[Amended 11-3-1987 by Ord. No. 1464; 4-9-1990 by Ord. No. 1510]
The elected officers of the municipality shall be a Council
comprising seven members elected at large, one of whom shall be elected
by the voters as Mayor. The Mayor shall be the presiding officer of
Council.
All elected officers shall have been residents of the municipality
for at least one continuous year prior to the date of their election
and shall be registered voters of the municipality.
The regular election of all elected officers shall be held on
the municipal election day as established from time to time by the
laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, commencing in the year 1977.
[Amended 11-3-1987 by Ord. No. 1464; 4-9-1990 by Ord. No. 1510]
In 1989 municipal elections, a Mayor and three Council members
shall be elected for four-year terms and three Council members shall
be elected for two-year terms, the latter to be those candidates receiving
the fourth, fifth and sixth largest pluralities; and in the 1991 municipal
elections, three Council members shall be elected for four-year terms;
and continuing in such manner that three Council members be elected
at each municipal election and a Mayor at every other municipal election,
all to serve four-year terms.
Every elected officer, prior to assuming office, shall take
and sign an oath or affirmation to support the United States of America
and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and to perform the duties of
the office with fidelity. The oath or affirmation may be taken and
signed before any judge or district justice of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania. No person shall be permitted to assume such office until
the oath, in written form, has been filed with the municipality.
The Council shall be the judge of the qualifications of its
members and of the grounds for forfeiture of their office. A member
charged with conduct constituting grounds for forfeiture of the office
shall be entitled to a public hearing upon request within 10 days,
and notice of such hearing shall be published in one or more newspapers
of general circulation in the municipality at least one week in advance
of the hearing. Decisions made by Council under this section shall
be subject to review by the courts in accordance with existing law.
No elected officer shall hold any other compensated municipal
office or municipal employment during the term for which he is elected.
No former elected or appointed officer shall hold any other compensated
appointive municipal office or municipal employment, nor shall he
act as a paid consultant to the municipality until after the expiration
of the term for which he was elected, or until one year after his
resignation from an appointive office.
Each elected officer shall receive compensation, which shall
be determined from time to time by Council, provided each member of
Council shall receive compensation of not less than $100 per month,
except that the Mayor shall receive compensation of not less than
$150 per month. Such compensation, or any change therein, shall not
become applicable to any incumbent officer until the commencement
of a new term of office.