[Ord. 97-O-1, 1/6/1997, § I]
Each Supervisor of Newtown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania,
duly elected for appointed to serve after January 1, 1998, shall receive
as compensation the maximum amount established by the Second Class
Township Code, Act of May 1, 1933, P.L. 103, No. 69, as reenacted
and amended November 9, 1995, P.L. 350, No. 60, as amended.
[Ord. 97-O-1, 1/6/1997, § I]
The compensation established by § 901 of this Part
9A shall be payable on a quarterly basis.
[Res. 2001-R-5, 1/2/2001; as amended by Res. 2004-R-6, 1/14/2004]
1. The compensation of the elected tax collector of Newtown Township,
commencing on January 1, 2002, shall be composed of the following:
A. Annual Salary. Twenty-seven thousand dollars is the full and complete
annual salary of the elected tax collector and includes payments for
mailing all the tax bills of the Township whether normal, past year
or present year interim, past due or special. At the Township's sole
discretion, the annual salary may be paid in one lump sum at the time
the elected tax collector certifies the normal bills have been mailed,
or one 26th of the annual salary may be paid each pay period along
with the normal Township payroll, beginning with the first payroll
of 2002.
B. Retirement Contribution. The Township shall match, dollar for dollar,
the Tax Collector's contribution to the Township's 457 deferred compensation
program up to a maximum annual payment of 5% of the annual salary.
C. Office Expenses. The Township shall pay for office expenses as authorized
by law and budgeted in the 01.403 account of the annual budget. The
elected tax collector shall seek the lowest cost items but not limited
to data processing fees, forms, printing, books, blanks, report forms
and postage. The elected tax collector shall work with the taxing
entities to maximize cost sharing and quantity discounts.
D. Earned Income Tax. The elected tax collector shall have no responsibility
to collect the earned income tax imposed by the Township and shall
receive no income from the Township for such collections. Nothing
in this section limits the elected tax collector from contracting
services privately with the Township's appointed earned income tax
collector.
2. The fees for other tax collection services are hereby established
to be effective January 3, 2001. The Board hereby reserves the right
to amend these fees as conditions warrant.
A. Tax Certification Fee: $35 fee.
C. Returned check fee for any check not cleared by the financial institution
the check is drawn on $25 fee.
3. Effective January 3, 2001, and thereafter, whenever the balance in
the elected tax collector's funds collected for Township is in excess
of $2,500, the elected tax collector shall immediately electronically
transfer said funds to such account as may be designated by the Township
Finance Director.