[Ord. No. 2000, 8/27/2018]
The office of Township Manager is hereby created.
[Ord. No. 2000, 8/27/2018]
1. 
The Board shall appoint the Manager. The Board, by resolution, shall have the authority to enter into contracts with the Manager, which may stipulate terms of employment and compensation, including severance pay, subject to the limitations of the First Class Township Code.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 55101 et seq.
2. 
The Manager shall be chosen on the basis of executive and administrative qualifications.
3. 
During the time that he or she is Township Manager, he or she shall not hold any elective governmental office.
4. 
The Board, by an affirmative vote of a majority of its members present at any stated monthly meeting or at any special meeting called for such purpose, can remove the Manager at any time, or decline to reappoint the Manager, with or without cause, subject to the provisions of any employment contract then in effect.
[Ord. No. 2000, 8/27/2018]
1. 
The Manager shall be the chief executive and administrative officer of the Township, and all department heads shall report to the Manager. The Manager shall be responsible to the Board for the administration of all municipal affairs placed in his or her charge. The Manager shall have the following specific duties and the commensurate powers to carry out those duties:
A. 
Direct and administer all executive and nonlegislative activities of the Township, except as otherwise provided by statute or ordinance.
B. 
Make recommendations to the Board for the appointment of all Township employees not governed by collective bargaining agreements or their own employment agreements.
C. 
Prepare the agenda for all committee and related meetings of the Board and attend all meetings of the Board, at which meetings he or she shall have the right to participate in discussions, but shall not have the right or privilege to vote on any matter.
D. 
Prescribe such internal rules and regulations as are deemed necessary or expedient for the conduct and operation of administrative units and may revoke, suspend or amend any such rule or regulation of the administrative service.
E. 
The power to recommend to the Board whether to assign, promote, transfer, suspend, and discipline any officers and employees in the administrative service not governed by a collective bargaining agreement or their own employment agreement.
F. 
Have the power to designate from the administrative service such committees and the officers thereof as he or she shall find necessary for the proper consideration of administrative problems. Such committees shall meet at the request of the Township Manager and shall make such recommendations on matters referred to them as they shall find necessary for the best interests of the Township.
G. 
Promote the public good will and represent the Township before civic associations, business, professional or governmental groups, the press and interested citizens concerning the general affairs and administrative functions of the Township.
H. 
Assemble estimates of the financial needs and resources of the Township for each ensuing year and prepare a program of activities within the financial power of the Township, embodying in it a budget document with proper supporting schedules and analyses.
I. 
Exercise control over the administration of the budget of the Township and supervise the purchasing functions of the Township.
J. 
Have, subject to direction from the Board, the authority to designate himself or to assign any other employee of the Township to perform the duties and exercise the functions of any administrative or office position under his or her jurisdiction during a vacancy or in the absence or disability of an incumbent or where service is required, appropriate to the personnel classification of the individual so assigned, subject however to the provisions of any collective bargaining agreement, employment agreement or directive of the Board.
K. 
Have general supervision, for administrative, recordkeeping and insurance purposes, over all Township property and equipment and its use by the public or by Township employees.
L. 
Prepare and submit to the Board such reports dealing with financial, administrative or other matters as the Board may request of him or her.
M. 
Make such recommendations to the Board concerning Township policy as he or she shall deem desirable or when instructed by the Board to do so. He or she shall keep the Board fully informed as to the conduct of municipal affairs and advise the Board as to the needs of the Township.
N. 
Serve as the primary Township contact to the Township Solicitor and be responsible to monitor the enforcement of all ordinances and regulations of the Township.
O. 
See that the provisions of all franchises, leases, contracts, permits and privileges granted by the Township are fully observed and report to the Board any violation thereof.
P. 
Assess both the short- and long-term problems and affairs of the Township and recommend plans and courses of action to the Board.
Q. 
Participate in the intergovernmental programs, monitor legislative activities and keep abreast of current advances in management and technology.
R. 
Perform such other duties as are required by the Board.
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Unless otherwise prohibited by law, the Manager is authorized and empowered to delegate to any specific administrative officer the right and power to stamp the name and position of the Township Manager on the proper class of documents or papers, which shall have the same force and effect as though the Township Manager had in person and by his or her own act signed the document or paper. In order to grant an administrative officer the authority set forth in this section, the Township Manager shall file with the Township Secretary the name and title of the administrative officer so empowered and the class of documents or papers to which the authority is to apply. Upon a change of the Township Manager or an empowered administrative officer, the authority theretofore given shall cease until it shall have been regranted by the new Township Manager or to the new administrative officer.
[Ord. No. 2000, 8/27/2018]
The Manager may designate, by letter filed with the Township Secretary, a qualified administrative officer of the Township to perform any Manager's duties during his or her temporary absence or disability.
[Ord. No. 2000, 8/27/2018]
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, members of the Board will not interfere with the Township Manager or prevent him or her from exercising his or her own judgment in the management of Township affairs under his or her jurisdiction. Except for the purpose of inquiry or routine information, and necessary contact by Board Committee members, the Board and its members will deal with the administrative service solely through the Township Manager. All complaints about Township matters, received by Commissioners or other Township officials or employees, will be immediately forwarded to the Manager for review, reply and disposition, excepting complaints involving police matters, which shall be directed to the Police Chief.