The office of Township Manager of North Coventry Township is hereby
created, pursuant to the authority of the Second Class Township Code (53 P.S.
§ 66301) of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Words of the masculine gender include the feminine.
The office of Township Manager shall be filled by one person elected
to said office by a majority vote of the Board of Supervisors. The Township
Manager shall serve until a successor is elected and qualified.
The Township Manager shall be chosen on the basis of his executive and
administrative abilities, and his experience and/or training in municipal
management. The Township Manager need not be a resident of the Township at
the time of his appointment, but during the tenure of his office he may reside
outside the Township only with the approval of a majority of the Board of
Supervisors. The Township Manager shall have no personal interest, direct
or indirect, in contracts with the Township.
Before entering upon his duties, the Township Manager shall give a bond
to the Township, with sufficient surety, as approved by the Board of Supervisors
in the amount of $10,000, conditioned upon the faithful performance of his
duties, the premium for said bond to be paid for by the Township.
The salary of the Township Manager shall be fixed by the Board of Supervisors
by resolution, and shall be paid out of the general fund of the Township.
It is the intent of this chapter that the Board act as a body in all
administrative matters except those of a ministerial nature performed by the
Chairman of the Board. It is contrary to the spirit of this chapter for individual
members of the Board or for committees of the Board to interfere with the
Manager or any subordinates of the Manager in the performance of their duties.
Except for purposes of obtaining information, the Board and each Supervisor
shall deal with administrative matters solely through the Manager. However,
nothing herein shall prevent the Board from establishing a committee of its
own members to review the operations and legislative needs of the Township
departments, or from assigning its members to liaison relationships with boards,
commissions, departments and other agencies of the Township.
The Township Manager may designate in writing a qualified employee to
serve as Acting Township Manager during the temporary absence or disability
of the Manager. The Board, by a majority vote, may at any time revoke such
designation and may appoint a qualified person to serve as acting manager.
Duties of the Township Manager not specifically delegated shall be reserved
to and performed by the Board of Supervisors. In the absence of any such designation,
and during any absence of the Township Manager, the normal operating functions
of the Township shall be delegated to the appropriate department heads of
the various Township departments.
The person elected to the office of Township Manager shall be subject
to removal by the Supervisors by majority vote of all of its members. At least
30 days before such removal is to become effective, the Board of Supervisors
shall furnish the Township Manager with a written statement setting forth
its intention to remove him, or in lieu thereof, the Board of Supervisors
may remove him immediately, but in such case the Township shall continue to
be liable to pay the Township Manager for the thirty-day period after the
effective date of the removal.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this chapter
is for any reason held invalid, such decision or decisions shall not affect
the validity of the remaining portions of this chapter, and it is hereby stated
that the intent of the Board of Supervisors shall be deemed to have been to
adopt said chapter without the offending provisions. All present ordinances
of the Township prescribing the duties of heads of departments shall remain
in full force and effect, insofar as they do not conflict with the provisions
of this chapter, but where such a conflict arises, the provisions of this
chapter shall be read, to the extent possible in conjunction with the other
ordinance, and the provisions of this chapter shall supersede any conflicting
provisions of other ordinances.