If any provision of this Charter shall be judged
by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment
shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof but
shall be confined in its operation to the particular provision involved.
Amendments to this Charter shall be in conformity
with the provisions of Act 62 of the General Assembly of 1972, and
as amended from time to time.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 2901
et seq.
The term "publish" in this Charter shall mean
publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the Municipality.
Wherever used in this Charter, the phrase "applicable
law" shall mean a law enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania and applicable to subject matter of the text where
it appears.
No elected or appointed official or employee
of the Municipality shall influence, or attempt to influence, the
making of any contract or supervise in any manner or deal with any
municipal matter in which such person has a financial, personal, or
other special interest.
A.Â
Any elected or appointed official or employee of the
Municipality who knows, or in the exercise of reasonable diligence
could know, that such person is interested financially, directly or
indirectly, in any municipal contract, or who has financial, personal,
or other special interest in any municipal matter, shall notify Council
thereof. Any such contract or municipal matter shall not be acted
upon or approved by Council except by an affirmative vote of at least
four Councilmembers. When the interested official is a Councilmember,
such official shall refrain from voting on said contract or municipal
matter.
B.Â
The provisions of this section shall not apply to
cases where such official or employee is an employee of the person,
firm or corporation involved in a municipal contract or municipal
matter in a capacity with no possible influence on the transaction
and in which such person cannot possibly be benefited thereby, either
financially or in any other material manner.
A.Â
Any elected or appointed official of the Municipality
who shall violate the foregoing conflict of interest sections shall
forfeit office, and any employee of the Municipality who violates
the same shall be dismissed.
B.Â
Any such violation shall be acted upon by Council.
When the violation in question concerns a Councilmember, such Councilmember
shall refrain from voting on the violation.
A.Â
No elected or appointed official or employee of the
Municipality shall be an officer of a political party or be an elected
or appointed committeeperson.
B.Â
No appointed official or employee of the Municipality
shall hold elected or political office of any kind.
C.Â
No elected or appointed official or employee of the
Municipality shall solicit any assessments, contributions, or services,
for any political party or candidate from any employee of the Municipality.