[Ord. 610, 5/30/1980, § 1]
By authority vested in the boroughs of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
by the Act of 1979 P.L. 503 No. 108, the Borough of Beaver establishes
an Educational Service Agency.
[Ord. 610, 5/30/1980, § 2]
The Educational Service Agency shall be composed of three individuals;
each of whom shall be a resident of the Borough at least 18 years
of age, who shall be appointed by Council for three-year overlapping
terms, coinciding with the calendar year; provided, in the case of
the three individuals appointed at the time of establishment of the
Educational Service Agency, the term of one shall expire on the 1st
day of January 1981, the term of one shall expire on the 1st day of
January 1982, and the term of the third member shall expire on the
1st day of January 1983.
[Ord. 610, 5/30/1980, § 3]
No elected Borough or school district official shall be eligible
to appoint to or membership on the Educational Service Agency. A vacancy
shall occur in the Educational Service Agency in the case of any member
who ceases to be a resident of the Borough or who is otherwise disqualified
for appointment or membership.
[Ord. 610, 5/30/1980, § 4]
Vacancies in the Educational Service Agency occurring for any
reason shall be filled by appointment by Council of a successor to
serve for the remainder of the term of the individual being replaced.
[Ord. 610, 5/30/1980, § 5]
Members of the Educational Service Agency shall receive such
compensation as shall be fixed from time to time by Council.
[Ord. 610, 5/30/1980, § 6]
Each member of the Educational Service Agency may, at the discretion
of Council, be required to furnish a bond, in the amount and with
a surety specified by the Borough for the faithful performance of
his duties as a member of the Educational Service Agency.
[Ord. 610, 5/30/1980, § 7]
The function of the Educational Service Agency shall be to employ
and supervise school crossing guards, also referred to as special
school police, to direct traffic at or near schools. In order to enable
the Educational Service Agency to perform that function, the Borough
delegates to that agency the authority to appoint and supervise crossing
guards or special school police as set out in the Borough Code.
[Ord. 610, 5/30/1980, § 8]
1.
The Educational Service Agency shall have the following authority,
and it shall be its duty to:
A.
Prepare annually on or before the first day of November of each year
and submit to Council for approval a budget showing its contemplated
income and its proposed expenditures for the succeeding year.
B.
Annually adopt the budget as submitted under Subsection A of this section, as modified by the Borough.
C.
From time to time employ, and/or discharge, and fix the compensation
of crossing guards or special school police to serve in the Borough.
D.
Exercise supervision and control over the crossing guards or special
school police by:
(1)
Establishing, administering and enforcing rules and regulations
for the work and conduct of the crossing guards or special school
police.
(2)
Establishing work schedules and designating the locations where
and the time when the various individuals are to be on duty.
(3)
Establishing position classification, if deemed necessary, and
designating the individuals to serve in each classification.
(4)
Providing for supervision as necessary.
(5)
Exercising any and all other prerogatives normally associated
with personnel management.
E.
From monies budgeted and available, make all payments for the services
of crossing guards or special school police and make all other expenditures
as prescribed by law or superior body or agency, or as otherwise deemed
necessary or appropriate.
F.
Receive, in addition to payments by the Borough, any payments by
the school district or any other gift, grant, devise or bequest.
G.
Establish a system of accounts for all monies under its control,
and establish one or more separate bank accounts into which all income
shall be deposited and from which all expenditures shall be made.
[Ord. 610, 5/30/1980, § 9]
The Borough shall transfer and pay over to the Educational Service Agency the monies that the Borough is required to pay as compensation to special school police under the Borough Code, or other agreement executed with the school district, as provided in the Borough Code, as well as other monies as necessary to cover expenditures budgeted, for the Educational Service Agency as provided in § 1-328.
[Ord. 610, 5/30/1980, § 10]
The Educational Service Agency recognized and formally established
by this Part 3 shall continue until changed or abolished by action
of the Borough or until the suspension of the Act of 1979, P.L. No.
503, as adopted by the Legislature of the commonwealth, in accord
with the terms of that act.
