[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors
of the Township of Allegheny 3-11-2002 by Ord. No. 7-2002. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Pensions — See Ch. 33.
A.
The Township Manager may be appointed by majority
vote of the Board of Supervisors of Allegheny Township for an indefinite
term, as provided by law. The Township Manager shall serve at the
pleasure of the Board of Supervisors. The Township Manager may be
removed at any time by majority vote of the Board of Supervisors,
with or without cause. At least 30 days before such removal becomes
effective, the Board of Supervisors shall furnish the Manager with
a written statement setting forth its intention to remove him/her
and the reasons therefor.
B.
Before taking office and each year thereafter, the
Township Manager shall furnish a fidelity bond in the amount of $500,000
or less, conditioned upon the faithful performance of his/her duties,
with a corporation licensed to do business in the state as surety.
The cost of such bond shall be paid from the general revenue of the
Township.
[Amended 3-10-2003 by Ord. No. 9-2003]
C.
The Township Manager shall possess from an accredited
college or university a bachelor's degree and master's degree or equivalent
in public administration or a related field. These qualifications
shall be certified by appropriate transcripts and professional references.
A.
The Township Manger shall be the chief administrative
officer of the Township and shall have and exercise all powers and
duties assigned to him/her by this chapter and such other authority
as may be granted by the Board of Supervisors. He/she shall be charged
with the enforcement of all laws and ordinances within the Township
insofar as their enforcement is within the power of the Township and
has not been delegated by ordinance or resolution to other employees.
The Township Manager's power and duties shall extend to the general
management of all Township business not expressly by statute or ordinance
imposed or conferred upon other Township officers or employees.
B.
The Township Manager shall attend all meetings of
the Board of Supervisors and such other meetings of Township officials
as the Board of Supervisors shall direct; shall keep the Board of
Supervisors informed as to the affairs of the Township and shall recommend
to the Board of Supervisors such actions as may be necessary or expedient
for the health, safety and welfare of the Township. The Township Manager
shall prepare the agenda for each meeting of the Board of Supervisors
and supply pertinent facts thereto.
C.
The Township Manger need not be a resident of Allegheny
Township.
[Amended 3-10-2003 by Ord. No. 9-2003]
D.
The Township Manager shall have under his/her administrative
control all municipal departments of the Township, including, but
not limited to, Department of Public Works, Administration, Police
Department, Municipal Authority, Zoning Officer and Sewage Enforcement
Officer. The Township Manager may hold such other Township offices
or head one or more of the Township's municipal departments as the
Board of Supervisors, from time to time, directs.
A.
The Township Manager shall hire and discharge all
full-time employees, subject to the approval of the Board of Supervisors.
(Those employees covered by tenure of office laws are excluded from
this provision.) The Township Manager shall have the authority to
hire and fire part-time employees as the needs of the Township dictate
and according to budgetary restrictions. The Board of Supervisors
shall have the authority to delegate to the Township Manager the power
to hire or fire full-time employees. All Township employees may perform
their duties under the administrative direction of the Township Manager.
B.
The Township Manager shall be responsible for managing
a human resource system which includes, but is not limited to, job
performance reviews, staffing and training; setting performance objectives
and job descriptions; formulating organizational charts and compensation
tables.
A.
The Township Manager shall prepare and submit to the
Board of Supervisors before October 15 of each year, or an alternate
date as the Board of Supervisors shall determine, a balanced budget
for the next fiscal year and an explanatory budget message. The budget
message shall provide a narrative explanation of the fiscal plan emphasizing
any significant changes in revenues and/or expenditures and any specific
programs or projects in the budget. In preparing the budget, the Township
Manager, or an officer designated by him/her, shall obtain from the
head of each department or agency, or board officer, estimates of
revenues and expenditures and other supporting data as he/she requests.
The Township Manager shall review such estimates and may revise them
before submitting the budget to the Board of Supervisors.
B.
The Township Manager shall be responsible for the
administration of the budget after its adoption by the Board of Supervisors.
C.
The Township Manager shall formulate and implement
cost-savings programs for the Township.
D.
The Township Manager shall keep the Board of Supervisors
informed as to the conduct of Township affairs and, along with the
Township Treasurer, submit periodic reports on the condition of the
Township finances. He/she and the Township Treasurer shall submit
such other reports as the Board of Supervisors request and make such
recommendations to the Board of Supervisors as he/she deems necessary.
He/she shall be responsible for making changes recommended as the
result of audits and for implementation of internal controls to affect
compliance to any audit finding.
E.
The Township Manager may employ, with the approval
of the Board of Supervisors, experts and consultants to perform and
to advise in connection with any of the functions of the Township.
F.
