[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of
West Lampeter 2-14-2000 by Ord. No. 153.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
The position of Township Manager is hereby created, re-created and revised
by the Township of West Lampeter.
The Township Manager shall be appointed for an indefinite term by a
majority of all members 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 all its members. At least 30 days before such
removal is to become effective, the Board shall furnish the Manager with a
written statement stating its intention to remove him or her.
A.
The Township Manager shall be chosen solely on the basis
of executive and administrative abilities, with special reference to training
and experience in municipal management. During his or her tenure, the Township
Manager shall not hold any elective office.
B.
No member of the Board of Supervisors of the Township
shall be appointed Township Manager within one year after the expiration of
his or her term as member of the Board of Supervisors.
C.
The Manager need not be a resident of the Township at
the time of his or her appointment. However, within six months of his or her
appointment as Township Manager, the Township Manager shall reside within
a twenty-mile radius of the West Lampeter Township Municipal Building. The
Township Manager shall be removed for failure to meet this qualification.
Before entering upon his or her duties, the Township Manager shall give
a bond to the Township, with a bonding company as surety, to be approved by
the Board of Supervisors, in the sum as determined from time to time by the
Board of Supervisors, conditioned on the faithful performance of his or her
duties, the premium for said bond to be paid for by the Township,
The Board of Supervisors may enter into an employment agreement with
the Township Manager setting forth the terms and conditions of the Township
Manager's employment. The Manager's salary shall be established by resolution
of the Board of Supervisors at the annual meeting or, if such Manager shall
be appointed after the annual meeting of the calendar year of initial appointment,
at any public meeting of the Supervisors.
A.
The Manager shall be the chief administrative officer
of the Township and shall be responsible to the Board of Supervisors as a
whole for the proper and efficient administration of the affairs of the Township.
The powers and duties of administration of the Township business shall be
vested in the Manager, unless expressly imposed or conferred by statute upon
other Township officials.
B.
Subject to recall by resolution of the Board of Supervisors,
the Township Manager shall have the duties and commensurate powers to carry
out those duties as shall be set forth in a resolution as enacted and amended
from time to time as needed.
A.
The Township Manager shall possess the following:
(1)
Comprehensive knowledge of the principles and practices
of public administration. The ability to apply said principles and practices.
(2)
Comprehensive knowledge of fiscal policies and procedures
applicable to municipal finance administration.
(3)
Comprehensive knowledge of Township policies, procedures,
relevant state and federal laws and regulations, and local ordinances affecting
municipal government.
(5)
Knowledge of modern office practices and procedures.
(6)
Ability to motivate effectively and direct the activities
of other employees, to explain and justify Township problems and needs to
supervisors, and to deal conscientiously, fairly, and diplomatically with
all public requests.
(7)
Ability to learn and apply numerous rules, regulations,
and laws under which Township operations must be conducted.
(8)
Ability to work effectively with Township officials,
other government officials, business associates, and the public.
(9)
Ability to resolve conflict with tact and diplomacy.
(10)
Ability to analyze municipal problems and needs and to
recommend workable solutions.
(11)
Ability to develop and set up procedures for the activities
to be performed.
(12)
Ability to assemble, organize, and present status information
from various source materials concerning the operation of Township programs
and procedures.
(13)
Ability to review information for compliance with specific
administrative or procedural rules.
(14)
Ability to organize work in a manner which ensures smooth
processing and efficient accomplishment of priority items.
(15)
Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in
writing.
(16)
Ability to work with abstract ideas and visualize possible
applications, mediations and or action to correct problems.
(17)
Proficiency in the operation and use of computers.
(18)
Proficiency in the operation of motor vehicles as required
in the performance of duties.
(19)
Proficiency in negotiation skills in dealing with union
and nonunion employees.
B.
Working conditions. Work is performed in a normal, but
busy, office environment. Attendance at evening meetings shall be as directed
by the Board of Supervisors. Travel to various Township facilities and work
sites shall be as required in the course of performing duties. Work frequently
involves responding to angry, frustrated, or upset individuals.
A.
In the relationship between the Board of Supervisors
and the Township Manager, the Board of Supervisors shall act as a body in
all its dealings with the Manager. Individual members of the Board of Supervisors
shall refrain from interfering with the Manager or employees of the Township
in the performance of their duties, except for purposes of inquiry. Administrative
matters shall be dealt with solely through the Township Manager.
B.
Nothing herein shall prevent the Board of Supervisors
from establishing a committee of its own to review the operations and legislative
needs of the Township departments or from assigning its members to liaison
relationships with boards, commissions and authorities.
If the Township Manager becomes ill, disabled, or is absent from the
Township for any reason, a qualified person designated by the Board of Supervisors
shall perform the duties of the Manager during the absence, illness or disability.
