The Office of the Borough Manager of Jim Thorpe
is hereby created by the Borough Council.
The Manager shall be appointed for an indefinite
term by a majority of all members of the Borough Council. The Manager
shall serve at the pleasure of the Borough Council, and he may be
removed at any time by a majority vote of all its members. At least
30 days before such removal is to become effective, the Borough Council
shall furnish the Manager with a written statement setting forth its
intention to remove him.
The Manager shall be chosen solely on the basis
of his executive and administrative abilities, with special reference
to the duties of the office as herein outlined. The Manager need not
be a resident of the Borough of Jim Thorpe or the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania at the time of appointment, but during the tenure of
office, he may reside outside the Borough of Jim Thorpe only with
the approval of the Borough Council. If the Borough Council fails
within a reasonable time, not to exceed 60 days after the appointment,
to approve the Manager's residence outside the Borough of Jim Thorpe,
he must immediately become, and during his tenure remain, a resident
of the Borough of Jim Thorpe.
Before entering upon his duties, the Manager
shall give a bond, in the sum established annually pursuant to a resolution
of the Borough Council, with a bonding company as surety, to be approved
by the Borough Council, conditioned upon the faithful performance
of his duties, the premium for said bond to be paid by the Borough
of Jim Thorpe.
The salary of the Jim Thorpe Manager shall be
fixed from time to time by the Borough Council.
If the Manager becomes ill or needs to be absent
from the Borough of Jim Thorpe. he shall designate one qualified member
of his staff to perform the duties of the Manager during his absence
or disability. The person so designated shall not perform these duties
for a period of longer than two weeks without the approval of the
Borough Council.