[Ord. 245, 7/13/2022]
The Board of Supervisors of Smithfield Township hereby creates
the position of Township Manager and assigns thereto the following
rights, duties, obligations, and conditions. The Board of Supervisors
may enter into an employment agreement pursuant to 53 P.S. §
66301(a.1) with the Township Manager. The employment agreement may
set forth the terms and conditions of employment, and the agreement
may provide that it shall remain in effect for a specified period
terminating no later than two years after the effective date of the
agreement or the date of the Board of Supervisors’ reorganizational
meeting following the next municipal election, whichever shall first
occur. An employment agreement entered into pursuant to this Section
may specify conditions under which a Township Manager would be entitled
to severance compensation, but in no event shall an employment agreement
guarantee employment through the term of the agreement or confer upon
the Township Manager any legal remedy based on specific performance.
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The Manager shall be appointed by a majority vote of the Board
of Supervisors. The position is considered “at will” and
the Manager may be removed from this position with or without cause
or reason, and at any time by a majority vote of the Board of Supervisors.
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The Manager shall be chosen on the basis of their educational
accomplishments; executive, budgetary, and administrative abilities;
experience in grant writing and in the submission of grant applications;
and overall experience with particular reference to the duties of
their office as hereinafter outlined. The Manager need not be a resident
of the Township or of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania at the time
of their appointment, but prior to reaching their first anniversary
they must reside either in Smithfield Township or within 25 miles
of Smithfield Township, and shall continue to meet the residency requirement
for the tenure of their office. The Board of Supervisors may consider
on a case-by-case basis relief from the mileage requirement, provided
the total distance from Smithfield Township does not exceed 35 miles.
In consideration of said requirement, the Board of Supervisors shall
interpret “distance from Smithfield Township” as the distance
from the home of the Township Manager to the nearest border of the
Township.
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Before performing any of their duties as Township Manager, and
continuously thereafter, the Manager shall provide a bond to the Township
with a bonding company, as a surety in good standing, doing business
within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and on the U.S. Treasury List
of Certified Companies in an amount directed by the Board of Supervisors
and conditioned upon the faithful performance of the Manager’s
duties. The premium for said bond will be paid by the Township from
the general fund.
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The compensation (salary and benefits package, if any) of the
Township Manager shall be fixed by resolution at the time of their
employment with the Township. However, the establishment of such compensation
is not to be deemed as any entitlement by the Manager to such compensation
in the future; and such compensation may be adjusted from time to
time by a majority vote of the Board.
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In case of absence or illness of the Manager from the Township,
the Board of Supervisors shall designate a qualified individual to
perform temporarily the duties of the Manager during such absence
or disability.
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The Office of Township Manager shall not be deemed incompatible
with the Office of Township Secretary, Treasurer, Zoning Officer,
or any other nonelected Township office or Township police officer.