[Adopted 12-11-1952 by Ord. No. 713]
The office of Township Manager is hereby created.
[Added 6-11-1987 by Ord. No. 1632]
The Township Manager shall have, subject to the approval and supervision
of the Board, complete charge of all the business of the township and of all
the employees of the township through the departmental administrator.
[Added 6-11-1987 by Ord. No. 1632]
The Board of Township Commissioners may from time to time by resolution
further define the duties of the Township Manager with respect to the various
branches and departments of the township government and with respect to any
specific matters which may arise in connection with the affairs of the township.
[Added 6-11-1987 by Ord. No. 1632]
The Township Manager shall perform the duties and exercise the powers
of the Township Secretary as provided by statute, ordinance or resolution,
but nothing herein contained shall affect the office of Township Secretary.
The term of office of the Township Manager shall commence with the effective
date of this Article and shall extend to the first Monday of January of 1954,
and thereafter the term shall extend for a period of two years to the first
Monday of January of the succeeding even-numbered year.
[Amended 3-11-1976 by Ord. No. 1420; 12-14-1989
by Ord. No. 1666]
The compensation of the Township Manager shall be fixed from time to
time by the Board.
[Adopted 4-13-1972 by Ord. No. 1328]
The accounts of the Township of Abington shall be audited by an independent
auditor who shall be a certified public accountant registered in Pennsylvania
or a firm of certified public accountants so registered.
Such independent auditor shall be appointed annually by resolution at
least 30 days prior to the close of the fiscal year to make an independent
examination of all the accounts and accounting records of the Township of
Abington for the fiscal year then closing, at a compensation to be fixed by
the Board of Township Commissioners.