The Township Board of Supervisors (hereinafter referred to also as "the Board") shall consist of seven Supervisors, of whom three shall be elected from districts and four shall be elected from the township at large.
Supervisors shall serve four-year terms beginning on the first Monday of January following the year in which they are elected, except for the first Board to serve under this Charter, the members of which will serve for staggered terms as provided in § C-71 of this Charter. If the first Monday is a legal holiday, said terms shall begin the first day following which is not a legal holiday.
A Supervisor shall be a citizen of the United States, a resident of the township (and in the case of a District Supervisor, a resident of the district he represents), a qualified elector of the township at the time of his nomination and not otherwise disqualified from office by the terms of this Charter of by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The procedure for the nomination and election of Supervisors shall be as provided in the election laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
A. 
The office of a Supervisor shall become vacant upon death, resignation, removal of place of residence from the township (or, in the case of a District Supervisor, from a district represented), legal certification of mental disability or forfeiture of office as authorized by law or by this Charter.
B. 
The office of a Supervisor shall be forfeited if he is declared by any court of this commonwealth to lack any qualifications for the office as prescribed by law or is convicted of any crime classified as a misdemeanor of the second degree or higher under the laws of this commonwealth or is convicted of any comparable crime under the laws of any state or of the United States.
C. 
Whenever a vacancy exists in the office of Supervisor, the vacancy shall be filled under the following procedures:
(1) 
At the next election, primary, municipal or general, which takes place 60 days or more after such vacancy occurs, a special election to fill the vacancy for the balance of the unexpired term will be held. The special election shall be conducted in accordance with the election laws of this commonwealth. The person elected to fill the vacancy shall assume the office on the day following certification of the election results.
(2) 
The Board shall, at its first regular or special public meeting after the vacancy occurs, give notice that a vacancy exists and shall state that it will make an interim appointment to fill the vacancy at its next public meeting which occurs not less than 30 days from the meeting at which the vacancy is announced. Following such notice, the Board by a majority vote of its remaining membership shall appoint a qualified elector of the township, and in the case of a vacancy in the office of District Supervisor, a qualified elector of the district in which the vacancy exists, to fill the vacancy until a duly elected successor is sworn into office.
(3) 
If the Board shall fail to fill a vacancy within 60 days after the vacancy occurs, the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County, upon petition of any individual Supervisor or upon petition of 10 or more qualified electors of the township, shall make the interim appointment to fill the vacancy until a duly elected successor is sworn into office.
(4) 
In the event that sufficient vacancies exist so that the Board lacks a quorum necessary to do business, the remaining members of the Board shall immediately make an interim appointment or appointments to fill sufficient vacancies in the position of Supervisor from the township at large to form a quorum. Thereafter, the remaining vacancies shall be filled as otherwise provided herein.
(5) 
In the event that all of the positions on the Board should become vacant, the Court of Common Pleas shall immediately, upon petition of 10 or more registered voters of the township, make interim appointments to fill the offices of Supervisor from the township at large. Thereafter, the remaining vacancies shall be filled as otherwise provided herein.
Districts shall be formed of compact, contiguous territory, following distinctive geographical boundaries, and shall contain as nearly as possible equal numbers of residents as determined by the latest official census of the United States Bureau of the Census. No district shall vary by more than 15% from the average of all districts at the time of establishments or reapportionment.
The establishment of the first districts, three in number to be known as the "First, Second and Third Districts," shall be by the Court of Common Pleas as provided by law. Reapportionment of Supervisors to districts thereafter shall be made by ordinance of the Board in the following circumstance:
A. 
Within the year following the year in which the decennial United States Census reports are officially certified, the Board shall reapportion the districts in accordance with this Charter. If in any such reapportionment an existing Supervisor is removed from his district, he shall continue to represent said district until the end of his term.
[1]
Editor's Note: See also Ch. 54, Voting Districts.
A. 
Supervisors shall receive compensation at the rate of $1,500 per annum for the performance of their duties during the first four years that this Charter is in effect; thereafter, the Board may, by ordinance, change the compensation for Supervisors, provided that such change of compensation shall not take effect until the expiration of the term of office of all incumbent Supervisors at the time the change is enacted.
