The office of Borough Manager is hereby created
by the Borough of Carlisle.
[Amended 8-12-2010 by Ord. No. 2135, approved 8-12-2010; 6-14-2012 by Ord. No. 2166, approved 7-9-2012]
The Manager shall be appointed for an indefinite
term by a majority of all members of Council. The Manager shall serve
at the pleasure of the Council and may be removed at any time by a
majority vote of all its members. At least 30 days before such removal
is to become effective, the Council shall furnish the Manager with
a written statement setting forth its intention to remove him or her.
The Manager shall be chosen solely on the basis
of executive and administrative abilities, with special reference
to the duties of the office as herein outlined. The Manager need not
be a resident of the Borough or of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
at the time of appointment, but during the tenure of office he or
she must move into the Borough within a reasonable period of time,
to be determined by the Council.
[Amended 3-10-2010 by Ord. No. 2032, approved 3-10-2005]
Before entering upon his or her duties, the
Manager shall give a bond to the Borough with a bonding company as
surety, to be approved by the Council, in the sum of $100,000, conditioned
upon the faithful performance of his or her duties, the premium for
said bond to be paid by the Borough.
The salary of the Borough Manager shall be fixed
from time to time by the Council.
The Mayor is hereby authorized to delegate in
writing to the Borough Manager, subject to revocation by written notification
at any time, any of his or her nonlegislative and nonjudicial powers
and duties.
It is the intent of Council that neither the
Council, its members nor its committees shall dictate or influence
the hiring of any person to, or his or her discharge from, municipal
employment by the Manager, or in any manner take part in this hiring,
suspending or discharging of employees in the administrative service
of the Borough except as required by the civil service provisions
of the Borough Code. Other than for the purpose of inquiry, the Council
or any of its members or any of Council's committees or its members
should deal with the administrative service solely through the Borough
Manager, and neither the Council nor any of its members nor any of
Council's committees or its members should give orders, publicly or
privately, to any subordinate of the Manager.
If the Manager becomes ill or needs to be absent
from the Borough, he or she shall designate one qualified member of
his or her staff to perform the duties of the Manager during such
absence or disability. The person so designated shall not perform
these duties for a period longer than two weeks without the approval
of the Council.