The Mayor shall be the chief executive officer of the Township and shall have those powers and duties prescribed by law, ordinance and The Home Rule Charter (Charter Article IV, The Mayor).
[Added 7-5-1979 by Ord.
No. 2561]
A.
Submission
of the Mayor's budget and budget message to Council shall take place
at least 90 days prior to the start of the fiscal year. The Council
shall hold two public hearings on the contents of the Mayor's budget
prior to adoption of the budget. The public hearings on the budget
shall be held separately and apart from the regularly scheduled meetings
of the Township Council.
B.
The
Mayor's budget shall be organized by line items and shall include
detailed personnel requirements and the proposed expenditures for
these requirements.
C.
At
any time during the fiscal year, the Mayor may transfer part or all
of any unencumbered appropriation balance among programs within a
department, office or agency in accordance with the provisions of
The Home Rule Charter; however, said transfer shall be reported to
the Township Council within 10 days of the date said transfer became
effective.
D.
All
deeds, contracts and other agreements to which the Township is a party
shall be executed by the Mayor in accordance with the provisions of
The Home Rule Charter; however, any labor agreement with a collective
bargaining unit shall become effective only upon approval of Council.
E.
The
Mayor shall submit to Council, on a monthly basis, a list of all bills
and invoices paid by the Township during the preceding monthly period.
F.
The
Mayor shall expend funds for capital improvements in accordance with
the requirements of the capital budget. Any changes or amendments
to said budget shall become effective only upon approval of a majority
of the members of the Township Council.
G.
The
Mayor shall present or cause to be presented to the Township Council
a quarterly summary of the Township's financial affairs. Said summary
shall include a statement of both income and expenditures for the
year to date and shall be presented at public meetings of the Township
Council.
H.
Except as
otherwise provided by law, the Mayor shall have the ability to appoint
and remove members of all Township authorities, boards, and commissions,
with or without cause, subject to Council approval. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the trustees of the Township's pension plans or trust
funds may not be removed without Orphan's Court approval, to the extent
required by Pennsylvania's Probate, Estates and Fiduciaries Code,
and the commissioners of the Township's Civil Service Commission may
not be removed, without cause, prior to the expiration of their staggered
terms.
[Added 2-19-2020 by Ord.
No. 3065; amended 12-9-2020 by Ord. No. 3085]