B. 
Supervisors shall receive no other compensation, direct or indirect, for the performance of their duties, and shall not be eligible for any township pensions or other fringe benefits. However, Supervisors shall be entitled to actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as shall be established in the Administrative Code or other ordinance.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 4, Administration of Government.
[1]
Editor's Note: The current ordinance setting the compensation of the Supervisors is on file in the Township Administrative Offices.
A. 
The Board of Supervisors shall organize on the first Monday of January of each year by electing one of their members as Chairman and one of their members as Vice Chairman, who shall hold such office at the pleasure of the Board. If the first Monday is a legal holiday, the organization meeting shall be held the first day following which is not a legal holiday.
B. 
The Chairman or, in the Chairman's absence, the Vice Chairman shall preside at Board meetings, shall serve as the township's representative at ceremonial occasions and shall carry out such duties as prescribed elsewhere in this Charter or in the Administrative Code or other ordinance.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 4, Administration of Government.
A. 
The Board shall meet regularly at least once in every month at such time and place as the Board may prescribe by ordinance or resolution. At its first meeting each year, the Board shall prescribe and advertise the calendar of regular monthly meetings for the remainder of the year.
B. 
Special meetings may be held on the call of the Chairman, or of a majority of Supervisors, by providing notice to each Supervisor at least 24 hours in advance of such special meeting, which meeting notice shall be prominently posted at the township office; however, in the case of an emergency which makes it necessary to convene a meeting with less than 24 hours' advance notice, this requirement may be waived.
C. 
Official action.
(1) 
The Board may take no official action except at an open public meeting in the presence of a quorum, consisting of a majority of all the members of the Board. All discussions relating to official actions should be in open public meetings with the following exceptions:
(a) 
Matters in litigation with the township as a party.
(b) 
Matters concerning hiring, dismissal, promotion or discipline.
(c) 
Matters which would adversely affect the reputation of any persons.
(d) 
Matters having to do with the acquisition of land and other subjects which would be likely to benefit a party whose interests are adverse to the general community.
(2) 
Official actions by the Board shall be taken only by ordinance, resolution or motion. Voting, except on procedural matters, shall be by roll call vote. A majority vote of all the members of the Board shall be required to adopt an ordinance. Resolutions or motions shall be adopted by a majority vote of all the members of the Board present, except as otherwise provided herein.
D. 
It is the intent of this Charter that the Board act as a body in relation to all administrative matters. No Supervisor shall publicly or privately seek individually to interfere with the official acts of township officers and employees. However, nothing herein contained shall prevent the Board from establishing committees of its members to review the operations and legislative needs of the departments or from assigning individual Supervisors to liaison relationships with boards, commissions and authorities.
A. 
The Board shall provide in the Administrative Code[1] for the protection and preservation of its minutes and other records of its proceedings. Records shall be kept at the township office and shall be open for public inspection throughout normal working hours. It is the intent of this Charter that no citizen of the township shall be denied reasonable access to public records of the township. Copies of the minutes of the meetings of the Board shall be available to the public at a reasonable cost.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 4, Administration of Government.
B. 
The Board shall require periodic and meaningful reports on financial and administrative matters, at least monthly, and an annual report at the end of each fiscal year.
C. 
The Board shall cause to be prepared for each regular meeting an agenda of matters to be considered by the Board at such meeting, including pertinent background information, which agenda, along with a copy of financial and other activity reports, shall be distributed to the public at the start of the meeting. The agenda shall be available at least eight hours prior to the start of the meeting.
It shall be the duty and responsibility of the Board to:
A. 
Establish policy for the guidance of the executive, administrative and advisory functions of the township government.
B. 
Adopt an Administrative Code[1] defining the organization and assignment of duties and responsibilities of township officers and employees.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 4, Administration of Government.
C. 
Adopt ordinances and resolutions not inconsistent with or restrained by the Constitution and laws of this commonwealth or by this Charter and prescribe fines and penalties consistent with general law for the violation of township ordinances.
D. 
Initiate, by resolution or ordinance, and conduct, by the Board as a body or through committees of the Board and/or township citizens, inquiries and investigations in aid of its legislative functions.