The office of Borough Manager is hereby created
by the Borough of Bell Acres.
The Manager shall be appointed for an indefinite
term by a majority of all members of the Council. The Manager shall
serve at the pleasure of the Council, and he may be removed at any
time by a majority vote of all of its members.
The Manager shall be chosen solely on the basis
of executive and administrative abilities, with special reference
to the duties of the office as herein outlined. The Manager need not
be a resident of the Borough or of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
at the time of appointment, but, during the tenure of office, the
Manager may reside outside the Borough only with the approval of the
Council. If the Council fails, within 60 days after appointment, to
disapprove the Manager's residence outside the Borough, said residence
shall be deemed to be approved during the Manager's term.
Before entering upon the Manager's duties, the
Manager shall give a bond to the Borough, with a bonding company as
surety, to be approved by the Council, in the sum of $25,000, conditioned
upon the faithful performance of the Manager's duties, the premium
for said bond to be paid by the Borough.
The salary of the Borough Manager shall be fixed
from time to time by the Council.
The Mayor is hereby authorized to delegate to
the Borough Manager, subject to revocation by written notification
at any time, any of the Mayor's powers and duties permitted to be
delegated by the Borough Code.
Neither the Council, its members nor its committees
shall dictate or influence or attempt to dictate or influence the
hiring of any person to or his discharge from Borough employment by
the Manager, or in any manner take part in this hiring, suspending
or discharging of employees in the administrative service of the Borough,
except as required by the civil service provisions of the Borough
Code. Other than for the purposes of inquiry, the Council or any of
its members or any other Borough official or any of the Council's
committees or its members shall deal with the administrative service
solely through the Borough Manager, and neither the Council nor any
of its members shall give orders, publicly or privately, to any subordinate
of the Manager.
If the Manager becomes ill or needs to be absent
from the Borough, the Manager shall designate one qualified member
of the Manager's staff to perform the duties of the Manager during
the Manager's absence or disability. The person so designated shall
not perform these duties for a period longer than two weeks without
the approval of the Council.