"Borough public meeting," for
purposes of this article, shall mean a duly noticed monthly public
agenda meetings and a duly noticed monthly regular public meeting
held by the Homestead Borough Council during the calendar year.
"Excused absence," for purposes
of this article, shall mean any illness or other reason that is given
as a Borough Council member's reason for failing to attend a Borough
public meeting found by majority vote of Borough Council in attendance
at the next Borough public meeting (provided that a quorum is in attendance)
that the Borough Council member attends to be of reasonable and of
sufficient weight to justify that Borough Council member receiving
his or her compensation for the missed Borough public meeting despite
his or her failing to attend the Borough public meeting.
The compensation of Borough Council
President shall be $87.50 per Borough public meeting attended by the
Borough Council President or missed due to an excused absence.
The compensation of each Council
member of the Borough of Homestead other than the Borough Council
President shall be $62.50 per Borough public meeting attended by said
Council member or missed due to an excused absence.
Determination of excused absence.
A Borough Council member failing to attend a Borough public meeting
due to illness or necessary absence from the Borough shall bear the
burden to show that the failure or failures to attend should be deemed
excused and shall be obligated to present evidence of the illness
or necessity of absence from the Borough to the Borough Council at
the next Borough public meeting that the Borough Council member attends
following the missed meeting. The Borough Council shall be the final
judges as to what constitutes an excused absence.
The compensation of each Borough
Council member shall be payable from the general funds of the Borough.
No Borough Council member shall receive compensation for any Borough
public meeting the Councilperson fails to attend except where the
failure to attend is determined to be an excused absence.
Compensation under this article
shall be paid on a monthly basis with checks to be issued at the end
of each month for which payment is due for Borough public meetings
held during that month. Compensation pursuant to this article, as
amended, shall commence starting with the Borough public meetings
to be held in January of 2010 onward.