The Board of Supervisors of Union Township hereby
creates the position of Township Manager and assigns thereto the following
rights, duties, obligations and conditions.
The Manager shall be appointed by a majority
vote 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 said Board of Supervisors.
The Manager shall be chosen on the basis of
his/her educational accomplishment, executive, budgetary and administrative
abilities, and experience, with particular reference to the duties
of his/her office as hereinafter outlined.
[Amended 7-20-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-03]
Before entering upon his/her duties and continuously
thereafter, the Manager shall provide a bond to the Township with
a bonding company, as surety, to be approved by the Board of Supervisors,
in a sum equal to or greater than the highest amount of Township funds
estimated by the Board of Supervisors to be available to the Township
Manager at any time during the current year, conditioned upon the
Manager's faithful performance of his/her duties. The premium for
the bond shall be paid by the Township from the general fund.
The salary and benefits package of the Township
Manager shall be fixed at the time of his/her employment and may be
adjusted from time to time by a majority vote of the Board.
The Office of Township Manager shall not be
deemed incompatible with the Office of Township Secretary, Township
Treasurer, Township Zoning Officer, or any other nonelected Township
office, except the Manager may not serve as a member of the Board
of Supervisors or in any other elected Township office.