The office of Township Manager is hereby created
by the Township of Springettsbury, subject to the right of the Board
of Supervisors to abolish said office at any time by ordinance. For
purposes of this chapter, any reference to the masculine gender shall
include the feminine gender.
Upon entering his duties, the Manager shall
give a bond to the Township with a bonding company as surety, said
company and amount to be approved by the Board of Supervisors, conditioned
for the faithful performance of his duties. The premium shall be paid
by the Township. The bond of the Township Manager may be included
in and covered by any comprehensive bond now or hereafter in force
or effect for all Township employees.
The salary of the Township Manager shall be
fixed yearly by the Board of Supervisors and may be changed, from
time to time, at the discretion of the Board of Supervisors.
Neither the Board of Supervisors nor any of its committees or members thereof shall dictate or attempt to dictate the hiring of any person to, or his discharge from, employment by the Manager or in any manner take part in the hiring, suspending or discharging of employees in the service of the Township, except as required to do so by the provisions of the Second Class Township Code, local agency law or appropriate Township ordinances. Except for the purpose of inquiry, the Board of Supervisors, its committees and its members shall deal with the departments solely through the Township Manager and neither the Board of Supervisors nor any of its committees or any of its members shall give orders, publicly or privately, to any subordinates of the Manager. Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, the Board of Supervisors reserves unto itself the rights, power and authority as set forth in §
40-6.
If the Manager becomes ill or needs to be absent
from the Township, the Board of Supervisors shall designate a qualified
person to perform the duties of the Manager during the Manager's absence
or disability.