The Board of Commissioners of Upper Allen Township shall meet and organize biannually on the first Monday in January following a general election at which Commissioners were elected. Notice of the time and place of the reorganizational meeting shall be given to all Commissioners by mail at least five days before the proposed meeting by the Secretary of the Board. The reorganizational meeting shall be a regular meeting.
A. 
The reorganizational meeting shall be called to order by the past President. In the event that the past President is no longer a Commissioner, the meeting shall be called to order by the Township Secretary who shall preside over the election of a temporary President from among the holdover members of the Board. The Township Secretary shall be secretary of the meeting. The certification of election or appointment of all new Township Commissioners shall be read, and a list of the legally elected or appointed and qualified Township Commissioners shall be prepared.
B. 
The temporary President shall have a properly qualified official administer the oath of office to such Township Commissioners as have not previously taken and subscribed to the same.
A. 
Election of officers shall be by a majority of those present and voting.
B. 
The Township Commissioners shall at the reorganizational meeting elect from their members a President, Vice President and Assistant Secretary or Secretaries, who shall serve for two-year periods until the next reorganizational meeting.
C. 
Vacancies in any office shall be filled by the Township Commissioners, and such appointed officers shall serve the remainder of the unexpired term.
A. 
The Board shall at the reorganizational meeting appoint:
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
(1) 
A Township Secretary.
(2) 
A Township Manager.
(3) 
A Police Chief.
(4) 
An Assistant Township Manager/Assistant Secretary.
(5) 
A Township Engineer.
(6) 
A Township Solicitor.
(7) 
An independent auditor.
(8) 
Building Code Official.
(9) 
Emergency Management Director.
(10) 
Deputy Emergency Management Director.
(11) 
Recycling Coordinator.
(12) 
Sanitary Engineer.
(13) 
Sewer Enforcement Officer.
(14) 
Assistant Sewer Enforcement Officer.
(15) 
Traffic Engineer.
(16) 
Treasurer.
(17) 
Zoning Officer.
(18) 
Citizens to such vacancies that there shall be on the various boards and commissions of the township.
B. 
The terms of office for Subsection A(1) through (8) above shall be for two-year periods until the next reorganizational meeting. The terms of office for appointments to other boards and commissions shall be for the term designated for that board or commission.
C. 
Appointees of the Board may be removed from office for incompetency, intemperance, neglect of duty, violations of the First Class Township Code[1] or other improper conduct, provided that the appointee so charged shall have been given due notice of the reason therefor and an opportunity for a hearing and provided that said removal has been approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the full number of Township Commissioners.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 55101 et seq.
The Board shall at the reorganizational meeting:
A. 
Designate a newspaper or newspapers of general circulation in the township, as defined in accordance with the provisions of the First Class Township Code,[1] to be used for publishing legal notices.[2]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 55101 et seq.
[2]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection B, regarding designation of a monthly meeting day, which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
Committees of the Township Board of Commissioners shall, when specifically charged to do so by the Board, conduct studies, make recommendations to the Board and act in an advisory capacity, but shall not take action on behalf of the Board as a whole.
A. 
Committees shall consist of no more than two members of the Board.
B. 
Members shall be appointed by the President.
C. 
The President shall appoint at the reorganizational meeting or as soon after the reorganizational meeting as practical members of the Board to serve on the following standing committees where they shall serve terms of two years until the next reorganizational meeting:
(1) 
Administration.
(2) 
Planning and Zoning.
(3) 
Public Safety.
(4) 
Public Improvements.
(5) 
Parks and Recreation.
(6) 
Sewer Advisory Board.
[Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
D. 
Ad hoc committees may be created, charged and assigned a fixed termination date which may be extended, from time to time, by the President or a majority of the Commissioners present at any meeting at which the need for a committee becomes evident. Members of committees shall serve until the committee is discharged.