[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Spring as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 12-9-2019 by Ord. No. 442]
The Manager, shall be appointed for an indefinite term by a majority of all the members of the Board of Supervisors (the "Board"). The Manager shall serve at the pleasure of the Board and may be removed at any time by a majority of the Board.
The Manager shall be chosen solely on the basis of his or her executive and administrative abilities and in accordance with the qualifications described in the job description more fully set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference (the "job description"). The job description may be amended from time by resolution of the Board.[1]
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Editor's Note: Said job description is available at the Township office.
The salary of the Manager shall be fixed from time to time by resolution of the Board.
Before entering upon the Manager's duties, the Manager shall give a bond to the Township with corporate surety and in the sum of $100,000, and said bond shall be conditioned upon the faithful performance of the Manager's duties. The premium for the bond shall be paid by the Township.
The Manager shall be the chief administrative officer of the Township and shall be responsible to the Board as a whole for the proper and efficient administration of the affairs of the Township. The Manager's powers and duties shall be nonlegislative, and shall relate to the general management of all Township affairs not expressly by statute or ordinance conferred upon other Township officers or employees. Subject to recall by ordinance of the Board, the powers and duties of the Manager shall include those described in the job description.
Except for the approval by the Board of employees hired by the Manager and the amount of compensation to be paid to such employees, neither the Board nor any of its members shall dictate or attempt to dictate the hiring of any particular person, or the suspension or discharge of an employee, by the Manager. Except for the purpose of inquiry, the Board and its members shall deal with the administrative matters solely through the Manager.
If the Manager becomes ill or needs to be absent from the Township, the duties of the Manager shall be performed during the Manager's absence or disability by such person as may be recommended by the Manager and approved by the Board.
Whenever used in this article, the singular shall include the plural, the plural the singular, and the use of any gender shall be applicable to all genders.