[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township
of Robinson 9-12-2011 by Ord. No.
3-2011. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
The Township Manager shall be appointed by majority vote of the Board
of Supervisors of Robinson Township for an indefinite term, as provided
by law. The Township Manager shall serve 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 Pennsylvania Second Class Township Code, 53 P.S. § 66301,
as amended. The Township Manager may be removed at any time by majority
vote of the Board of Supervisors.
B.
Before taking office, and each year thereafter, the Township Manager
shall furnish a fidelity bond in an amount set from time to time by
resolution of the Board of Supervisors, conditioned upon the faithful
performance of his/her duties, with a corporation licensed to do business
in the state as surety. The cost of such bond shall be paid from the
general revenue of the Township, and the surety must be acceptable
to the Board of Supervisors.
A.
The Township Manager shall be the chief administrative officer of
the Township and shall have and exercise all powers and duties assigned
to him/her by the Board of Supervisors. He/she shall be charged with
the enforcement of all laws and ordinances within the Township insofar
as their enforcement is within the power of the Township and has not
been delegated by ordinance or resolution to other employees. The
Township Manager's power and duties shall extend to the general
management of all Township business not expressly by statute or ordinance
imposed or conferred upon other Township officers or employees.
B.
The Township Manager shall attend all meetings of the Board of Supervisors
and such other meetings of Township officials as the Board of Supervisors
shall direct, shall keep the Board of Supervisors informed as to the
affairs of the Township and shall recommend to the Board of Supervisors
such actions as may be necessary or expedient for the welfare of the
Township. The Township Manager shall prepare the agenda for each meeting
of the Board of Supervisors and supply pertinent facts thereto.
C.
The Township Manager shall supervise and be responsible for the activities
of all municipal departments.
D.
The offices of Township Manager and Township Secretary may be held
by the same person.
The Township Manager shall hire and discharge all full-time
employees, subject to the approval of the Board of Supervisors. (Those
employees covered by the civil service or other tenure of office laws
are excluded from this provision.) The Township Manager shall have
the authority to hire and fire part-time employees as the needs of
the Township dictate and according to budgetary restrictions. The
Board of Supervisors shall have the authority to delegate to the Township
Manager the power to hire or fire full-time employees. All Township
employees shall perform their duties under the administrative direction
of the Township Manager.
A.
The Township Manager shall prepare and submit to the Board of Supervisors,
before the close of the fiscal year, or on such alternate date as
the Board of Supervisors shall determine, a balanced budget for the
next fiscal year and an explanatory budget message. The budget message
shall provide a narrative explanation of the fiscal plan emphasizing
any significant changes in revenues and/or expenditures and any specific
programs or projects in the budget. In preparing the budget, the Township
Manager, or an officer designated by him/her, shall obtain from the
head of each department, agency, board or officer, estimates of revenues
and expenditures and other supporting data as he/she requests. The
Township Manager shall review such estimates and may revise them before
submitting the budget to the Board of Supervisors.
B.
The Township Manager shall be responsible for the administration
of the budget after its adoption by the Board of Supervisors.
C.
The Township Manager shall keep the Board of Supervisors informed
as to the conduct of Township affairs, submit periodic reports on
the condition of Township finances and such other reports as the Board
of Supervisors request and make such recommendations to the Board
of Supervisors as he/she deems necessary.
D.
The Township Manager may employ, by and with the approval of the
Board of Supervisors, experts and consultants to perform work and
to advise in connection with any of the functions of the Township.
E.
The Township Manager shall recommend to the Board of Supervisors
a schedule of compensation for each appointive office and position
in the Township's service, which recommendation shall be provided
for in the budget submitted to the Board of Supervisors, and a schedule
of compensation shall be adopted as part of the budget.
F.
The Township Manager shall keep current accounts showing at all times
the fiscal condition of the Township, including the current and anticipated
expenses, appropriations, cash on hand and anticipated revenue of
all municipal funds and accounts. The Township Manager shall have
the authority to take appropriate action to withhold authorized appropriations,
subject to Board of Supervisors approval, to maintain a balance between
revenue and expenditures.
