[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Lewistown 9-14-1981 by Ord. No. 81-6 (Ch. 1, Part 5E, of the 1986 Code).
Amendments noted where applicable.]
Pursuant to the authority of Act 108 of 1979 (which amended
§ 402.1 of the Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation Law[1]) and pursuant to the Borough Code,[2] there is hereby created and established for the Borough
of Lewistown an educational service agency which shall be known as
the "Educational Service Bureau of the Borough of Lewistown." The
exclusive function of the Educational Service Bureau and the purpose
for which it has been established shall be to appoint, employ and
supervise such school crossing guards (referred to as "special school
police" in the Borough Code) as may be necessary or desirable in providing
school crossing guard services on days when school is in session to
schools which are within the Borough of Lewistown and under the administrative
jurisdiction or operational control of the Mifflin County School District.
In order to carry out the function of the Educational Service
Bureau, there is hereby established and created an autonomous governing
board which shall be known as the "Board of the Educational Service
Bureau." The Board of the Educational Service Bureau shall be comprised
of three members: the President of the Borough Council, the Chairman
of the Finance and Budget Committee and the Borough Manager. The members
of the Board shall serve without compensation.
In order that the Educational Service Bureau may perform the
function for which it is established, the Borough Council hereby delegates
to the Board of the Educational Service Bureau the authority and powers
granted the Borough Council under the Borough Code.[1] In addition to but not in limitation of the powers set
forth in the Borough Code, the Board of the Educational Service Bureau
shall have the following powers, and it shall be the Board's
duty to:
A.
Prepare and submit an annual budget to the Borough Council for Councilmanic
review and approval and adopt that budget as approved or modified
by the Borough Council.
B.
Determine and administer such policies and procedures with respect
to the Bureau's income, expenses, finances, budget and organization
as the Board deems proper.
C.
Within and subject to the budget adopted by the Board, fix the compensation
and benefits to be paid to the Bureau's school crossing guards.
D.
Establish and oversee personnel policies, work procedures and work
programs for the Bureau's school crossing guards; make appropriate
rules and regulations governing the work and conduct of the Bureau's
school crossing guards; establish work schedules and work assignments
for the Bureau's school crossing guards; and transfer, assign
and reassign the Bureau's school crossing guards.
E.
When necessary, discharge, suspend or otherwise discipline the Bureau's
school crossing guards.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 8 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq.
[Amended 3-24-1986 by Ord. No. 86-2]
For the purpose of day-to-day administration, management and
supervisory control, and in order to afford the Board of the Educational
Service Bureau with day-to-day office personnel, supervisory personnel
and resource personnel, the day-to-day administration and management
of the Educational Service Bureau shall be under the control of the
Administration, Management and Financial Department of the Borough
of Lewistown, and the day-to-day direction and supervision of the
work assigned to and the duties to be performed by the Bureau's
school crossing guards shall be under the control of the Chief of
Police and the Mayor.
