The Code of Chadds Ford Township is hereby amended so as to
create the office of Township Manager.
The Manager shall be appointed by a majority of the Board of
Supervisors. The Manager shall serve at the pleasure of the Board
of Supervisors, and he/she may be removed at any time by a majority
vote of the Board of Supervisors.
The Manager shall be chosen solely on the basis of executive
and administrative abilities, with special reference to the duties
of the office as herein outlined.
Before entering upon his/her duties, the Manager shall give
bond to the Township, with a bonding company as surety, to be approved
by the Board of Supervisors, conditioned upon the faithful performance
of the duties of the office, the premium for said bond to be paid
by the Township. The amount of said bond may be changed and determined
from time to time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors.
The salary of the Township Manager shall be fixed from time
to time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors.
Neither the Board of Supervisors nor its committees shall dictate
or influence or attempt to dictate or influence the suspension of
any person from municipal employment by the Manager, and no Township
employee, commission member, committee member, and/or volunteer shall
give orders, publicly or privately, to any subordinate of the Manager,
unless so directed by the Township Manager.
If the Manager becomes ill or needs to be absent from the Township,
the Manager shall designate one qualified member of the staff to perform
the duties of the Manager during the Manager's absence or disability.
The person so designated shall not perform these duties for a period
longer than two weeks without the approval of the Board of Supervisors.