[Ord. 02-102, 1/22/2002, § 1]
The office of Township Manager is hereby created by Cumberland
Township.
[Ord. 02-102, 1/22/2002, § 2]
The Township Manager shall be appointed for an indefinite term
by a majority of all members of the Board of Supervisors. The Manager
shall serve at the pleasure of the Board and may be removed, with
or without cause, at any time by a majority vote of all its members.
At least 30 days before such removal is to become effective, the Board
shall furnish the Manager with a written statement stating its intention
to remove him or her.
[Ord. 02-102, 1/22/2002, § 3]
1. The Township Manager shall be chosen solely on the basis of executive
and administrative abilities, with special reference to training and
experience in municipal management. During his or her tenure, the
Township Manager shall not hold any elective office.
2. A Bachelors Degree in Public Administration, Business Administration,
Civil Engineering or an equivalent degree and appropriate experience
shall be required.
3. The Manager need not be a resident of the Township at the time of
his or her appointment. However, within six months of his or her appointment
as Township Manager, the Township Manager shall reside within a 20
mile radius of the Cumberland Township municipal building.
[Ord. 02-102, 1/22/2002, § 4]
Before entering upon his duties, the Manager shall give a bond,
in the sum established annually pursuant to a resolution of the Board
of Supervisors, with a bonding company as surety, to be approved by
the Board of Supervisors, conditioned upon the faithful performance
of his duties, the premium for said bond to be paid by Cumberland
Township.
[Ord. 02-102, 1/22/2002, § 5]
The Board of Supervisors may enter into an employment agreement
with the Township Manager setting forth the terms and conditions of
the Township Manager's employment. The Manager's salary
shall be established by resolution of the Board of Supervisors at
the annual meeting or, if such Manager shall be appointed after the
annual meeting of the calendar year of initial appointment, at any
public meeting of the Supervisors.
[Ord. 02-102, 1/22/2002, § 6]
The Manager shall be the chief administrative officer of Cumberland
Township and shall be responsible to the Board of Supervisors as a
whole for the proper and efficient administration of the affairs of
Cumberland Township placed in his charge. The powers and duties for
administration of all Township business shall be vested in the Manager,
unless expressly imposed or conferred by statute or ordinance upon
other Township officers. The specific duties and powers of the Township
Manager shall be determined by a separate resolution adopted by the
Board of Supervisors.
[Ord. 02-102, 1/22/2002, § 7]
1. In the relationship between the Board of Supervisors and the Township
Manager, the Board of Supervisors shall act as a body in all its dealings
with the Manager. Individual members of the Board of Supervisors shall
refrain from interfering with the Manager or employees of the Township
in the performance of their duties, except for the purposes of inquiry.
Administrative matters shall be dealt with solely through the Township
Manager.
2. Nothing herein shall prevent the Board of Supervisors from establishing
a committee of its own to review the operations and legislative needs
of the Township departments or from assigning its members to liaison
relationships with boards, commissions and authorities.
[Ord. 02-102, 1/22/2002, § 8]
If the Township Manager becomes ill, disabled, or is absent
from the Township for any reason, a qualified person designated by
the Board of Supervisors shall perform the duties of the Manager during
the absence, illness or disability.