By authority vested in Boroughs by Act No. 108 of 1979, the Borough of Pleasant Hills hereby establishes an Educational
Service Agency. This Agency shall be entitled the "Pleasant Hills Educational
Service Agency."
The Educational Service Agency shall be composed of three individuals,
each of whom shall be a resident of the Borough, at least 18 years of age,
who shall be appointed by the Borough Council 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 of the first
year after the establishment, the term of one shall expire on the first day
of January of the second year after the establishment, and the term of the
third member shall expire on the first day of January of the third year following
establishment.
No elected Borough or School District official shall be eligible to
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 Borough, or who otherwise becomes disqualified
for appointment or membership.
Vacancies in the Educational Service Agency occurring for any reason
shall be filled by appointment by the Borough Council 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 Borough Council.
Each member of the Educational Service Agency may, at the discretion
of the Borough Council, be required to furnish a bond, in the amount and with
the surety specified by the Borough, for the faithful performance of his duties
as a member of the Educational Service Agency.
The function of the Educational Service Agency shall be to employ and
supervise school crossing guards, also referred to as "special school police,"
to protect children going to or from school. In order to enable the Educational
Service agency to perform that function, the Borough delegates to the Educational
Service Agency the authority to appoint and supervise crossing guards or special
school police as set out in the Borough Code.
The Educational Service Agency shall have the following authority, and
it shall be its duty to:
A. Prepare annually, and, on or before the first day of
November of each year, submit to the Borough Council for approval a budget
showing its contemplated income and its proposed expenditures for the succeeding
year.
B. Annually adopt the budget as submitted under Subsection
A of this section as modified by the Borough.
C. From time to time employ, and/or discharge, and fix the
compensation of crossing guards or special school police to serve in the Borough.
D. Exercise supervision and control over the crossing guards
or special school police by:
(1) Establishing, administering and enforcing rules and regulations
for the work and conduct of the crossing guards or special school police;
(2) Establishing work schedules and designating the locations
where and the time when the various individuals are to be on duty;
(3) Establishing position classifications if deemed necessary,
and designating the individuals to serve in each classification;
(4) Providing for supervision as necessary;
(5) Exercising any and all other prerogatives normally associated
with personnel management.
E. 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, or as
otherwise deemed necessary or appropriate.
F. Receive, in addition to payments by the Borough, any
payments by the School District or any other gift, grant, devise, or bequest.
G. 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 Borough shall transfer and pay over to the Educational Service Agency the moneys that the Borough is required to pay as compensation to special school police under the Borough Code, or other agreement executed with the School District, as provided in the Borough Code, as well as other moneys as necessary to cover expenditures budgeted for the Educational Service Agency as provided in §
25-8 in this chapter.
The Educational Service Agency hereby recognized and formally established
shall continue until changed or abolished by action of the Borough or until
the suspension of Act 108 of 1979 as adopted by the Legislature of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania in accord with the terms thereof.