The Township Manager shall negotiate and examine all proposed
contracts to which the Township may be a party, including intergovernmental
cooperation agreements. The Chairman of the Board of Supervisors shall
be responsible for executing, on behalf of the Township, any contract
authorized by the Board of Supervisors, with an attestation of the
Township Secretary. The Board of Supervisors may expressly authorize
an individual Township officer to execute contracts on behalf of the
Township. It shall be the duty of the Township Manager to see to it
that all terms of any contract to which the Township is a party are
fully performed by all parties thereto.
The Township Manager shall be the purchasing officer of the
Township and he/she shall provide for the acquisition of, in accordance
with the Pennsylvania Second Class Township Code, 53 P.S. § 65101
et seq., and the adopted budget, all supplies and equipment for the
various agencies, boards, departments and other offices of the Township.
He/she shall keep an account of all purchases and shall prepare an
appropriate request, identified as the warrants payable, to the Board
of Supervisors for the authorization to expend the appropriations
for those purchases. He/she shall also issue rules and regulations
governing the requisition and purchasing of all municipal supplies
and equipment. Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary,
the Township Manager shall not have the power and authority to make
purchases or to enter into contracts where, according to the Second
Class Township Code, advertising is required, except with the prior
approval of the majority of the Board of Supervisors.
The Township Manager shall keep a current inventory showing
all real and personal property of the Township and its location and
shall be responsible for the care and custody of all such property,
including equipment, buildings, parks and all other Township property
which is not, by statue, ordinance or resolution, assigned to some
other officer or body for care and control.
It shall be the duty of the Township Manager to see to the official
publication of all notices, ordinances or other documents required
by law to be published and to prepare or cause to be prepared all
reports which the Township or any of the officials thereof are required
by law to prepare.
The Township Manager may perform the duties of the Township
Secretary in causing appropriate records to be made, preserved and
certified as required by law and in respect to all actions of the
Board of Supervisors. When the Township Manager also holds the office
of Township Secretary, the Township Manager shall attest the execution
of all instruments and record all ordinances; have custody of the
Township's Corporate Seal as herein provided, and all official
Township records; and, where required, acknowledge and execute documents
as Secretary of the Township.
The Township Manager shall be responsible for the proper collection,
by designated Township officials, of all fees and obligations due
the Township. In the event that the designated authority fails to
or refuses to collect the sums due the Township, the Township Manager
may do so in his/her behalf where such authority is not prohibited
by law or ordinance. The Township Manager shall serve as the Treasurer
of the Township.
The Township Manager shall cause to be kept a complete set of
maps and plats showing the location of all Township utilities and
other municipal properties, all streets and other public places and
all lots or parcels of land subdivided according to law.
The Township Manager shall maintain an office in the Township
building and devote his/her entire time to the discharge of his/her
duties. The Township Manager shall be required to expend such time
in the performance of those duties as may be required by the Board
of Supervisors.
The Township Manager or his/her designee shall have the authority
to investigate the affairs of the Township or any department, agency,
division or advisory council thereof, and to investigate all complaints
in relation to matters concerning the administration of the government
of the Township. Reports of such investigations shall be promptly
submitted to the Board of Supervisors.
In case of accident, disaster or other circumstance creating
a public emergency, the Township Manager may award contracts and make
purchases for the purpose of meeting said emergency, but he/she shall
submit promptly to the Board of Supervisors a report establishing
the existence of such emergency and the necessity of such action,
together with an itemized account of all such expenditures in response
thereto. The Manager will coordinate with the Department of Public
Safety in the event of emergencies.
If the Township Manger becomes ill or needs to be absent from
the Township, the Board of Supervisors shall designate one qualified
person who shall perform his/her duties during his absence or disability.
The person so designated shall have the same authority as that of
the regular Township Manager, but may be required to report to the
Supervisors all administrative action that shall be taken during the
time of the absence of the regular Township Manager.
The compensation for the position of Township Manager shall
be set by resolution of the Board of Supervisors annually at the reorganization
meeting of the Township.
All prior ordinances and resolutions are hereby repealed in
whole or in part to the extent inconsistent herewith.
This chapter shall take effect in accordance with applicable
law.
