[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the Township of Bethlehem 6-9-1980 by Ord. No. 5-80 (Ch. 1, Part 2B, of the
1988 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
By authority vested in Townships by the Act
of 1979, P.L. 503, No. 108,[1] the Township of Bethlehem establishes an Educational Service
Agency.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 43 P.S. § 802.1.
The Educational Service Agency shall be composed
of three individuals, each of whom shall be a resident of the Township,
at least 18 years of age, who shall be appointed by the Board of Commissioners
for three-year overlapping terms, coinciding with the calendar year.
Provided, in the case of the three individuals appointed at the time
of establishment of the Educational Service Agency, the term of one
shall expire on the first day of January of the first year after the
establishment, the term of one shall expire on the first day of January
of the second year after the establishment, and the term of the third
member shall expire on the first day of January of the third year
following establishment.
No elected Township or school district official
shall be eligible for appointment to or membership in the Educational
Service Agency. A vacancy shall occur in the Educational Service Agency
in the case of any member who ceases to be a resident of the Township,
or who otherwise becomes disqualified for appointment or membership.
Vacancies in the Educational Service Agency
occurring for any reason shall be filled by appointment by the Board
of Commissioners of a successor to serve for the remainder of the
term of the individual being replaced.
Members of the Educational Service Agency shall
receive such compensation as shall be fixed from time to time by the
Board of Commissioners.
Each member of the Educational Service Agency
may, at the discretion of the Board of Commissioners be required to
furnish a bond, in the amount and with the surety specified by the
Township for the faithful performance of his duties as a member of
the Educational Service Agency.
The function of the Educational Service Agency
shall be to employ and supervise school crossing guards, also referred
to as special school police, to direct traffic at or near schools.
In order to enable the educational service agency to perform that
function, the Township delegates to the Educational Service Agency
the authority to appoint and supervise crossing guards or special
school police as set out in the First Class Township Code.
The Educational Service Agency shall have the
following authority, and it shall be its duty to:
A.
Prepare annually and, on or before the first day of
November of each year, submit to the Board of Commissioners for approval
a budget showing its contemplated income and its proposed expenditures
for the succeeding year.
B.
Annually adopt the budget as submitted under Subsection A of this section, as modified by the Township.
C.
From time to time employ, and/or discharge, and fix
the compensation of crossing guards or special school police to serve
in the Township.
D.
Exercise supervision and control over the crossing
guards or special school police by:
(1)
Establishing, administering and enforcing rules and
regulations for the work and conduct of the crossing guards or special
school police;
(2)
Establishing work schedules and designating the locations
where and the time when the various individuals are to be on duty;
(3)
Establishing position classifications if deemed necessary,
and designating the individuals to serve in each classification;
(4)
Providing for supervision as necessary;
(5)
Exercising any and all other prerogatives normally
associated with personnel management.
E.
From moneys budgeted and available, make all payments
for the services of crossing guards or special school police and make
all other expenditures as prescribed by law or superior body or agency,
or as otherwise deemed necessary or appropriate.
F.
Receive, in addition to payments by the Township,
any payments by the school district or any other gift, grant, devise
or bequest.
G.
Establish a system of accounts for all money under
its control, and establish one or more separate bank accounts into
which all income shall be deposited and from which all expenditures
shall be made.
The Township shall transfer and pay over to the Educational Service Agency the moneys that the Township is required to pay as compensation to special school police under the First Class Township Code, or other agreement executed with the school district, as provided in the First Class Township Code, as well as other moneys as necessary to cover expenditures budgeted, for the Educational Service Agency as provided in § 25-8 of this chapter.
The Educational Service Agency hereby recognized
and formally established shall continue until changed or abolished
by action of the Township or until the suspension of Act 108 of 1979
as adopted by the legislature of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
in accord with the terms thereof.
