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.
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.
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.