[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors
of the Township of Tobyhanna 12-15-1997 by Ord. No. 392. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
This chapter shall be known as the "Township
of Tobyhanna Manager Ordinance."
Pursuant to the Act of May 1, 1933 (P.L. 103,
No. 69), reenacted and amended November 9, 1995 (P.L. 350, No. 60),
as amended,[1] the office of the Township Manager of Tobyhanna Township
is hereby created.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 65101
et seq.
The office of Township Manager of Tobyhanna
Township is hereby created. The office of the Township Manager shall
be filled by one person appointed to said office by a majority vote
of the Board of Supervisors.
[Amended 4-8-2002 by Ord. No. 424; 8-1-2016 by Ord. No. 527]
The person appointed to the Office of Township Manager shall
be, at all times, subject to removal by majority vote of the Board
of Supervisors.
The person appointed to the office of Township Manager shall, unless removed in accordance with § 20-4 above or unless said person resigns, serve until his/her successor is appointed and qualified. The Township Manager shall have no personal interest, direct or indirect, in contracts with the Township.
Before entering upon his/her duties, the Manager
shall post bond with corporate surety to the Township in an amount
as shall be determined by the Board of Supervisors, conditioned upon
the faithful performance of his/her duties.
The compensation of the Township Manager shall
be set by resolution of the Board of Supervisors and may be changed
by resolution from time to time at the discretion of the Board of
Supervisors.
In case of illness or absence of the Manager
from the Township, the Board of Supervisors shall designate a qualified
individual to perform temporarily the duties of the Manager during
such absence or disability.
The Manager shall be chosen solely on the basis
of his/her executive and administrative abilities with special reference
to the duties of his/her office as herein outlined. The Manager need
not be a resident of the Township or of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
at the time of his/her appointment, but during the tenure of his/her
office he/she may reside outside the Township only with the approval
of the Board of Supervisors.
[Amended 4-8-2002 by Ord. No. 424]
The Township Manager shall act as Chief Administrative
Officer of the Township. The Township Manager reports to, and is subject
to oversight from the Township Board of Supervisors, which is the
policy-making body of the Township. The power and duties of the Township
Manager shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following:
A.
He/she shall supervise and be responsible for all
functions and activities of all municipal departments.
B.
The Township Manager is responsible for achieving and maintaining
a reasonable level of work productivity from the Township's workforce,
and is responsible for notifying the Board of Supervisors of any and
all proposed disciplinary suspensions in excess of seven days, disciplinary
demotions, and disciplinary dismissals of employees. The Township
Manager shall have the authority to issue all disciplinary actions.
[Amended 8-1-2016 by Ord. No.
527; 12-11-2017 by Ord. No. 541]
C.
The Township Manager is responsible for instituting and maintaining
lawful employment/hiring procedures within the Township, and is responsible
for hiring candidates for department heads or supervisory positions
of employment with the Township, and notifying the Board of Supervisors
within seven days of hiring said positions. The Township Manager shall
have the authority to terminate any and all positions within the Township.
The Township Manager shall also have authority to hire candidates
for positions within the Township.
[Amended 8-1-2016 by Ord. No.
527; 12-11-2017 by Ord. No. 541]
D.
The Manager is responsible for the Township's compliance
with federal and state employment and personnel laws; is responsible
for the implementation of Township policies relating to matters of
employment, including but not limited to maintenance of the Township's
official personnel files (basic, medical and other), including being
responsible for the confidential securing of those files in accordance
with applicable law.
E.
The Township Manager is responsible for recommending
the compensation payable to, and the benefit structure applicable
to, all Township employees. The Board of Supervisors has final authority
in regards to such compensation and benefits and shall, in the exercise
of this authority, give reasonable weight to the recommendations of
the Manager.
F.
In regards to personnel matters the Township Manager
shall be the chief public spokesperson of the Township, it being recognized
that having a single, centralized individual performing such a role
best enables the Township to comply with its legal obligations to
the public and to its employees.
G.
The Manager is empowered to recommend personnel policies,
ordinances, and resolutions to the Board of Supervisors.
H.
The Manager is empowered, so long as the costs for
so doing are within the bounds of the Administrative budget, to send
or permit employees to attend training opportunities.
I.
The Township Manager is responsible for maintaining
personnel costs within the parameters established by the budget, it
being recognized that unexpected contingencies can occur which produce
personnel costs which cannot be avoided and which reasonably may not
have been anticipated in the budget.
J.
The Manager has the authority and responsibility to
plan and direct the work to be performed by the Township's workforce;
to delegate aspects of that authority and responsibility to subordinate
managers and supervisors; to make, to the Board of Supervisors, personnel-related
recommendations (whether related to policy formation, legislation,
or otherwise) and to decide and/or make recommendations regarding
other basic critical matters relating to Township personnel management.
