The office of Township Manager is hereby created by Conewago
Township.
The Manager shall be appointed by a majority of all members
of the Board of Supervisors. The Manager shall serve at the pleasure
of the Board of Supervisors as an at-will employee of the Township
and may be removed at any time by a majority vote of the Board of
Supervisors. At least 30 days before such removal is to become effective,
the Board of Supervisors shall furnish the Manager with a written
statement setting forth its intention to remove him. Such removal
may be with or without cause.
The Manager shall be chosen on the basis of his executive and
administrative abilities, with special reference of the duties of
the office as herein outlined. Experience or training in civil engineering
or surveying is recommended but not required. The Manager need not
be a resident of Conewago Township or the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
at the time of appointment, but during the tenure of office he may
reside outside of Conewago Township only with the approval of the
Board of Supervisors. Should the Manager choose to relocate his residence
during the tenure of his office, he must move within Conewago Township.
If the Manager intends to live outside the Township during his employment,
he or she should make that request prior to employment. If the Board
of Supervisors does not approve the requests, he must immediately
become and remain a resident of Conewago Township, while he is employed
by the Township.
Before entering upon his duties, the Manager shall give a bond,
in the sum established annually pursuant to a resolution of the Board
of Supervisors, with a bonding company as surety, to be approved by
the Board of Supervisors, conditioned upon the faithful performance
of his duties, the premium for said bond to be paid by Conewago Township.
The salary of the Township Manager shall be fixed from time
to time by the Board of Supervisors.
The Board of Supervisors, its members and its committees shall
not dictate or influence or attempt to dictate or influence the hiring
of any person to, or his discharge from, Township employment by the
Manager or in any manner take part in this hiring, suspending or discharging
of employees in the administrative service of Conewago Township except
as required by the civil service provisions of the Second Class Township
Code or the provisions of the Local Agency Law. Other than for the purposes of inquiry, the Board of Supervisors
or any of its members or any of the Township committees or its members
shall deal with the administrative service solely through the Manager,
and the Board of Supervisors or any of its members, the Township committees
or its members shall not give orders, publicly or privately, to any
subordinate of the Manager.
If the Manager becomes ill or needs to be absent from Conewago
Township, he shall designate one qualified member of his staff to
perform the duties of the Manager during his absence or disability.
The person so designated shall not perform these duties for a period
longer than two weeks without the approval of the Board of Supervisors.