The office of Borough Manager is hereby created by the Borough of Schwenksville.
The Manager shall be appointed for an indefinite term by a majority
of all members of Council. The Manager shall serve at the pleasure of Council,
and he/she may be removed at any time by a majority vote of all its members.
The Manager shall be chosen solely on the basis of his/her executive
and administrative abilities, with special reference to the duties of his/her
office as herein outlined. The Manager need not be a resident of the Borough
of Schwenksville or of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania at the time of his/her
appointment, but during the tenure of his/her office he/she may reside outside
the Borough only with the approval of Council.
Before entering upon his/her duties, the Manager shall give a bond to
the Borough with a bonding company as surety to be approved by the Borough
Council, in a sum as set from time to time by the Borough Council, conditioned
upon the faithful performance of his/her duties, the premium for said bond
to be paid by the Borough.
The salary of the Borough Manager shall be fixed from time to time by
resolution of the Borough Council.
The Mayor is hereby authorized to delegate to the Borough Manager, subject
to revocation by written notification at any time, any of his nonlegislative
and nonjudicial powers and duties.
If the Manager becomes ill or needs to be absent from the Borough, he
shall designate one qualified member of his/her staff to perform the duties
of the Manager during his/her absence or disability. The person so designated
shall not perform these duties for a period longer than two weeks without
the approval of the Council.