Surety bonds required for Borough officials and employees shall
be executed by a corporate surety authorized to do business in the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and shall be conditioned upon the principal's
honest and careful performance of his particular duties; shall provide
that the acts and omissions of the agents or employees of the principal,
or of such persons as he shall knowingly permit to represent themselves
as acting for him, shall be deemed to be the acts or omissions of
the principal and shall be within the protection of the bond to the
same extent as if they were in fact the personal acts or omissions
of the principal; and shall be in compliance with the laws of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The amounts of the bonds for officials and employees of the
Borough of Chalfont shall be determined by resolution of the Borough
Council. The cost of such bonds shall be borne by the Borough.
The Borough shall maintain the following insurance coverage
in amounts deemed reasonable and prudent:
A. Catastrophic liability insurance.
B. Comprehensive business liability and damage insurance.
C. False arrest liability insurance.
D. Workmen's compensation liability insurance.
E. Public officials liability insurance.
Notwithstanding any other provisions within this chapter, public
elective and appointive officials shall be indemnified from personal
liability for any act or omission in the performance of their lawful
duties on behalf of the Borough.
Any officer or employee of the Borough who is or may be required
to give bond to the Borough, conditioned for the faithful performance
of his duties, except such officers and employees who are required
by law to give individual bonds, may be covered by a public employees
blanket bond, the amount and coverage thereof to be determined by
the Mayor.