[Ord. 503, 6/2/1980, § 1]
By authority vested in the Borough of Hamburg by Act of 1979,
No. 108, the Borough of Hamburg, Berks County, Pennsylvania, establishes
an Educational Service Agency.
[Ord. 503, 6/2/1980, § 2]
The Educational Service Agency shall be composed of three individuals,
each of whom shall be a resident of the Borough at least 18 years
of age who shall be appointed by the Borough Council for three overlapping
terms coinciding with the calendar year; provided, in the case of
the three individuals appointed at the time of establishment of the
Educational Service Agency, the term of one shall expire on January
1 of the first year after the establishment, the term of one shall
expire on January 1 of the second year after the establishment and
the term of the third member shall expire on January 1 of the third
year following establishment.
[Ord. 503, 6/2/1980, § 3]
No elected Borough or school district official shall be eligible
to appointment to or membership on the Educational Service Agency.
A vacancy shall occur in the educational service agency in the case
of any member who ceases to be a resident of the Borough or who otherwise
becomes disqualified for appointment or membership.
[Ord. 503, 6/2/1980, § 4]
Vacancies in the Educational Service Agency occurring for any
reason shall be filled by appointment by the Borough Council of a
successor to serve for the remainder of the term of the individual
being replaced.
[Ord. 503, 6/2/1980, § 5]
Members of the educational service agency shall receive such
compensation as shall be fixed, from time to time, by the Borough
Council.
[Ord. 503, 6/2/1980, § 6]
Each member of the Educational Service Agency may, at the discretion
of the Borough Council, be required to furnish a bond in the amount
and the surety specified by the Borough for the faithful performance
of his duties as a member of the Educational Service Agency.
[Ord. 503, 6/2/1980, § 7]
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 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.
[Ord. 503, 6/2/1980, § 8]
The agency shall have the following authority and it shall be
its duty to:
A. Prepare annually and on or before November 1 of each year submit
to the Borough Council for approval a budge showing its contemplated
income and its proposed expenditures for the succeeding year.
B. Annually adopt the budget as submitted under subsection (A) as modified
by the Borough.
C. From time to time employ and/or discharge and fix the compensation
of crossing guards or special school police to serve in the Borough.
D. Give notice to crossing guards or special school police who serve
within the Borough that their employment will terminate at the end
of each school year but that the said crossing guards or special school
police who perform their job satisfactorily according to the Educational
Service Agency shall be rehired at the end of the summer vacation.
E. Exercise supervision and control over the 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) establishing position classifications if deemed
necessary and designating the individuals to serve in each classification;
(4) providing for supervision as necessary; (5) exercising any and
all other prerogatives normally associated with personnel management.
F. From moneys budgeted and available, make all payments for the services
of crossing guards or special school police and make all other expenditures
as prescribed by law or superior body or agency or as otherwise deemed
necessary or appropriate.
G. Receive, in addition to payments by the Borough, any payments by
the school district or any other gift, grant, devise or bequest.
H. 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.
[Ord. 503, 6/2/1980, § 9]
The Borough shall transfer and pay over to the Educational Service
Agency the moneys that the Borough is required to pay as compensation
to the 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 § 608
of this Part.
[Ord. 503, 6/2/1980, § 10]
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 as adopted
by the legislature of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in accord with
the terms thereof.