The Mayor shall preside at all ceremonial occasions. He shall
have such authority and perform such duties as are assigned to him
under this Charter and shall have such further authority as may from
time to time be delegated to him by ordinance.
The Mayor shall be a citizen of the United States, shall have
been a resident of the Borough for at least one (1) year prior to
the date of the primary election in which he is a candidate, shall
be a registered elector of the Borough at the time of his candidacy
and during his term, and shall be at least twenty-five (25) years
of age when elected or appointed to office.
The Mayor shall not hold any other compensated Borough office
or be employed by the Borough or act as a paid consultant to the Borough,
either during his term of office or until after the expiration of
his term of office, if for any reason he does not complete said term.
The Mayor shall be elected by the qualified electors of the
Borough at large for a term of four (4) years, commencing at 8:00
p.m. on the first Monday of January following the year in which he
is elected and ending when his successor is certified and assumes
office, except that a Mayor appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve
only for the balance of the unexpired term.
The Mayor, prior to assuming office, shall take and shall sign
an oath of office as shall from time to time be prescribed by the
laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Such oath may be taken and
signed before any judge, district magistrate or notary public of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and no person shall be permitted to
assume such office until the oath, in written form, is filed with
the Borough.
[Amended 4-29-1991 by Ord. No. 1193]
A. The Mayor may receive a salary at the rate of forty-two hundred dollars
($4,200.00) per annum, or such other sum as the Council shall from
time to time establish by ordinance, except that at no time shall
the salary of the Mayor be less than the salary received by the President
of Council. No ordinance increasing or decreasing salary shall become
effective for at least four (4) years after the effective date of
this Charter. Any ordinance increasing or decreasing salary shall
be adopted at least six (6) months prior to a municipal election and
shall not become effective before the commencement of terms of the
members of Council elected.
B. The Mayor shall receive no other compensation, direct or indirect, for the performance of his duties; he shall receive no pensions, insurance or other forms of fringe benefits. However, he shall be entitled to the actual expenses incurred in the performance of his duties and shall be entitled to indemnification as provided in Section 1202 of Article
XII of this Charter.