Board organization shall take place in accordance with the First
Class Township Code as follows:
A. Election of Board officers.
(1) The Board of Commissioners
organization meeting conducted at the start of each even-numbered
year shall be presided over by the Township Solicitor, Township Manager
or Township Secretary as President Pro Tem.
(2) The first item of business
shall be the swearing in of all newly elected Commissioners.
(3) The second item of business
shall be the election of a Board President. Upon completion of the
selection by a majority vote of the Board, the remainder of the meeting
shall be presided over by the new President.
(4) The Board shall then select
a Vice President by a majority vote of the Board.
(5) All officers shall serve at
the pleasure of the Board or until the next reorganization required
by the First Class Township Code.
B. Appointment of subject matter liaisons.
The President of the Board of Commissioners shall nominate each Commissioner
(including himself or herself), for appointment by a majority vote
of the Board, to serve as liaison to one of the following subject
matter areas of Township business:
(1) Administration, finance and
economic development;
(2) Parks and recreation, and arts;
(3) Planning, codes and public
works;
(5) Fire, emergency management
and ambulance.
C. Appointment of additional subject
matter liaisons. The President of the Board of Commissioners shall
nominate a Commissioner (which may be himself or herself), for appointment
by a majority vote of the Board, to serve as liaison to the following
additional subject matter areas of Township business:
(1) Muhlenberg Township Authority
(unless a Commissioner serves as an appointed member of the Authority
Board);
(2) Other subject matters as may
be found by the Board to require a liaison with the Board.
D. Appointment of Board representative
to Police Pension Committee and Non-Uniform Pension Committee. The
President of the Board of Commissioners shall nominate a Commissioner
(which may be himself or herself), for appointment by a majority vote
of the Board, to serve as Board representative to the Police Pension
Committee and Non-Uniform Pension Committee.