The office of Borough Manager is hereby created
by the Borough of Lehighton.
The Manager shall be appointed by a majority
of the members of the Council and shall be subject to removal by the
Council at any time by a vote of the majority of all the members.
[Amended 12-15-2008 by Ord. No. 565-2008]
The Manager shall be chosen on the basis of
his executive and administrative abilities, with special preference
to a college degree in administration or engineering or to actual
experience in or knowledge of accepted practices in respect to the
duties of the office as herein outlined.
Before entering upon his duties, the Borough
Manager shall give bond to the Borough with a bonding company as surety
in such sum as is set by resolution of Borough Council, conditioned
for the faithful performance of his duties, the premium for said bond
to be paid by the Borough of Lehighton.
The Borough Manager shall receive such compensation
as shall be fixed from time to time by resolution of the Borough Council.
The Mayor is hereby authorized to delegate to
the Borough Manager, subject to recall by written notification at
any time, any of his nonlegislative and nonjudicial powers and duties.
None of the powers expressly reserved to the
Borough Council in this Article shall be exercised by any individual
member or members or any committee or committees thereof, and such
powers may only be exercised by a quorum of the Borough Council.
If the Manager becomes ill or needs to be absent
from the Borough, 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 longer
period than two weeks without the approval of the Council.