwealth and shall do every professional act incident to the office which the legal officer may be authorized or required to do by the Board of Supervisors or the Manager. The legal officer shall, whenever directed by members of the Board of Supervisors or the Manager, furnish members of the Board or other Township departments, offices and agencies with his/her opinion in writing upon any question of law which may be submitted by any of them in their official capacities.

(As amended by Ord. 367, 7/26/1988, § 1J; and by Res. 2004-25, 7/6/2004)

The Board may establish other offices or positions in addition to those created by this Charter and may prescribe the functions thereof. All offices assigned to the Manager by the Board may be administered by an officer or employee appointed by and subject to the direction and supervision of the Manager. The Manager may serve as head of one or more of these offices subject to the approval of the Board.