Pursuant to the authority granted to Borough Council by the
Borough Code, as it may be amended, supplemented and superseded from
time to time, the appointive office of Borough Manager of the Borough
of Lewistown is created. Pursuant to the same authority, Borough Council
reserves the right to abolish the office of Borough Manager at any
time by ordinance.
From time to time as the occasion may warrant or require, and
whenever there is a vacancy in the office of Borough Manager, Council
shall appoint, by a majority vote of all of the Borough Council then
in office, one individual to the office of Borough Manager. The Borough
Manager shall serve for an indefinite term at the pleasure of Council,
and the Borough Manager may be removed by Council at any time, either
for cause or for no cause, by a majority vote of the Borough Council
then in office.
[Amended 8-12-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-4]
The individual appointed as Borough Manager shall be chosen
on the basis of his or her executive and administrative abilities,
with special reference to his or her actual experience in or his or
her knowledge of the accepted practices as respects the duties of
the office of Borough Manager as set forth in this chapter. The Borough
Manager need not be a resident of the Borough or of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania at the time of appointment, but within one year after
appointment shall become and shall, during his or her tenure, remain
a resident of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, and shall engage in no
outside activity which requires that he or she is regularly or consistently
absent from the area for long or extended periods of time. The individual
appointed as the Borough Manager shall be a citizen of the United
States; shall be 21 years of age or older; and shall possess such
technical skills, managerial skills, executive ability, leadership
ability, training or education, experience, and the like as the Borough
Council may deem necessary or appropriate.
The salary, salary pay periods, holidays, vacation days, sick
leave and other employee benefits of the Borough Manager shall be
those fixed by Borough Council by its Position Classifications, Salaries,
Wages and Benefits Resolution or by other similar resolution or policy
adopted by resolution from time to time by Borough Council.
In the event of an emergency involving an immediate threat to the health or safety of the public or an employee of the Borough, or involving an immediate threat to Borough property or other public property or property adjacent to either, or involving a clear and present threat of economic detriment or financial liability or loss to the Borough, the Borough Manager shall have the power to take such actions and incur such costs as he/she may determine are necessary to abate, mitigate or otherwise address the emergency, irrespective of anything in §
30-6 or
30-7 to the contrary, so long as he or she acts in accordance with the Borough Code and applicable law.
[Added 10-12-2015 by Ord.
No. 2015-8]
It is the intent of a Council/Manager form of government, and
it is the intent of the Borough Council of the Borough of Lewistown,
that Council act as a body in all administrative matters except those
of a ministerial nature performed by the President, or as otherwise
directed by ordinance or by Council as a whole body. As such, it is
contrary to that intent for individual members of Council or committees
of Council, without such authorization by Council as a body, to interfere
with the day-to-day business of the Borough, to interfere in the performance
of duties of the Manager and/or department heads, or to interfere
in the performance of duties of subordinates of the Manager, or give
orders, publicly or privately, to any subordinate of the Manager.
The Manager is appointed by Borough Council acting as a body and operates
under the directions and official actions of the entire Council. Except
for purposes of obtaining information, Council members and committees
shall deal with administrative matters solely through the Manager.