[Adopted 5-19-2016 by Ord. No. 160]
Pursuant to Section 1301 of the Second Class Township Code,
53 P.S. § 66301, as amended, the office of Township Manager
is hereby created, subject to the right of the Township, by ordinance,
at any time to abolish such office.
The Township Manager shall be appointed for an indefinite term
by a majority of all the members of the Board of Supervisors. The
Township Manager serves at the pleasure of the Board of Supervisors,
subject to contractual rights that may arise under an employment agreement
entered into in accordance with Section 1301 of the Second Class Township
Code, 53 P.S. § 66301, as amended. The Township Manager
may be removed at any time by a majority vote of the Board of Supervisors.
The Township Manager shall be chosen solely on the basis of
his/her executive and administrative qualifications, with special
reference to his/her actual experience in or his/her knowledge of
accepted practices in respect to the duties of the office as herein
outlined.
Before entering upon his/her duties, the Township Manager shall
give a bond, with a bonding company as surety, in an amount as amended
from time to time by resolution, conditioned for the faithful performance
of his/her duties, the premium for said bond to be paid for by the
Township. The bond of the Township Manager may be included in, and
the Township Manager may be bonded under and covered by, the blanket
bond now in force and effect for all Township employees, as amended
from time to time by resolution.
The Township Manager shall receive compensation as shall be
fixed from time to time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors.