The Board of Supervisors of Upper Hanover Township
hereby creates the position of Township Manager and assigns thereto
the rights, duties, obligations and conditions contained in this chapter.
The Manager shall be appointed for such term
as agreed upon by a majority vote of the Board of Supervisors. The
Manager shall serve at the pleasure of the Board and may be removed
at any time during said term by a majority vote of said Board of Supervisors.
The Manager shall be chosen on the basis of
his executive and administrative abilities, with particular reference
to the duties of his office as hereinafter outlined.
Before entering upon his duties and continuously
thereafter, the Manager shall provide a bond to the Township with
a bonding company as surety, to be approved by the Board of Supervisors,
in the sum of $50,000, conditioned upon the faithful performance of
his duties. The premium for said bond will be paid by the Township
from the general fund.
The salary of the Township Manager shall be
fixed at the time of his employment by resolution and may be adjusted
from time to time by resolution passed by a majority vote of the Board.
Neither the Board nor its members shall dictate
or attempt to dictate the hiring of any person to, or his discharge
from, municipal employment by the Manager or in any manner take part
in the hiring, reprimanding, disciplining, suspending or discharging
of employees of the Township. Further, the Board or any of its members
shall make all requests, inquiries and suggestions and give orders
through the office of the Manager.
If the Manager becomes ill or needs to be absent
from the Township he shall designate one qualified member of his staff
to perform during his absence or disability. The person so designated
shall perform these duties until the next meeting held by the Board
of Supervisors, at which time the Board of Supervisors shall appoint
or ratify an Acting Township Manager.