The position of Township Manager is hereby created by the Township of
Mount Joy.
The Township Manager shall be appointed for an indefinite term by a
majority of all members of the Board of Supervisors. The Manager shall serve
at the pleasure of the Board and may be removed, with or without cause, at
any time by a majority vote of all its members. At least thirty (30) days
before such removal is to become effective, the Board shall furnish the Manager
with a written statement setting forth its intention to remove him or her.
[Amended 2-3-1992 by Ord. No. CXXVI]
A. The Township Manager shall be chosen solely on the basis
of executive and administrative abilities, with special reference to training
and/or experience in municipa1 management. During his or her tenure, the Township
Manager shall not hold any elective governmental office.
B. No member of the Board of Supervisors of the township
shall be appointed Township Manager within one (1) year after the expiration
of his or her term as a member of the Board of Supervisors.
C. The Manager need not be a resident of the township or
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania at the time of his or her appointment. However,
within three (3) months of his or her appointment as Township Manager, the
Township Manager shall reside within a twenty-mile radius of the Mount Joy
Township Municipal Building.
Before entering upon his or her duties, the Manager shall give a bond
to the township, with a bonding company as surety, to be approved by the Board,
in the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.) conditioned on the
faithful performance of his or her duties, the premium for said bond to be
paid by the township.
[Amended 2-3-1992 by Ord. No. CXXVI]
The Board of Supervisors may enter into an employment agreement with
the Township Manager setting forth the terms and conditions of the Township
Manager's employment. The Manager's salary shall be established
by resolution of the Board of Supervisors at the annual meeting or, if such
Manager shall be appointed after the annual meeting of the calendar year of
initial appointment, at any public meeting of the Board of Supervisors.
If the Manager becomes ill or needs to be absent from the township,
he or she shall recommend to the Board one (1) qualified person to perform
the duties of the Manager during his or her absence or disability. The Board
shall designate a person to perform the Manager's duties.