Council shall adopt and maintain in effect a Personnel Code
as provided for in Section 1101. The Personnel Code shall be adopted
and may be amended by ordinance of Council, in accordance with the
applicable provisions of Section 505.
Official actions of Council may be taken by ordinance, resolution
or simple motion. All actions described in Section 504 shall be taken
by ordinance adopted under Section 505. All ordinances and resolutions
shall be presented for action by Council in writing, but simple motions
may be made orally. In all other respects, the forms of action by
Council shall be determined in accordance with Section 406 and other
applicable provisions of this Charter and of the Administrative Code.
Any and all actions of Council on the following subjects shall
be taken, if at all, in the form of an ordinance:
(a) The adoption or amendment of an Administrative Code under Section
501;
(b) The adoption or amendment of a Personnel Code under Sections 502
and 1101;
(c) The creation, alteration, or abolition of any department, commission,
authority, office or agency of the Town;
(d) The provision of any fine or other penalty, or the establishment
of any requirement or prohibition for the violation of which a fine
or other penalty may be imposed;
(e) The levying of taxes or assessments;
(f) The granting, renewing, amendment or extension of any franchise or
services to be provided in or for the Town or its citizens or others;
(g) The establishment of rates charged for any utility or other services
to be supplied by the Town;
(i) The conveyance, leasing, exclusive licensing or other disposition
or encumbering of any land or other property of the Town (except for
the sale of land or other property by competitive bidding in a tax
sale);
(j) The establishment or changing of a zoning map or zoning district or of regulations governing any other matter pertaining to zoning uses, subdivision requirements, site plan approvals, excavation permits and/or building restrictions (see Article
IX);
(k) The undertaking of any substantial contract or other commitment of
the Town with respect to the sharing or coordination of municipal
functions or services with other governmental entities or agencies;
(l) The adoption or amendment of a budget (see Article
XII);
(m) The adoption of requirements or procedures for the letting of public contracts of the Town (see Article
XIII);
(n) The authorization of any contract in excess of an amount equivalent
to one-quarter of one percent (1/4%) of the previous year's budget
of the Town, except for those contracts awarded to the lowest responsible
bidder after advertisement in the official Town newspaper once a week
for two successive weeks with the first advertisement to be published
not less than ten (10) days prior to the date fixed for the opening
of bids. (Ord. 681. Approved by voters November 4, 1975.)
(o) The adoption of any regulation or procedure pertaining to police and fire protection (see Article
X);
(p) Any increase in the compensation of members of Council;
(q) The amendment or repeal of any ordinance previously adopted.
Each resolution adopted by Council shall be numbered and shall
contain the date of its enactment. Each such resolution shall be set
forth verbatim or briefly summarized in the minutes of the meeting
at which it is finally adopted, in accordance with Section 404(a),
but any resolution may be adopted without compliance with any of the
other notice requirements and other formalities specified for the
enactment of an ordinance under the provisions of this Charter and
of the Administrative Code. The full text of all resolutions shall
be set forth in a separate and official resolution book.
The Secretary of Council or his designated representative, or
the Town Manager, shall prepare and issue certifications of the enactment,
terms and effectiveness of any one or more of the ordinances and/or
resolutions of Council, upon the reasonable request of any interested
persons. Council may at its discretion impose by ordinance or resolution
a reasonable charge for the furnishing of such certifications.
Council shall establish and carry out appropriate procedures
for the periodic review and re-enactment, amendment or repeal of all
ordinances and resolutions of Council.
Council may provide by ordinance for the imposition of penalties
for the violation of any one or more of the duly enacted and effective
ordinances of Council. Such penalties shall not exceed five hundred
dollars ($500.00) and/or thirty (30) days imprisonment for each violation,
except to the extent to which the imposition of greater penalties
shall be authorized by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
applicable to any class of municipalities from time to time hereafter.
Any ordinance may provide, with respect to continuing violations,
that each day on which a violation exists may be regarded as a separate
offense and may be punishable as such.