The Township Manager shall recommend to the Board
of Supervisors a schedule of compensation for each appointive office
and position in the Township's service, which recommendation shall
be provided for in the budget submitted to the Board of Supervisors
and a schedule of compensation shall be adopted as part of the budget.
G.
The Township Manager shall oversee the Township Treasurer
and require reports on current accounts showing at all times the fiscal
condition of the Township, including the current and anticipated expenditures,
appropriations, cash on hand and anticipated revenue of all municipal
funds and accounts. Such documentation shall be reported to the Board
of Supervisors jointly by the Township Manager and the Township Treasurer.
The Township Manager shall have the authority to take appropriate
action to withhold authorized appropriations, subject to the approval
of the Board of Supervisors and the notification of the Township Treasurer,
to maintain a balance between expected revenue and expenditures.
H.
The Township Manager shall prepare and submit to the
Board of Supervisors a capital budget by August 31 of each year, or
an alternate date as the Board of Supervisors shall determine, for
the following year.
The Township Manager shall negotiate and examine
all proposed contracts to which the Township may be party, including
intergovernmental cooperation agreements, and may sign, on behalf
of the Township, any contract authorized by the Board of Supervisors,
except where the Board of Supervisors directs that some other official
or officers shall do so. It shall be the duty of the Township Manager
to see to it that all terms of any contract to which the Township
is a party are fully performed by all parties thereto. The Township
Manager may serve as chief negotiator on bargaining union contract
negotiations for the Township if so directed by the Board of Supervisors.
The Township Manager shall be the purchasing
officer of the Township and he/she shall provide for the acquisition
of, in accordance with the provisions of the Second Class Township
Code and the adopted budget, all supplies and equipment for the various
agencies, boards, departments and other offices of the Township. He/she
shall keep an account of all purchases and shall prepare an appropriate
request, identified as the warrants payable, to the Board of Supervisors
for the authorization to expend the appropriations for those purchases.
He/she shall also issue rules and regulations governing the requisition
and purchasing of all municipal supplies and equipment. Notwithstanding
anything herein contained to the contrary, the Township Manager shall
not have the power and authority to make purchases or to enter into
contracts where, according to the Second Class Township Code, advertising
is required, except with the price approval of the majority of the
Board of Supervisors.
The Township Manager shall keep a current inventory
showing all real and personal property of the Township and its location
and shall be responsible for the care and custody of all such property,
including equipment, buildings, parks and all other Township property
which is not by statute, ordinance or resolution assigned to some
other officer or body for care and control.
It shall be the duty of the Township Manager
to see to the official publication and/or advertisement of all notices,
ordinances or other documents required by law to be published and/or
advertised and to prepare or cause to be prepared all reports which
the Township or any of the officials thereof are required by law to
prepare.
The Township Manager shall cause to be kept
a complete set of maps and plats showing the location of all Township
utilities and other municipal properties, all streets and other public
places and all lots or parcels of land subdivided according to law.
The Township Manager shall maintain an office
in the Allegheny Township Community Building and devote his/her entire
time to the discharge of his/her official duties. The Township Manager
shall be required to expend such time in the performance of those
duties as may be required by the Board of Supervisors.
The Township Manager, or his/her designee, shall
have the authority to investigate the affairs of the Township or any
department, agency, division or advisory council thereof and to investigate
all complaints in relation to matters concerning the administration
of the government of the Township. Reports of such investigation shall
be promptly submitted to the Board of Supervisors.
In case of accident, disaster or other circumstances
creating a public emergency, the Township Manager may award contracts
and make purchases for the purpose of meeting said emergency, but
he/she shall submit promptly to the Board of Supervisors a report
establishing the existence of such emergency and the necessity of
such action, together with an itemized account of all such expenditures
in response thereto. In time of such emergency, the Township Manager
shall have overall responsibility for the coordination and implementation
of all Township services in response thereto.
If the Township Manger becomes ill or needs
to be absent from the Township, the Board of Supervisors shall designate
one qualified person who shall perform the Manager's duties during
his/her absence or disability. The person so designated shall have
the same authority as that of the regular Township Manager, but may
be required to report to the Board of Supervisors all administrative
action that shall be taken during the time of the absence of the regular
Township Manager.
The Township Manager shall be responsible for
execution of the Township's Comprehensive Plan or other Township short-term
and long-range plans. He/she shall also aid in the development of
the plan in conjunction with the Board of Supervisors and citizen
volunteers. To achieve the plan or fund other projects, the Township
Manager shall seek out and apply for grants from all federal, state,
county and foundation funding sources and be responsible for coordinating
the use of funds from such grants.
The Board of Supervisors shall annually review
and rate the performance of the Township Manager using a job performance
review system enacted by a resolution of the Board of Supervisors.
The job performance review shall be completed by January 31 of the
year proceeding the review year.
