[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Northampton 7-10-1980 by Ord. No. 934 (Ch. 1, Part 6, of the
1993 Code of Ordinances). Amendments noted where applicable.]
There hereby is established an Educational Service Agency in
the Borough of Northampton.
The Educational Service Agency shall be composed of the Borough
Manager, the Police Chief and the Borough Treasurer. Provided, that
the three individuals who are appointed at the time of the establishment
of the Educational Service Agency, that one term shall expire on the
first day of January of the first year after the establishment of
the Agency, that the term of one member shall expire on the first
day of January after the second year of the establishment of the Agency,
and that the term of one member shall expire on the first day of January
after the third year of the establishment of the Agency. All subsequent
appointments shall be for three-year terms coinciding with the calendar
year.
No elected Borough or school district official shall be eligible
for appointment or membership on the Educational Service Agency.
The members of the Educational Service Agency shall not receive
any additional compensation for serving on this Agency other than
their regular rate of pay as fixed from time to time by Borough Council.
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 and/or near schools. In order to enable
the Educational Service Agency to perform that function, the Borough
delegates to the Educational Service Agency the authority to appoint
and supervise crossing guards or special school police as set out
in the Borough Code.
The Educational Service Agency shall have the following authority
and duties:
A.
Submit a recommendation to Borough Council each year on the amount
of revenue needed for the employment of school crossing guards (this
can be included in the annual budget submitted by the Borough Manager);
employ and/or discharge crossing guards or special school police to
serve in the Borough.
B.
Exercise supervision and control over 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)
Providing the supervision as necessary;
(4)
Exercising any and all other prerogatives normally associated with
personnel management.
C.
Make all payments for the services of school crossing guards or special
school police and make all other expenditures as prescribed by law.
These payments can be made through the regular accounting procedure
of the Borough.
D.
Receive, in addition to payments by the Borough, any payments by
the school district or any other gift, grant, devise, or bequest.
E.
Establish a system of accounts for all moneys 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 Agency can use the regular accounting procedures and accounts
within the general fund if they so desire.
The Borough shall transfer and pay over to the Educational Service Agency the moneys that the Borough is required to pay as compensation to special school police under the Borough Code, or other agreement executed with the School District, as provided in the Borough Code, as well as other moneys as necessary to cover expenditures budgeted, for the Educational Service Agency as provided in § 15-8 in this article. If the Agency so desires, the accounts can be set up as part of the regular budget accounts in the general fund.
The Educational Service Agency hereby recognized and formally
established shall continue until changed or abolished by action of
the Borough or until the suspension of Act 108 of 1979[1] as adopted by the legislature of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
in accord with the terms thereof.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 43 P.S. § 802.1.
