[Ord. 181A, 6/2/1980, § 1]
By authority vested in Boroughs by the Act of 1979, P.L. 503,
No. 108, the Borough of Middleburg establishes an Educational Service
Agency.
[Ord. 181A, 6/2/1980, § 2]
The Educational Service Agency shall be composed of three individuals,
each of whom shall be a resident of the Borough at least 18 years
of age, who shall be appointed by the Borough Council for overlapping
terms of three years coinciding with the calendar year, provided that
in the case of the three individuals appointed at the time of establishment
of the Educational Service Agency, the term of one shall expire on
the first day of January of the first year after the establishment,
the term of one shall expire on the first day of January of the second
year after the establishment and the term of the third member shall
expire on the first day of January of the third year following establishment.
[Ord. 181A, 6/2/1980, § 3]
No elected Borough or school official shall be eligible to appointment
to or membership on the Educational Service Agency. A vacancy shall
occur in the Educational Service Agency in the case of any member
who ceases to be a resident of the Borough or who otherwise becomes
disqualified for appointment or membership.
[Ord. 181A, 6/2/1980, § 4]
Vacancies in the Educational Service Agency occurring for any
reason shall be filled by appointment by the Borough Council of a
successor to serve for the remainder of the term of the individual
being replaced.
[Ord. 181A, 6/2/1980, § 5]
Members of the Educational Service Agency shall receive such
compensation as shall be fixed, from time to time, by the Borough
Council.
[Ord. 181A, 6/2/1980, § 6]
Each member of the Educational Service Agency may, at the discretion
of the Borough Council, be required to furnish a bond, in the amount
and with the surety specified by the Borough Council, for the faithful
performance of his duties as a member of the Educational Service Agency.
[Ord. 181A, 6/2/1980, § 7]
The function of the Educational Service Agency shall be to employ
and supervise school crossing guards, also referred to as special
school police, to direct traffic at or near schools. In order to enable
the Educational Service Agency to perform that function, the Borough
delegates to the Educational Service Agency the authority to appoint
and supervise crossing guards or special school police as set out
in the Borough Code.
[Ord. 181A, 6/2/1980, § 8]
The Educational Service Agency shall have the following authority,
and it shall be its duty to:
A.
Prepare annually and, on or before the first day of November of each
year, submit to the Borough Council for approval a budget showing
its contemplated income and its proposed expenditures for the succeeding
year.
B.
Annually adopt the budget as submitted under Subsection A of this
section, as modified by the Borough.
C.
From time to time employ and/or discharge and fix the compensation
of crossing guards or special school police to serve the Borough.
D.
Exercise supervision and control over the crossing guards or special
school police by: establishing, administering and enforcing rules
and regulations for the work and conduct of the crossing guards or
special school police; establishing work schedules and designating
the locations where and the time when the various individuals are
to be on duty; establishing position classifications if deemed necessary
and designating the individuals to serve in each classification; providing
the supervision as necessary; exercising any and all other prerogatives
normally associated with personnel management.
E.
From moneys budgeted and available, make all payments for the services
of crossing guards or special school police and make all other expenditures
as prescribed by law or superior body or agency or as otherwise deemed
necessary or appropriate.
F.
Receive, in addition to payments by the Borough, any payments by
the school district or any other gift, grant, devise or bequest.
G.
Establish a system of accounts for all moneys under its control and
establish one or more separate bank accounts into which all income
shall be deposited and from which all expenditures shall be made.
[Ord. 181A, 6/2/1980, § 9]
The Borough shall transfer and pay over to the Educational Service Agency the moneys that the Borough is required to pay as compensation to special school police under the Borough Code or other agreement executed with the school district as provided in the Borough Code, as well as other moneys as necessary to cover expenditures budgeted for the Educational Service Agency as provided in § 1-1008.
[Ord. 181A, 6/2/1980, § 10]
The Educational Services Agency hereby recognized and formally
established shall continue until changed or abolished by action of
the Borough or until the suspension of Act 180 of 1979 as adopted
by the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in accord with
the terms thereof.
