By authority vested in boroughs by the Act of 1979, P.L. 503,
No. 108, the Borough of Etna establishes an educational service
agency.
The function of the educational service agency shall be to employ
and supervise school crossing guards, also referred to as "special
school police," to direct traffic at or near schools. In order to
enable the educational service agency to perform that function, the
Borough delegates to the educational service agency the authority
to appoint and supervise crossing guards or special school police
as set out in the Borough Code.
The educational service agency shall have the following authority,
and it shall be its duty to:
A. Prepare annually and, on or before the first day of November of each
year, submit to the Borough Council for approval a budget showing
its contemplated income and its proposed expenditures for the succeeding
year.
B. Annually adopt the budget as submitted under Subsection
A of this section, as modified by the Borough.
C. From time to time employ, and/or discharge, and fix the compensation
of crossing guards or special school police to serve in the Borough.
D. Exercise supervision and control over the crossing guards or special
school police by:
(1) Establishing, administering and enforcing rules and regulations for
the work and conduct of the crossing guards or special school police;
(2) Establishing work schedules and designating the locations where and
the time when the various individuals are to be on duty;
(3) Establishing position classifications, if deemed necessary, and designating
the individuals to serve in each classification;
(4) Providing for supervision as necessary; and
(5) Exercising any and all other prerogatives normally associated with
personnel management.
E. From moneys budgeted and available, make all payments for the services
of crossing guards or special school police and make all other expenditures
as prescribed by law or superior body or agency, or as otherwise deemed
necessary or appropriate.
F. Receive, in addition to payments by the Borough, any payments by
the school district or any other gift, grant, devise or bequest.
G. Establish a system of accounts for all moneys under its control,
and establish one or more separate bank accounts into which all income
shall be deposited and from which all expenditures shall be made.
The Borough shall transfer and pay over to the educational service agency the moneys that the Borough is required to pay as compensation to special school police under the Borough Code, or other agreement executed with the school district, as provided in the Borough Code, as well as other moneys as necessary to cover expenditures budgeted for the educational service agency as provided in §
26-3 of this chapter.
The educational service agency hereby recognized and formally
established shall continue until changed or abolished by action of
the Borough or until the suspension of Act 108 of 1979 as adopted
by the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in accord with
the terms thereof.