[Amended 9-1-1992 by Ord. No. 92-19]
A. 
At the Council's annual reorganization meeting. the first order of business shall be the election of a President and a Vice President and such other officers as the Council may deem appropriate. The Mayor shall preside as Chair until a permanent President has been elected.
B. 
At all Council meetings, in the absence of the President, the Vice President shall exercise the duties of the President. In the absence of both the President and the Vice President, the Council member with the most years of Council service shall exercise the duties of the President for that meeting.
A. 
Public notice. Public notice of meetings shall be published in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Home Rule Charter and general law.
B. 
Regular meetings. The Council shall meet on the first Tuesday of each month, or on the next day in the event of a legal holiday, at 7:00 p.m., or at such other designated time, or on the day established by the Council at the organization meeting for the ensuing year. The meetings shall be held at the Borough Hall or at such other place and time as the Council may from time to time designate. The Council may adjourn to a stated time for general business or for special business. If no quorum is present at a stated monthly or continued meeting, a majority of those present may agree upon another date for a meeting and may continue to do so until a meeting at which a quorum is present is held. The Council shall give public notice of the date and time of all regular meetings. All meetings of the Council shall be held in compliance with applicable provisions of the Home Rule Charter, this Administrative Code and general law.
C. 
Special meetings. Special meetings of the Council may be held on the call of the President or of a majority of the Council members. Notice and the agenda of such meeting shall be given to each Council member and shall appear in a newspaper in general circulation in the borough at least 24 hours in advance of a special meeting. Such notice shall specify the time and place of the special meeting and the business to be transacted. No other business shall be considered at such meeting by the Council.
[Amended 9-1-1992 by Ord. No. 92-19]
D. 
Meetings to be public. All meetings of the Council shall be open to the public and shall be in compliance with the Charter, this Administrative Code and general law.
E. 
Rules and procedures. Except as provided in the Charter, this Administrative Code and general law, all meetings of the Council shall be governed by Robert's Rules of Order and such other rules as the Council may from time to time establish.
F. 
The Council may hold executive sessions with a stated purpose as provided for in general law. No official action shall be taken by the Council on any matter in executive session.
G. 
All official records and files of each Council meeting shall be kept in the office of the Borough Secretary and shall be part of the public record.
H. 
Agenda.
(1) 
The proposed agenda for any meeting of the Council shall be prepared by the Municipal Administrator at the direction of the President of Council.
(2) 
The proposed agenda for any stated meeting shall be forwarded to all members of the Council and be available to the public at least three days prior to any stated monthly meeting of the Council and 24 hours prior to any special meeting of the Council. In addition, the agenda for all meetings of the Council shall be posted in the Borough Hall. To the extent possible, notices of scheduled meeting shall be displayed on cable television public access channels.
(3) 
The title of any ordinance or resolution to be considered shall be published as part of the agenda.
(4) 
The published agenda may be amended at any meeting of the Council by a majority of the members present. No matters other than those on the agenda, as amended, shall be acted upon by the Council. Before a motion to amend the agenda is accepted, a motion to consider amending the agenda must be passed by the Council. There shall be no discussion of comment on the motion to consider amending the agenda.
A. 
The public shall be provided the opportunity to address the Council on any agenda item by giving notice of intent to the Clerk of the Council prior to roll call. In instances where the agenda has been amended, the President shall afford the opportunity for public comment. The public shall be heard during the appropriate agenda item but prior to Council action thereon.
B. 
Public discussion on any agenda item shall be limited to 10 minutes. At the discretion of the Chair, the ten-minute limit may be increased.
C. 
Any person making offensive, insulting, insolent, slanderous or obscene remarks or who becomes boisterous or who makes threats against any person or against public order and security while in the Council meeting room shall be forthwith barred by the Chair from further audience at the meeting.
D. 
The Chair may provide for a Sergeant at Arms to carry out instructions given to him/her for the purpose of maintaining order and decorum in the Council meeting room.
A. 
All legislative powers and duties of the borough shall be exclusively vested in and exercised by the Council, except as may otherwise be provided by the Charter, this Administrative Code or general law.
B. 
The Council shall be the legislative body of the borough charged with the responsibility and duty to establish the policies, goals and objectives for the legislative, administrative and advisory functions of the borough and to enact and adopt ordinances and resolutions consistent with the Charter, this Administrative Code and general law.
C. 
The Council may appoint, by resolution, such professional or nonprofessional advisers and liaisons as it may from time to time deem appropriate and necessary and may set their compensation.
D. 
The Council may investigate any department, office or agency of the borough government, as provided in Section 322 and as limited by Section 304C of the Charter. In connection with such investigation, the Council will have the right to require any borough employee or official to prepare a sworn statement regarding his/her official duties and the performance thereof.
[Amended 9-1-1992 by Ord. No. 92-19]
[Added 9-1-1992 by Ord. No. 92-19]
A. 
The Council may issue subpoenas, as outlined in Section 322B of the Charter, over the signature of the President, to require the attendance of witnesses and production of records and papers pertaining to any such inquiries and investigations, including but not limited to subpoenas to compel the production of evidence in the control, custody and possession of the executive branch. If any person shall refuse or neglect to obey any subpoena issued by the Council, it may apply, by petition, to the Court of Common Pleas of the county for its subpoena, requiring the attendance of such persons before the Council or the Court there to testify and to produce any records and papers necessary and, in default thereof, to be held in contempt of court.
B. 
Any person or entity who refuses or neglects to obey a subpoena issued by the Council shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $600, plus costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment of such fine and costs, to imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed 30 days.
[Added 9-1-1992 by Ord. No. 92-19]
The Council shall arrange for a continual census of the population of the borough as provided in Section 410 of the Charter.
[Added 8-16-2011 by Ord. No. 11-11]
A. 
Any elected, nonemployee member of Council whose term shall commence after adoption of this section, and who desires to participate in any program of insurance provided under a Municipal benefit plan, including, but not limited to, life, health, medical service or accident insurance, as such plan may be provided by the Municipality consistent with the Borough Code, 53 P.S. § 46202(37), shall, prior to enrollment in such plan, provide public notice of Council member’s intent to participate in such plan, and shall thereafter be eligible to participate only if the complete and total aggregate cost of such participation, in the form of premiums, treatment costs, medication costs, administrative or other expenses, is paid in whole by the enrolling Council member to the Municipal general fund. The intent of this provision is that the Municipality shall incur no cost whatsoever as a result of the enrollment of any elected nonemployee Council member in any Municipal benefit program. The Municipal Administrator shall be responsible to insure that the costs of participation of such Council member are collected as a prerequisite condition of the Council member’s continued enrollment in the relevant benefit plan. Failure to pay the required amounts for any period in excess of 30 days shall be grounds to remove the Council member from the plan.
B. 
No Council member enrolled in a Municipal benefit plan under the terms of this section may remain enrolled in such plan for any period extending beyond the expiration of his or her tenure as an elected Council member, subject to any requirements set forth under applicable COBRA regulations.