The Township Manager shall be appointed for
an indefinite term by a majority of all members of the Board of Supervisors
and shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of Supervisors and shall
be subject to removal by the Supervisors by majority vote.
The Township Manager shall be chosen solely
on the basis of his executive and administrative abilities, with special
reference to the duties of his office as herein outlined. He need
not be a resident of the township or of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
at the time of his appointment, but during the tenure of his office
he may reside outside the township only with the approval of the Board
of Supervisors. In the event that the Supervisors fail within a reasonable
time, not to exceed 60 days after the appointment, to approve the
Manager's residence outside the township, he must immediately become
and, during his tenure, remain a resident of the township.
[Amended 4-5-1967 by Ord. No. 2-1967]
Before entering upon his duties, the Manager
shall give a bond to the township with approved surety to be approved
by the Board of Supervisors in the sum of $10,000, conditioned upon
the faithful performance of his duties, the premium for said bond
to be paid by the township.
[Amended 3-5-1970 by Ord. No. 3-1970;12-28-1982 by Ord. No.
9-1982]
The annual salary of the Township Manager shall
be fixed annually by resolution of the Supervisors and shall be set
forth in the budget, the actual amount to be as fixed in the budget
at the beginning of the year or by subsequent resolution of the Supervisors
in the event that the Manager is hired after the adoption of the budget.
In the event of the dismissal or resignation of the Manager at the
request of the Supervisors, the Manager shall be entitled to severance
pay computed as follows: one weeks' pay for each full year's service.
Such severance pay shall be in addition to any earned vacation due
or pay in lieu of such vacation. In like manner, the Supervisors shall
annually fix the salary to be paid the Assistant Township Manager
in accordance with the procedure set by this section.
Neither the Board of Supervisors, its members
nor its committees shall dictate or influence or attempt to dictate
or influence the hiring of any person to or his discharge from municipal
employment by the Manager or in any manner take part in the hiring,
suspending or discharging of employees in the administrative service
of the township, except as required by any civil service provision
of state law and except for the appointing or discharging of all department
heads and other employees whose appointments by the Board of Supervisors
are provided for in the ordinances of the township; provided, however,
that the general supervision of such department heads and employees
shall be the duty of the Township Manager. Other than for the purposes
of inquiry, the Board of Supervisors or any of its members or any
of the committees or their members shall deal with the administrative
service solely through the Township Manager, and neither the Board
of Supervisors nor any of its members nor any of its committees or
their members shall give orders, publicly or privately, to any subordinate
of the Manager.
If the Manager becomes ill or needs to be absent
from the township, the Assistant Manager shall perform the duties
of the Manager during his absence or disability.