[Adopted 7-26-1983 by Ord. No. 884]
The Office of Township Manager is hereby created
by the Township of White.
The 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 of Supervisors, and
he may be removed at any time by a majority vote of all its members.
At least 30 days before such removal is to become effective, the Board
of Supervisors shall furnish the Manager with a written statement
setting forth its intention to remove him, or in lieu thereof, the
Board of Supervisors may remove him immediately, upon tendering to
the Manager the pay due him up to and including 30 days after the
effective date of the removal.
The Manager shall be chosen solely on the basis
of his executive and administrative abilities, with special reference
to the duties of his office as herein outlined. The Manager need not
be a resident of the Township or of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
at the time of his appointment, but during the tenure of his office
he may reside outside the Township only with the approval of the Board
of Supervisors. If the Board of Supervisors fails within a reasonable
time, not to exceed 60 days after the appointment, to approve the
Manager's residence outside the Township, he must immediately become,
and during his tenure remain, a resident of the Township.
Before entering upon his duties, the 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 of $5,000,
conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties, the premium
for said bond to be paid by the Township.
The salary of the Township Manager shall be
fixed by resolution of the Board of Supervisors and may be changed
by resolution from time to time at the discretion of the Board of
Supervisors.
Other than for the purposes of inquiry, the
Board of Supervisors or any of its members or any of the Board of
Supervisor's committees or its members shall deal with the administrative
service solely through the Township Manager, and neither the Board
of Supervisors nor any of its members, nor any of the Board of Supervisor's
committees or its members, shall give orders, publicly or privately,
to any subordinate of the Manager.
During any absence of the Manager, the normal
operating functions of the Township shall be delegated to the appropriate
department heads in accordance with such table of organization as
established by the Board of Supervisors and in force at the time of
the disability or absence of the Manager. Duties of the Manager not
so specifically delegated shall be performed by the Board of Supervisors.