The Council may by ordinance create Township departments, offices, boards, and commissions and prescribe their organization and function. The Council shall, by a majority vote of all Council Members, appoint members of such boards and commissions that it creates.
The Council shall adopt by ordinance an Administrative Code which shall provide for administrative procedures not specifically enumerated in this Charter or general law. This Code shall include, but not be limited to, the following topics:
A. 
Purchasing procedures.
B. 
Borrowing procedures.
C. 
Classification of accounts.
D. 
Tax collection procedures.
E. 
Personnel practices.
The personnel practices section of the Administrative Code shall specify that all appointments and promotions of Township officers and employees shall be made solely on the basis of merit and fitness demonstrated by examination or other evidence of competence. The Township Manager shall be responsible for the administration of the personnel practices of the Township. The personnel practices section, as a minimum, shall provide for:
A. 
The classification of all Township positions, based on the duties, authority and responsibility of each position, with adequate provision for reclassification of any position whenever warranted by changed circumstances.
B. 
Methods for determining the merit and fitness of candidates for appointment or promotion.
C. 
Policies regulating disciplinary action, grievance procedures, reduction in force, and removal of employees.
A. 
The Council shall appoint to serve at its pleasure a Township Solicitor on the first meeting in January or as soon thereafter as practicable and fix the compensation. He shall be a member of the Bar of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and experienced in municipal law.
B. 
It shall be the duty of the Township Solicitor to:
(1) 
Serve as the legal advisor to the Council, the Manager, and other Township officers, departments, and agencies. It is the intent of this Charter that only one person shall be the legal adviser of the Township, but the Council may authorize temporary assistants for special purposes from time to time.
(2) 
Represent the Township in legal proceedings or hearings.
(3) 
Perform any other duties prescribed by this Charter or by ordinance or general law, or as directed by the Council.
A. 
The Manager shall appoint a Pennsylvania registered professional engineer, or engineering firm, to carry out the duties of Township Engineer as needed. The compensation is to be fixed by the Council.
B. 
The Township Engineer, under the direction and supervision of the Manager, shall supervise all engineering and other matters of the Township as specified in this Charter or by ordinance.