[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the Township of Marple 7-12-1971 as Ch. 12 of the 1971 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The office of Township Manager be and the same
is hereby created subject to the right of the Township by ordinance
at any time to abolish said office.
As soon as practicable after the passage of
this chapter, the Board of Commissioners of the Township shall elect
by vote of a majority of its members one person to fill said office,
who shall serve until the first Monday of January next and thereafter
until his successor is elected and qualifies. The office shall be
filled annually thereafter. In the case of a vacancy, the Board of
Commissioners shall, by a vote of a majority of the members, fill
said office for the unexpired term. The Township Manager, however,
shall be subject to removal by the Board of Commissioners by a vote
of the majority of its members.
[Amended 3-13-1989 by Ord. No. 89-5; 6-12-2000 by Ord. No.
2000-10; 1-12-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-2]
The Township Manager shall be a citizen of the
United States of America.
[Amended 6-12-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-10]
Before entering upon his duties, the Township
Manager shall give a bond to the Township with an approved bonding
company as surety, to be approved by the Board of Commissioners, in
the sum as set from time to time by resolution of the Board of Commissioners,
conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties. The premium
of the bond shall be paid by the Township.
[Amended 6-12-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-10]
The salary of the Township Manager shall be
as set from time to time by ordinance of the Board of Commissioners.
The current salary ordinance is on file in the Township offices.
The Township Manager shall carry on the business
of the Township under the direction of the Board of Commissioners,
and his powers and duties shall relate to the general management of
the Township business not expressly by statute imposed or conferred
upon other Township officers.
[Amended 6-12-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-10]
The Township Manager shall be a person with
such technical and executive ability and with such training and experience
as to enable him to perform the duties imposed upon the office in
a successful and businesslike manner.
Subject to recall at any time by resolution
of the Board of Commissioners, the powers and duties of the Township
Manager shall include the following:
A.
The Township Manager, under the direction of the Board
of Commissioners, shall execute and enforce the laws of the commonwealth
and ordinances, resolutions and bylaws of the Board of Commissioners.
B.
He shall attend all meetings of the Board of Commissioners
and recommend such measures as he shall deem expedient.
C.
He shall make a monthly report to the Board of Commissioners
and at such other times as the Board of Commissioners may direct,
upon the affairs of the Township, and keep the Board of Commissioners
advised of the Township's financial condition and its financial needs.
D.
He shall prepare and submit to the Board of Commissioners
before the end of any fiscal year a tentative budget for the next
fiscal year.
E.
The Township Manager shall attend to the letting of
contracts in due form of law and supervise the performance and faithful
execution of the same, except insofar as such duties are expressly
imposed upon some other Township officer by statute.
F.
The Township Manager shall see that all moneys owing
the Township are promptly paid and that proper proceedings are taken
for the security and collection of all Township claims.
[Amended 6-12-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-10]
G.
The Township Manager shall annually present to the
Board of Commissioners, not more than 30 days after the close of each
fiscal year, a correct and detailed statement and report of the preceding
year's work of his office, with a detailed statement of all moneys
received and expended.
H.
The Township Manager shall perform such other duties
as may be from time to time by ordinance conferred upon him.
I.
The Township Manager shall cooperate with the Board
of Commissioners at all times and in all matters that the best interest
of the Township and the general public may be maintained.
The Township reserves the right at any time
by ordinance to amend or otherwise modify or repeal this chapter in
any particular.
