No Commissioner shall at the same time hold an elective or appointed
office under the United States Government, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
or any political subdivision of the commonwealth, except that one
member of the Commission may be a member of the West View Borough
Council and one may be a member of the teaching profession.
The Commission shall meet and organize on the first Monday of
February of each even-numbered year. The Commission shall elect one
of its members as the Chairperson, one as the Vice Chairperson and
one as the Secretary.
The Chairperson, or in his or her absence, the Vice Chairperson,
shall preside at all meetings and hearings of the Commission, decide
all points of order or procedure and perform any other duties required
by law or these rules. He may be aided in these duties by a solicitor
to the Commission. Any such solicitor or legal counsel must have an
active license to practice law in Pennsylvania and cannot also function
as the Borough Solicitor or be affiliated with the law firm of the
Borough Solicitor.
The Secretary shall carry on at the direction of the Commission
all official correspondence of the Commission, send out all notices
required by law and these rules and regulations, keep a record of
each examination or other official action of the Commission, and perform
all other duties required by law, by these rules and by the Commission.
Except for the biennial organizational meeting, all nonjudicial
meetings of the Commission shall be held either at the call of the
Chairperson or at the call of two members of the Commission. Unless
all members shall waive the requirement, a minimum of 24 hours' written
notice of each meeting shall be given to each Commissioner by the
Secretary. Any official actions and any deliberations by a quorum
(i.e., at least two members) of the Commission shall take place in
a meeting open to the public unless closed pursuant to 65 Pa.C.S.A. § 708.
The order of business of all nonjudicial meetings of the Commission
shall be as follows:
B. Approval/disapproval of the minutes of the previous meeting;
E. Communications and reports.
The Commission shall have the power to prescribe, enforce and
amend the rules and regulations governing the conduct of its activities.
Before any changes to these rules or regulations become effective,
those changes must be approved by Borough Council. These rules and
regulations and any modifications or amendments thereto, shall be
made available to the public for distribution or inspection.
The Borough Council shall furnish the Commission with such supplies
and clerical assistance as may be necessary for the Commission to
fulfill its duties. The Borough Council shall provide a suitable and
convenient room for use of the Commission. In addition, the Commission
may retain counsel, and any other consultants or experts, including
physicians and psychologists/psychiatrists, as are necessary. The
elected and appointed officials for the Borough shall assist the Commission
with all reasonable and appropriate efforts including compensation
for any counsel or experts retained by the Commission.
The Commission shall have the power to make investigations concerning
all matters relating to its scope of business as defined by 53 P.S.
§§ 46171 through 46195 and to the administration and
enforcement of these rules and regulations to the extent authorized
by the Borough Code. The Chairperson of the Commission is authorized
to administer oaths and affirmations in connection with such investigations.
The Commission shall make an annual report to Borough Council
containing a brief summary of its work during the year and a full
accounting of any expenditure of public monies. The annual report
shall be available for public inspection.