[Adopted 5-8-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-05]
The office of Township Manager is hereby created.
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 shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of Supervisors
and may be removed at any time by a majority vote of all its members.
Such removal may be without cause (subject to the terms of any employment
contract) and may be effective immediately.
Solely on the basis of executive and administrative abilities,
with special reference to actual experience and knowledge of accepted
practices in respect to the duties of office as herein outlined, the
Manager shall be chosen. The Manager need not be a resident of the
Township or of the State of Pennsylvania at the time of appointment,
but the Board of Supervisors may require that, within 180 days after
appointment, the Manager shall become and during the tenure of the
office shall remain a resident of the Township.
Before entering upon his or her duties, the Township Manager
shall give a bond to the Township with a bonding company as surety,
to be approved by the Board of Supervisors in such sum as it may require,
as fixed by resolution of the Board of Supervisors, from time to time,
conditioned for the faithful performance of his or her duties. The
premium shall be paid by the Township.
The salary of the Township Manager shall be fixed, from time
to time, by resolution of the Board.
The Board of Supervisors may enter into an employment contract
with the Township Manager which contract accurately sets forth the
various compensation and other employment benefits being offered to
the Manager in exchange for his or her services.
If the Township Manager is required for any reason to be absent
from the Township and unable to perform his or her duties, the Board
of Supervisors shall designate one of their members or the office
manager to be Secretary/Treasurer of the Township, if the Township
Manager has also been appointed Secretary/Treasurer. The other duties
of the Township Manager shall be performed by a person so designated
by the Township Board of Supervisors.