[Adopted 10-11-1954 by Ord. No. 446 (Ch. 21, Art. II, of the 1986 Code)]
The office of Assistant Secretary is hereby created and established,
subject to the right of the Borough at any time to abolish said office
by ordinance or resolution.
[Amended 4-21-2021 by Ord. No. 1032]
Council shall elect by vote of a majority of the members one
person to fill the office of Assistant Borough Secretary, who shall
serve until the first Monday of January of the even-numbered year
succeeding their election and until their successor is elected and
qualified. Thereafter the office shall be filled biennially. In the
case of a vacancy; Council shall, by a vote of a majority of members,
fill said office for the unexpired term. Council may at any time remove
the Assistant Secretary from office by a vote of a majority of members.
Said person elected to office shall be vested with all of the
duties, powers and authority of the Secretary as provided by law,
when the Secretary is absent from the Borough or unable to serve for
more than two weeks.
[Amended 9-8-1986 by Ord.
No. 761]
The salary of the Assistant Secretary shall be as provided for
by Council in the Salary Ordinance.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Salary provisions are on file in the office
of the Borough Secretary.
[Amended 9-8-1986 by Ord.
No. 761]
Before entering upon the duties of said office, the Assistant
Secretary shall give a bond to the Borough with a trust company or
bonding company as surety, to be approved by the Council, and at the
expense of the Borough, conditioned for the faithful performance of
the duties of the office.
