[Amended 12-20-2017 by Ord. No. 419[1]]
Effective the first day of January 2020, there shall be a Township Board of Supervisors of five (5) members, elected by the qualified voters of the Township. Four (4) supervisors shall be elected by district, and one (1) shall be elected at-large.
Districts shall be established according to state law and in conjunction with the County Board of Elections and the Court of Common Pleas, and the time of election of the five supervisors shall be in accordance with the schedule set forth in Section C-1013.
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Editor’s Note: This ordinance was approved by referendum on May 15, 2018.
[Amended 7-18-2018 by Ord. No. 425[1]]
The terms of all Supervisors shall be four (4) years and shall begin the first Monday of the year following their election.
Supervisors are not permitted to serve more than two (2) consecutive terms, but are not otherwise precluded from serving additional terms.
A partial term shall be construed as a whole term for the purpose of this section.
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Editor’s Note: This ordinance was approved by referendum on November 6, 2018.
[Amended 12-20-2017 by Ord. No. 419[1]]
The regular election of supervisors shall be held on the municipal election days as established by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
During the 2019 election year, two supervisors shall be elected. One shall be elected from District One, and one from District Three. The three supervisors presently in office shall serve until the expiration of their terms as supervisors at-large.
During the 2021 election year, three supervisors shall be elected. One shall be elected from District Two, one from District Four, and one at-large.
Thereafter, all supervisors elected shall serve the standard four-year terms as stated in Section C-1012.
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Editor’s Note: This ordinance was approved by referendum on May 15, 2018.
The procedure for nomination and election of Supervisors shall be as established by the general laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for municipal elections.
Supervisors shall receive no compensation, direct or indirect, for the performance of their duties; they shall receive no pensions, insurance or other form of fringe benefits. They shall, however, be entitled to their actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. Expenses must be approved by a majority of the whole Board.
[Amended 7-18-2018 by Ord. No. 425[1]]
A supervisor shall be a citizen of the United States, shall have been a resident of the Township for at least one (1) year prior to the date of their election, and shall be a registered voter.
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Editor’s Note: This ordinance was approved by referendum on November 6, 2018.
All authority of the Board of Supervisors shall be asserted only by the Board. No individual Supervisor shall have any authority whatsoever under this Charter unless such authority is specifically delegated by the Charter or by the Board acting as a body.
[Amended 7-18-2018 by Ord. No. 425[1]]
No supervisor shall hold any other compensated or uncompensated Township office or employment during the term for which they are elected to the Board, and no former supervisor shall hold any compensated Township office or employment - nor act as a paid consultant to the Township - Until two (2) years after the expiration of the term for which they were elected to the Board.
In addition, no supervisor shall hold any compensated office or be employed by the County of Allegheny during their tenure as supervisor.
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Editor’s Note: This ordinance was approved by referendum on November 6, 2018.
[Amended 7-18-2018 by Ord. No. 424[1]]
A supervisor's position shall become vacant upon their death, resignation, or removal from office in any manner authorized by law or this Charter.
Whether elected or duly appointed to fill a vacancy in elective office, a township officer shall be removable from office only: by impeachment; by the Governor for reasonable cause after due notice and full hearing on the advice of two-thirds of the Senate; upon conviction of misbehavior in office; or of an infamous crime in accordance with the Constitution of Pennsylvania, or otherwise as may be permitted by law.
A supervisor position shall also become vacant for failure of an individual to assume such office after election thereto within forty-five (45) days after the commencement of the term thereof.
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Editor’s Note: This ordinance was approved by referendum on November 6, 2018.
[Amended 12-20-2017 by Ord. No. 419[1]]
If a vacancy arises in the office of supervisor for any reason, the remaining members of the Board shall, by majority vote, fill the vacancy by appointing a person possessing the qualifications of the office, and who either resides in the district from where the vacancy originates, or from the Township as a whole in the case of an at-large vacancy.
If the Board shall refuse, fail, neglect, or be unable for any reason whatsoever to fill such a vacancy within thirty-one (31) days after the vacancy occurs, then the Court of Common Pleas shall - upon petition of the Board or of any twenty-five (25) citizens of the township - fill the vacancy in such office using the parameters prescribed in the preceding paragraph of this Section.
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Editor’s Note: This ordinance was approved by referendum on May 15, 2018.
[Amended 7-18-2018 by Ord. No. 425[1]]
The Township Board of Supervisors shall organize on the first Monday of each January at a time formally established at the last Board of Supervisors meeting of December.
If the first Monday is a legal holiday, the meeting shall take place on Tuesday instead. The Board shall elect one of their members as Chairperson and one as Vice Chair at this organizational meeting, and both shall hold such offices at the pleasure of the Board.
The Board may transact any further business it deems necessary or appropriate at the organizational meeting.
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Editor’s Note: This ordinance was approved by referendum on November 6, 2018.