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Timestamp: 2019-09-21 05:10:08
Document Index: 387305571

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 16', '§ 16', '§ 16', '§ 16', '§ 16', '§ 16', '§ 16', '§ 16', '§ 16']

Borough of West Chester, PA Manager, Borough
Ch 16 Art I Office of Manager
§ 16-1 Creation of office.
§ 16-2 Election; term of office; removal.
§ 16-3 Qualifications.
§ 16-4 Surety bond required.
§ 16-5 Salary.
§ 16-7 Delegation of certain powers by Mayor authorized.
§ 16-8 Council interference with administrative employees prohibited.
§ 16-9 Temporary replacement during absence or disability.
Ch 16 Art II Disposal of Surplus Property by Manager
§ 16-10 Disposal by Manager authorized; monetary limit.
Chapter 16 Manager, Borough
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the Borough of West Chester: Art. I, 10-28-1968 as Ord. No. 16-1968; Art. II, 7-21-1972 as Res. No. 14-1972. Sections 16-5 and 16-6A(14) amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I. Other amendments noted where applicable.]
Officers and employees — See Ch. 20.
Article I Office of Manager
Article II Disposal of Surplus Property by Manager
[Adopted 10-28-1968 as Ord. No. 16-1968]
The office of Borough Manager be and the same is hereby created, subject to the right of the borough by ordinance at any time to abolish said office.
As soon as practicable after the passage of this Article, the Borough Council shall elect, by vote of a majority of the members, one (1) person to fill said office, who shall serve until the first Monday of January of the even-numbered year succeeding his election and until his successor is elected and qualifies. The office shall be filled biennially thereafter. In case of a vacancy, the Borough Council shall, by a vote of a majority of members, fill said office. The Borough Manager shall, however, be subject to removal by the Council at any time by a vote of a majority of members.
The Borough Manager shall be chosen solely on the basis of his executive and administrative abilities, with special reference to his actual experience in or his knowledge of accepted practices in respect to the duties of his office as herein outlined.
Before entering upon his duties, the Borough Manager shall give a bond to the borough with corporate surety to be approved by the Borough Council, in the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.), conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties. The premium shall be paid by the borough.
The Borough Manager shall be the chief administrative officer of the borough, and he shall be responsible to the Council as a whole for the proper and efficient administration of all the affairs of said borough. His powers and duties shall relate to the general management of all borough business not expressly by statute imposed or conferred upon the Borough Council.
Subject to recall by ordinance of the Council, the power and duties of the Borough Manager shall include the following:
He shall hire and, when necessary for the good of the service, shall suspend or discharge all employees, provided that persons covered by the civil service provisions of the Borough Code shall be hired, suspended or discharged in accordance with such provisions, and provided further that the Borough Manager shall report at the next meeting thereafter of the Council any action taken by authority of this subsection.
He shall prepare and submit to the Council before the close of the fiscal year or on an alternate date as the Council shall determine a proposed budget for the next fiscal year, together with his explanatory comments thereon. In preparing the budget, the Borough Manager shall obtain from the head of each department, agency, board or officer estimates of revenues and expenditures and other supporting data as he requests. The Borough Manager shall review such estimates and may revise them before submitting the budget to the Council.
He shall hold such other municipal offices or head one (1) or more of the municipal departments as the Council may from time to time direct. The Borough Manager or his duly authorized agent shall perform the duties of Secretary of the Borough Council.
He shall attend all meetings of the Council and of Council committees and shall receive notice of all special meetings of the Council or its committees.
He shall prepare the agenda for each meeting of the Council and supply facts pertinent thereto.
He shall keep the Council informed as to the conduct of borough affairs, submit periodic reports on the condition of borough finances and make such other reports as the Council requests. He shall also make such recommendations to the Council as he deems necessary.
He may employ, by and with the approval of the Council, experts and consultants to perform work and to advise in connection with any of the functions of the borough.
He shall attend to the letting of contracts in due form of law, and he shall supervise the performance and faithful execution of the same except insofar as such duties are expressly imposed upon some other borough officer.
He shall see that all money owed to the borough is promptly paid and that proper proceedings are taken for security and collection of all the borough's claims.
He shall be the Purchasing Officer of the borough, and he shall purchase, in accordance with the provisions of the Borough Code, all supplies and equipment for the various agencies, boards, departments and other offices of the borough; provided, however, that the cost of no single article purchased by the Manager may be in excess of four thousand dollars ($4,000.). He shall keep an account of all purchases and shall from time to time, or when directed by the Council, make a full written report thereof. He shall also issue rules and regulations, subject to the approval of the Council, governing the requisition and purchasing of all municipal supplies and equipment.
All complaints regarding service or personnel of the borough shall be referred to the Borough Manager. He, or an officer designated by him, shall investigate and dispense with such complaints, and the Borough Manager shall report thereon to the Council.
The Mayor is hereby authorized to delegate to the Borough Manager, subject to recall by written notification at any time, any of his nonlegislative and nonjudicial powers and duties in conformance with the provisions of the Borough Code.
Neither the Council nor any of its committees or members shall dictate or attempt to dictate the hiring of any person or the discharge of any person from employment, or in any manner take part in the hiring, suspending or discharging of employees in the administrative service of the borough, except as required to do so by the civil service provisions of the Borough Code. Except for the purpose of inquiry, the Council, its committees and its members shall deal with the administrative service solely through the Borough Manager, and neither the Council nor any of its committees nor any of its members shall give orders, publicly or privately, to any subordinates of the Borough Manager, except in case of emergencies.
If the Borough Manager becomes ill or needs to be absent from the borough, he shall designate one (1) qualified member of his staff who shall perform the duties of Borough Manager during his absence or disability. The person so designated shall not perform these duties for a period longer than two (2) weeks without the approval of the Council.
[Adopted 7-21-1972 as Res. No. 14-1972]
The Borough Manager is authorized to negotiate for the sale or disposal of all surplus or otherwise unusable property of the borough of an estimated sale value of less than two hundred dollars ($200.) on such terms and conditions as he considers to be in the best interest of the borough, without advertisement and approval of the Council, provided only that the Borough Manager obtains the written approval of one (1) member of the Borough Council.