[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the Township of Radnor 5-12-1980 by Ord. No. 80-7(a) (Ch. 7 of the 1974
Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
CHARTER REFERENCES
Finances generally — See Art.
VII.
By authority vested in townships by the Act
of 1979, P.L. 503, No. 108,[1] the Township of Radnor hereby establishes an Educational
Service Agency.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 43 P.S. § 802.1.
The Educational Service Agency shall be composed
of three individuals, each of whom shall be a resident of the Township,
at least 18 years of age, who shall be appointed by the Board of Commissioners
for three-year overlapping terms 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.
No elected Township or school district 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 Township
or who otherwise becomes disqualified for appointment or membership.
Vacancies in the Educational Service Agency
occurring for any reason shall be filled by appointment by the Board
of Commissioners of a successor to serve for the remainder of the
term of the individual being replaced.
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 Township delegates to the Educational Service Agency
the authority to appoint and supervise crossing guards or special
school police as authorized by law.
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 Board of Commissioners for approval
a budget showing its contemplated income and its proposed expenditures
for the succeeding year.
C.
From time to time employ and/or discharge and fix
the compensation of crossing guards or special school police to serve
in the Township.
D.
Exercise supervision and control over the crossing
guards or special school police by:
(1)
Establishing, administering and enforcing rules and
regulations for the work and conduct of the crossing guards or special
school police.
(2)
Establishing work schedules and designating the locations
where and the time when the various individuals are to be on duty.
(3)
Establishing position classifications, if deemed necessary,
and designating the individuals to serve in each classification.
(4)
Providing for supervision as necessary.
(5)
Exercising any and all other prerogatives normally
associated with personnel management.
E.
From moneys budgeted and available, supervise all
payments for the services of crossing guards or special school police
and supervise all other expenditures as are prescribed by law or superior
body or agency or are otherwise deemed necessary or appropriate.
F.
Supervise, in addition to moneys budgeted by the Township,
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 supervision.
The Township shall budget and make available to the Educational Service Agency the moneys that the Township is required to pay as compensation to special school police by law or other agreement executed with the school district, as permitted by law, as well as other moneys as necessary to cover expenditures budgeted for the Educational Service Agency, as provided in § 30-6 of this chapter.
The Educational Service Agency hereby recognized
and formally established shall continue until changed or abolished
by action of the Township or until the suspension of Act 108 of 1979,
as adopted by the legislature of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
in accord with the terms thereof.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 43 P.S. § 802.1.
