By authority vested in Boroughs by the Act of 1979, P.L. 108,
the Borough hereby establishes an Educational Service Agency, effective
as of January 1, 1980.
No elected Borough or school district official shall be eligible
to appointment or to membership on the Educational Service Agency.
A vacancy shall occur in the Educational Service Agency in the case
of any member who ceases to be a resident of the Borough, or who otherwise
becomes disqualified for appointment or membership.
Vacancies in the Educational Service Agency occurring for any
reason shall be filled by appointment by the Council of a successor
to serve for the remainder of the term of the individual being replaced.
Members of the Educational Service Agency shall receive such
compensation as shall be fixed from time to time by the Council.
Each member of the Educational Service Agency may, at the discretion
of the Council, be required to furnish a bond, in the amount and with
the surety specified by the Borough for the faithful performance of
his duties as a member of the 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," as provided for in Section 1127 of the Borough Code, 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 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 in 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 designation
of 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 §
42-8 herein.