[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.
[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.