[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of
Worcester 11-15-1995 by Ord. No. 142.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Salaries and compensation — See Ch. 26.
A.
The purpose of this chapter is to enable Worcester Township
to function under generally accepted principles of the Council-Manager form
of government. The Board of Supervisors shall be responsible for legislative
policy-making and for appointing a professional Township Manager who, in consultation
with the Board of Supervisors, shall be responsible for supervising and conducting
the administrative affairs of the Township as well as for carrying out all
policies and programs established by the Board.
The position of Township Manager is hereby established in and for the
Township of Worcester, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
The Township Manager shall be appointed for an indefinite term by a
majority of all members of the Board of Supervisors. Unless otherwise specified
in a written contract, 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 of its members.
A.
The Township Manager shall be chosen solely on the basis
of executive and administrative abilities, with special reference to training
and/or experience in municipal management. During his or her tenure, the Manager
shall not hold any other elected governmental office.
B.
Although it is preferred that the Manager be a resident
of Worcester Township, Township residency shall not be a requirement for appointment
as Township Manager. While in office, the Township Manager may reside outside
Worcester Township with the approval of the Board.
Before entering upon his or her duties, the Township Manager shall give
a bond to the Township, with an approved bonding company as surety, in the
sum of $100,000, conditioned upon the faithful performance of his or her duties,
with the premium for such bond to be paid from the general fund of the Township.
The salary of the Township Manager shall be fixed from time to time
by resolution or by specific identification of such compensation in the annual
budget of the Township. Such resolution or identification may reflect contractual
arrangements previously made between the Township and the Township Manager.
The Township 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 all day-to-day Township business shall
be vested in the Manager, unless expressly imposed or conferred by statute,
ordinance or resolution upon other Township officers.
A.
In the relationship between the Board of Supervisors
and the Township Manager, the Board shall act as a body in all of its dealings
with the Manager. Individual members of the Board shall refrain from interfering
with the Manager or any authorized personnel of the Township in the performance
of their duties.
B.
Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the Board from
reviewing or 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 the boards, commissions and authorities.
The office of Township Manager shall, consistent with the Second Class
Township Code of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,[1] be deemed incompatible with the office of Township Supervisor.
The office of Township Manager shall not, however, be deemed incompatible
with the office of Township Secretary, Township Treasurer or any other Township
offices or employment except that of Supervisor.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 65101 et seq.
