This Charter shall, upon approval by referendum
in the manner provided by the Home Rule Charter and Optional Plans
Law, as amended, become effective as of January 1, 1994, and the Borough
government shall operate under the terms and provisions hereof from
and after said date.
The initial Council Districts of the Borough
shall be the seven wards whose boundaries were established by the
Chester County Court of Common Pleas in 1987 (36 Ches.Co.Rep. 23 [1988]).
These seven districts will remain in effect under this Charter.
Members of Council and other Borough officials
in office on the day before this Charter becomes effective shall continue
in office for the remainder of the terms to which they were elected
on the effective date of this Charter, and they will assume the functions
and duties of Members of Council and other Borough officials as set
forth in this Charter.
The elected office of Tax Collector is abolished
and the Treasurer of the Borough shall serve as the tax collector.
Nothing in this Charter, except as otherwise
specifically provided, shall affect or impair the rights and privileges
of persons who are officers and employees of the Borough at the time
of adoption of this Charter. An employee holding a position in the
Borough government at the time this Charter takes effect and who was
serving in the same or similar position at the time of the adoption
of this Charter, shall not be subject to competitive tests as a condition
of continuation in the same or similar position, but in all other
respects shall be subject to the provisions of the applicable General
Law of the Commonwealth.
The Borough of West Chester Police Pension Plan
(the "Plan") shall conform to Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Act 600,
with the exception that benefits in excess of those allowed by Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania Act 600 may be granted only if the cost of such benefits
can be funded by Plan member contributions, by Plan surplus and/or
by municipal pension aid provided by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
and there is no municipal contribution to the Plan required to be
made by the Borough of West Chester, either at implementation or after
audit. [Amended 7-15-1998 by Ord. No. 9-1998]
All actions and proceedings of a legislative,
executive or judicial character which are pending upon effective date
of this Charter shall be maintained, carried on or dealt with by the
Borough officer, department or agency appropriate under this Charter.