[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors
of the Township of Birmingham as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 12-18-1995 by Ord. No. 95-16]
B.
Said Act provides that Supervisors of townships having
a population of up to 4,999 persons shall be compensated in an amount
not to exceed $1,875.
C.
The population of Birmingham Township, as of the 1990
census, was approximately 2,636.
D.
The General Assembly by said Act 60, authorizes the
Board of Supervisors of the various townships of the second class
to determine the compensation of Supervisors, subject to the limitations
set forth in the Act.
E.
It is the intention of the Board of Supervisors of
Birmingham Township to set the compensation for Supervisors on a per-meeting
basis within the limitations of Act 60.
[Amended 12-17-2012 by Ord. No. 12-03]
Each Supervisor of Birmingham Township elected
or appointed to office on or after January 1, 1996, shall receive
compensation for attending duly advertised, general or special public
meetings and/or hearings of the Board of Supervisors in an amount
equal to the maximum amount permitted by the laws of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania as the same may be amended from time to time. As of
the date of adoption of this section, the compensation for each Supervisor
is set at $1,875 per annum with said salary being automatically amended
to the maximum amount as permitted by law without the necessity of
further ordinance adoption.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 27-15 of the 1995 Code,
Payment, was repealed 12-17-2012 by Ord. No. 12-03.
No Supervisor shall receive annual compensation
under this article in excess of the annual statutory limits set by
the General Assembly in Act 60[1] for Supervisors of townships within the appropriate population
category.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 65101
et seq.
[Amended 12-17-2012 by Ord. No. 12-03]
No Supervisor shall receive compensation in
addition to the maximum permitted by the laws of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, as amended from time to time, for attending any special,
other or additional meetings and/or hearings of the Board of Supervisors
other than the compensation herein provided; such absences of compensation
shall not negate or in any way affect such Supervisor's duty or obligation
to attend such uncompensated meetings and/or hearings.
Where a hearing and/or meeting is conducted
contemporaneously, immediately prior to or immediately subsequent
to another hearing and/or meeting, such attendance shall be deemed
to be only one meeting and/or hearing for compensation purposes.
