The Borough Manager shall be the Chief Operating Officer (or
Chief Administrative Officer) of the Borough and shall have those
powers and duties prescribed by law, the Charter and by ordinance,
including the power and duty to:
A. Authorize a department head or other officer responsible to the Borough
Manager to appoint and remove subordinates serving under that department
head or officer.
B. Designate an officer or employee to perform the duties of any office
or position in the administrative service under the control of the
Borough Manager which is vacant or which lacks administration due
to the absence or disability of the incumbent.
C. Prescribe such rules and regulations as shall be deemed necessary
or expedient for the conduct and operation of administrative departments
and to revoke, suspend or amend any rule or regulation of the administrative
service by whomever prescribed, unless contained in an ordinance or
resolution adopted by the Council.
D. Investigate or inquire, either personally or through a person designated
by the Borough Manager, into the operations of any department and,
subject to the approval and authorization of the Council, to employ
consultants and professional counsel to aid in such investigations
or inquiries.
E. Overrule or set aside any action taken by a department head and to
assume the duties of that department.
F. Establish committees within the administrative service and to appoint
officers and employees as shall be necessary for the purpose of considering
and resolving administrative problems.
G. Assign any employee of the administrative service to any department
requiring the services of that employee; provided, however, that such
assignment is appropriate to and consistent with the personnel system's
classification of the employee and applicable personnel rule and regulations.
H. Appoint, within the limits of the annual budget, administrative and
secretarial personnel to assist in the performance of the duties of
the office.
I. Authorize payments of Borough monies through electronic funds transfers
for the payments of Borough expenditures. In the event that the Borough
Manager is unavailable, such transfers may be authorized by the Mayor
or a designated member of Borough Council.
[Added 8-12-2019 by Ord. No. 1432]