[Ord. 873, 4/26/1993, § 1]
This Part shall be known as the "Borough of Hatboro Historical
Commission Ordinance."
[Ord. 873, 4/26/1993, § 3]
1. A commission of the Borough of Hatboro known as the "Borough Historical
Commission" is hereby created and hereinafter shall be referred to
as "commission."
2. Borough Council shall have the option of appointing a five-member
panel or selecting an existing appropriate organization as the Borough
Historical Commission.
3. A commission appointed by Borough Council shall consist of five members. One member shall have term expiring one year from the date of creation of the commission, two members shall have terms expiring two years from the date of the creation of the commission and two members shall have terms expiring three years from the creation of the commission. Thereafter, all appointments will be for three-year terms. Commission members may be reappointed to successive terms. The organization and terms of the officers are set forth in §
1-303 of this Part.
4. The selection of an organization as the commission shall require
a written agreement between the Borough and the organization establishing
the terms of the agreement for a period not to exceed three years,
which may be renewed upon agreement of both parties. The Borough will
accept the organizational structure as provided by the by-laws of
the appointed organization. The organization, and the individual members
of that organization, shall serve in the capacity of the Borough's
commission without compensation.
5. The Borough Historian, commission members, and any organization or
member of an organization acting as the Borough Historical Commission,
shall serve without compensation from the Borough of Hatboro. Payment
of necessary and reasonable expenses incurred by the Borough Historian,
commission members, an organization or any member of an organization
acting as the Borough Historical Commission, shall require the approval
of Borough Council.
6. Elected or appointed officers or employees of the Borough of Hatboro
may be appointed as Borough Historian, commission members, or may
hold memberships in an organization selected as the Borough Historical
Commission, and shall not, by reason of membership or appointment,
forfeit the right to exercise the powers, perform the duties or receive
the compensations of the Borough offices held by them during such
membership.
7. The Borough Historian and any member of the commission, or any organization
selected as the Borough Historical Commission, once qualified and
appointed, may be removed from office for malfeasance, misfeasance
or nonfeasance in office or for other just cause by a majority vote
of the Borough Council, taken after the member or organization has
received 30 days' advance notice of the intent to take such a
vote. A hearing shall be held in connection with the vote if the member
or organization shall request it in writing. Any appointment to fill
a vacancy created by removal shall be only for the unexpired term.
[Ord. 873, 4/26/1993, § 4]
1. A commission created by Council shall elect its own chairman and
vice chairman and fill such other offices as it may determine. Officers
shall serve annual terms and may succeed themselves. Re-organization
of the commission shall take place no later than the last day of March
of each year. The commission may make and alter bylaws and rules and
regulations to govern its procedures consistent with the ordinances
of the Borough of Hatboro and the laws of the Commonwealth.
2. All meetings of a Borough appointed commission shall be public meetings
and all deliberations for the purpose of reaching a decision of any
matter before the commission shall be done in public meeting. Minutes
of every meeting of the commission shall be prepared and filed with
the Borough Manager.
3. Meetings of an organization appointed to act as the Borough Historical
Commission shall be conducted in accordance with the by-laws of the
organization. Only those meetings which are called by Borough Council
for the purpose of discussion of Borough projects or matters of interest,
shall be required to be public meetings.
4. The commission shall at the request of the Borough Council have the
power and shall be required to:
A. Prepare a historical preservation program, subject to the approval
of Borough Council including, but not restricted to, collecting, preserving,
and making available materials relating to the history of the Borough
of Hatboro, and shall be responsible for the preservation and storage
of artifacts and documents of historical significance, which have
been acquired by the Borough.
B. The commission shall maintain and keep on file records of all actions
pertaining to Borough business. All records and files of such actions
shall be in the possession of the Borough Manager.
C. The commission shall give counsel to the Borough Council regarding
matters of historical importance to the Borough.
D. The commission shall give counsel to the Borough Planning Commission
on matters of historical importance pertaining to matters before the
Planning Commission.
E. The commission shall give assistance to the Borough Historian when
requested by the historian in pursuance of his/her duties as the Borough
Historian.
F. The commission shall assist Borough Council to raise funds for historical
preservation projects and for the management of those projects when
appropriate and when directed by Borough Council.
G. The commission shall actively participate in the overall management
of historical preservation projects when directed by Borough Council.
[Ord. 873, 4/26/1993, § 5]
1. Borough Council shall appoint a Borough Historian. The Borough Historian
shall serve without compensation and at the pleasure of Borough Council.
Reappointment may be made annually for a term to end on December 31,
of each year.
2. It shall be the duty of the Borough Historian to promote the historical
significance of the Borough of Hatboro, to educate the community concerning
the history of the Borough and to attend meetings of the Borough's
Historical Commission.
3. The Borough Historian shall assist the commission in the preparation
of a historical preservation program.
4. The Borough Historian is authorized to receive donations of funds
or personal property on behalf of the Borough of Hatboro. Receipt
of any such funds or donations shall be promptly reported to Borough
Council and shall be stored, displayed or deposited as directed by
Borough Council. Upon leaving the position for whatever reason, the
Borough Historian shall turn over all materials and records and reports
to his or her successor, if then appointed, or to the Borough Council
until such successor shall be appointed.
5. The Borough Historian shall assist in projects of commemoration,
including the erection of monuments, historic markers, and guide signs.
6. The Borough Historian shall make an annual report to the Borough
Council stating all of the work performed and accomplished during
the previous year by the historian and the commission. The Borough
Historian shall transmit a copy of such report to the Borough Manager
and the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
[Ord. 873, 4/26/1993, § 6]
1. Borough Council may employ administrative and technical services
to aid in carrying out the provisions of this Part, either as consultants
on particular matters or as regular employees of the Borough of Hatboro.
2. The commission may, with the consent of Borough Council, accept and
utilize any funds, personnel or other assistance made available by
the county, the commonwealth or the federal government or any of their
agencies, or from private sources Borough Council may enter into agreements
or contracts regarding the acceptance or utilization of the funds
or assistance in accordance with the governmental procedures of the
Borough.