All persons elected to any Township office shall, before entering
the duties of their office, take and subscribe an oath or affirmation,
before such person having authority to administer oaths, to support
the Constitution of the United States and of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
and to perform the duties of his office with fidelity. A copy of such
oath or affirmation shall be filed with the Township Manager.
All members of the Board of Commissioners, the Township Manager
and department heads in the administrative service shall affirm to
a code of ethics as may be adopted by the Township from time to time.
The signed affirmation of such code of ethics by the members of the
Board of Commissioners, the Township Manager and department heads
shall be filed with the Township Manager.
A.
The Board of Commissioners, the Zoning Hearing Board, the Human Relations
Commission and the Personnel Committee of the Board of Commissioners
shall each have the power to conduct inquiries and investigations
in aid of the exercise of their powers and performance of their duties.
B.
The Board of Commissioners, the Zoning Hearing Board, the Human Relations
Commission and the Personnel Committee of the Board of Commissioners
shall have the power to compel the attendance of witnesses and the
production of documents and other evidence at investigative hearings,
and for that purpose, the presiding officer of the Board of Commissioners
or of the Zoning Hearing Board, or of the Human Relations Commission
or of the Personnel Committee of the Board of Commissioners may issue
or cause to be issued subpoenas, served as provided by law.
C.
The appropriate officers, as listed in Subsection B hereof, shall, at any hearing, have the power to administer oaths.
D.
If any person shall refuse or neglect to obey any subpoena, that
person shall, upon conviction thereof at a summary proceeding, be
sentenced to pay a fine not to exceed $300 and, in default of the
payment of such fines and costs, shall be imprisoned for a period
not to exceed 30 days.
E.
If any person shall refuse or neglect to obey any subpoena, the officer
or board issuing the same may, by petition, apply to the Court of
Common Pleas of the County of Delaware for its subpoena to compel
the attendance of such person before the officer, board or the Court.
Under failure to attend, the Township Solicitor shall request that
such person be held in contempt of court and be punished therefor.
F.
No person subpoenaed, as aforesaid, shall be required to respond
to the same until mileage and witness fees, equal to those then established
by law, shall have first been furnished to the witness.
A.
Haverford Township shall follow the municipal records retention and
disposition schedule approved by the Local Government Records Committee
pursuant to the Municipal Records Act of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
B.
All records of the Township shall be preserved for such period of
time as may be designated in said schedule for each particular kind
and character of municipal public record.
Whenever any time established for the taking of an action expires
on a Saturday, Sunday or on a Township-designated legal holiday, such
time shall not expire on said day but shall expire on the next business
day.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion
of this chapter is held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of
competent jurisdiction, such shall be deemed a separate, distinct
and independent provision, and such holding shall not affect the validity
of the remaining portion hereof.
The enactment of this Administrative Code shall not affect the
validity and force of law of the First Class Township Code of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania[1] with respect to the affairs of the government of Haverford
Township, with the exception of those provisions of the First Class
Township Code that are inconsistent with the Charter, this code or
any subsequent ordinances enacted by Haverford Township.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 5510 et seq.
