The Township Manager shall be appointed and may be removed in
accordance with the Charter. The Manager shall receive compensation
as provided by ordinance, payable as other municipal salaries are
paid, unless and until otherwise provided by ordinance. The Manager
may designate a qualified administrative officer of the municipality
to perform the duties of Manager during any temporary absence or disability.
In the event of the failure of the Manager to make such designation,
the Council may by resolution appoint an administrative officer of
the municipality to perform the duties of the Manager during such
absence or disability until the Manager shall return or the disability
shall cease.
The Manager shall be the chief executive and administrative
officer of the municipality. The Manager shall see that all ordinances,
resolutions and policies of the Council and all state laws subject
to enforcement by municipal action are faithfully enforced and executed.
The Manager shall:
A. Represent the municipality and assert its proper interests in relation
to the state and other political subdivisions and with respect to
municipal contracts and franchises.
B. Attend all meetings of the Council with the right to take part in
the discussions, but without the right to vote.
C. Keep the Council advised of the financial condition of the municipality,
make reports to the Council as requested by it, and at least once
a year make an annual report on the administration of the municipal
government for the benefit of the Council and the public.
D. Study the governmental and administrative operations and needs of
the municipal government and prepare and recommend to the Council
necessary and desirable plans and programs to meet present and foreseeable
needs.
E. Investigate at any time the affairs of any officer or department
of the municipality.
F. Perform such other duties as may be required of the Township Manager
by ordinance or resolution of the Township Council.
Except where otherwise expressly required by the Charter or
general law, department heads and subordinate officers and employees
subject to appointment by the Manager shall be appointed for an indefinite
term, subject to suspension or removal by the Manager.
The head of a department, subject to the Charter and Administrative
Code and the approval or direction of the Manager, shall:
A. Prescribe the internal organization of the work of the department.
B. Direct and supervise the subordinate officers and employees of the
department and make, alter and enforce individual work assignments.
C. Approve and disapprove payrolls, bills and claims chargeable to the
departmental appropriations.
D. Maintain records of work performance and unit costs thereof as may
be approved or required by the Manager.
E. Provide information and reports on the work of the department as
may from time to time be required by the Manager.
F. Exercise such other powers of administrative supervision and direction
as the Manager may delegate.
All materials, supplies and equipment, work and labor under
contract required by any department, office or agency of the municipality
shall be purchased by, or under the direction of, the Manager.
A. Purchasing agent. The Manager may designate an administrative officer
of the municipality to serve as purchasing agent.
B. Purchase controls. Purchases shall be authorized only upon requisition
of a department head, which shall be made to the Manager at such time
and in such form as the Manager may prescribe or approve. All purchases
made and contracts awarded for any supplies, materials or equipment
or contractual services shall be pursuant to a written requisition
from the head of the department against which the appropriation will
be charged and the certification of the Treasurer that a sufficient
balance of appropriation is available to pay therefor. All such purchase
contracts shall conform with applicable requirements of state statutes
for competitive bidding. Except as the Manager may specifically authorize
in case of emergency, no purchase shall be made and no bill, claim
or voucher shall be approved unless the procedures prescribed by or
pursuant to the Administrative Code have been followed. The Manager
may, in cases where competitive bidding is not required, submit a
proposed purchase to competitive bidding, open the bids obtained,
and award contracts.
C. Award of contracts; execution. Where contracts are by law required
to be let to competitive public bidding, the Council may, upon recommendation
of the Manager with respect to all contracts other than contracts
the specifications for which have been prepared by the Township Engineer,
and upon recommendation of the Township Engineer with respect to such
contracts, let the contract in the manner prescribed by law. The Mayor,
or in the event of the inability of the Mayor to act, such Council
member as the Council shall designate to act as Mayor, shall execute
and sign contracts let and authorized, pursuant to the Charter and
ordinances, and their respective signatures shall be attested by the
Clerk.
D. Standards and tests. The purchasing agent shall establish and approve
uniform standards for requisitions and purchases; shall control the
delivery of all supplies, materials and equipment and other items
purchased; and shall make or cause to be made proper test checks and
inspections thereof. The purchasing agent shall ascertain whether
the supplies, materials, equipment and other items purchased comply
with the specifications and shall cause laboratory or other tests
to be made whenever, in the purchasing agent's opinion, it is necessary
to determine whether the materials or supplies furnished are of the
quality and standard required and shall accept or reject the deliveries
in accordance with the results of the inspection.
E. Storerooms. The purchasing agent shall control any general storerooms
or stock rooms which the Council may authorize and may make transfers
of supplies, material and equipment between departments, officers
and agencies; sell surplus, obsolete, unused or waste supplies, material
and equipment; and make any other sales authorized by the Council.