A.
Authorities, boards and commissions on the effective
date of the Charter shall continue in existence subject to the right
of the Board to abolish or change the name, tenure, composition, functions,
powers or duties of any existing authority, board or commission, consistent
with commonwealth or federal law. Any such action by the Board shall
be taken by ordinance enacted as prescribed in the Charter.
B.
Once a year the Township Manager shall provide a list
of the terms and expiration dates of members of authorities, boards
and commissions as set forth above and provide notification of vacancies
during regular terms. The vacancy notice will be made available to
individuals and organizations. Interested and qualified citizens (including
incumbents) will be asked to submit their resumes to the Board for
consideration for appointment. A special Board meeting will be held
in January to consider those candidates who have expressed an interest
in being appointed to the advisory boards. During an executive session
prior to the regular scheduled meeting preceding the expiration of
each advisory board appointment, candidates will be interviewed by
the Board of Supervisors. The most qualified candidate will be appointed
by a majority vote of the Board at a regular scheduled meeting.
The creation, termination, powers and functions
of authorities shall be governed by the Municipality Authorities Act
of 1945 (P.L. 382) and its amendments.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5601
et seq.
By ordinance, the Board may establish any new
board or commission and specify its powers, duties and functions,
and any such ordinance may be amended at any later time to modify
the specified powers, duties and functions.
A.
A Citizens Board shall be appointed by the Board if required as provided for in § C-64 of the Charter.
B.
In the event that a petition is utilized to seek the formation of a Citizens Board, the petition shall contain, in ink, the signature, address and date of signing of at least 100 electors. Each page of the petition shall contain an affidavit executed by the circulator of the petition that all signatures thereon are genuine and were affixed in his presence on the date indicated only after the signer had an opportunity to read the general description of the area of investigation contained on the first page of the petition. Any such petition shall be circulated and signed within a period of 30 days between the date of the first signature and the date at which the petition papers are submitted. The petition shall be submitted to the Township Manager who shall place the matter of the petition on the agenda of the next regular meeting of the Board occurring 10 days or more after the date on which the petition is submitted to the Manager. At the meeting at which the petition is scheduled for the agenda, the Board shall indicate an ordinance to form the petitioned Citizens Board in accordance with the procedures of § C-64 of the Charter. Appointments shall be made to the Citizens Board prior to the effective date of the ordinance. The person designated on the petition as Chairman of the Petitioners shall be named Chairman of the Citizens Board.
C.
Any action of the Board which initiates a Citizens
Board shall include a specification of the area of investigation and
a reasonable time period within which the investigation must be completed.
