[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township
of Shaler 6-10-1980 by Ord. No.
1489. Amendments noted where applicable.]
By authority vested in townships by the Act of 1979, P.L. 503,
No. 108,[1] the Township of Shaler establishes an educational service
agency.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 43 P.S. § 802.1.
A.
The
Educational Service Agency shall be composed of three members, each
of whom shall be a resident of the Township at least 18 years of age,
who shall be appointed by the Board of Commissioners for three-year
overlapping terms, coinciding with the calendar year, provided that
in the case of the three individuals appointed at the time of establishment
of the Educational Service Agency, the term of one shall expire on
the first day of January 1981, the term of one shall expire on the
first day of January 1982, and the term of any third member shall
expire on the first day of January 1983.
B.
No
elected Township or School District official shall be eligible for
appointment to or membership on the Educational Service Agency. A
vacancy shall occur in the Educational Service Agency in the case
of any member who ceases to be a resident of the Township or who resigns
or otherwise becomes disqualified for appointment or membership.
C.
Vacancies
in the Educational Service Agency occurring for any reason shall be
filled by appointment by the Board of Commissioners of a successor
to serve for the remainder of the term of the individual being replaced.
Members of the Educational Service Agency shall receive such
compensation as shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Commissioners.
Each member of the Educational Service Agency may, at the discretion
of the Board of Commissioners, be required to furnish a bond in the
amount and with the surety specified by the Township for the faithful
performance of his or her duties as a member of the Educational Service
Agency.
A.
The
function of the Educational Service Agency shall be to employ and
supervise school crossing guards, also referred to as "special school
police," to direct traffic at or near schools. In order to enable
the Educational Service Agency to perform that function, the Township
delegates to the Educational Service Agency the authority to appoint
and supervise crossing guards or special school police in accordance
with the First Class Township Code.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 56416.
B.
The
Educational Service Agency shall have the following authority and
it shall be its duty to:
(1)
Prepare annually and, on or before the first day of October of each
year, submit to the Board of Commissioners for approval a budget showing
its contemplated income and its proposed expenditures for the succeeding
year.
(2)
Annually adopt the budget as submitted under Subsection B(1) of this section, as modified by the Township.
(3)
From time to time employ and/or discharge and fix the compensation
of crossing guards or special school police to serve in the Township.
(4)
Exercise supervision and control over the crossing guards or special
school police by:
(a)
Establishing, administering and enforcing such rules and regulations
for the work and conduct of the crossing guards or special school
police as may be deemed necessary.
(b)
Establishing work schedules.
(c)
Providing for supervision as necessary.
(d)
Exercising such other prerogatives as are normally associated with
personnel management.
(5)
From moneys budgeted and available, make all payments for the services
of crossing guards or special school police and make all other expenditures
as prescribed by law or superior body or agency.
(6)
Receive, in addition to payments by the Township, any payments by
the School District or any other gift, grant, devise or bequest.
(7)
Establish a system of accounts for all moneys under its control and
establish one or more separate bank accounts into which all income
shall be deposited and from which all expenditures shall be made.
The Township shall transfer and pay over to the Educational Service Agency the moneys that the Township is required to pay as compensation to special school police under the First Class Township Code or other agreement executed with the School District as provided in the First Class Township Code, as well as other moneys as necessary to cover expenditures budgeted for the Educational Service Agency as provided in § 13-5 of this chapter.
The Educational Service Agency hereby recognized and formally
established shall continue until changed or abolished by action of
the Township or until the suspension of Act 108 of 1979 as adopted
by the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,[1] in accord with the terms thereof.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 43 P.S. § 802.1.
