The Municipality of Kingston shall own, possess,
and control rights to property of every kind owned, possessed or controlled
by the Borough of Kingston when this Charter takes effect. It shall
be subject to all debts, liabilities, and duties of the Borough.
This Charter may be amended as provided by the
Pennsylvania Home Rule Charter and Optional Plans Law, Act 62 of 1972,
as amended from time to time, or as otherwise provided by law.
A.
Where a public hearing is required by this Charter,
or by ordinance, it shall consist of a special meeting held by the
Council, or the Mayor, as the case may be, at which there will be
only one order of business, and at which the public shall be permitted
to speak on the subject specified. For required public hearings, public
notice must be given at least seven (7) days prior to the calling
of the meeting, by the placement of a legal advertisement in at least
one newspaper circulating generally within the municipality.
B.
Public notice of the schedule of regular meetings
shall be given once for each calendar year, and shall show the regular
dates and times for meetings and the place at which meetings are held.
Public notice of each special meeting and of each rescheduled regular
or special meeting shall be given as to the date, time, and place
of each meeting as herein provided.
C.
Public notice of the schedule of regular meetings
shall consist of the placement of a legal advertisement in at elast[1] one newspaper circulating generally in the municipality
not less than twenty-four (24) hours prior to the time of the first
regularly scheduled meeting of each year, and the posting of a copy
of said notice prominently in the municipal building.
[1]
Editor's Note: So in original. Apparently
should be "least."
D.
Public notice of each special meeting and of each
re-scheduled regular or special meeting shall be given as to the date,
time and place of such meeting by the posting of a copy of such a
notice in the municipal building no less than twenty-four (24) hours
prior thereto.
E.
Adoption of an ordinance occurs when Council has completed
all action necessary prior to submission of the ordinance to the Mayor
for his approval or veto.
F.
Enactment of an ordinance occurs when it is adopted
by the Council and signed by the Mayor; or it is passed by the Council
by an affirmative vote of a majority plus one of the total number
of Council over the veto of the Mayor; or the Mayor fails to either
veto or sign a measure adopted by Council within the ten-day period
provided in Section 212D of this Charter; or Council fails to act
within the required period of time on those ordinances proposed by
the Mayor, as outlined in this Charter, which shall become law in
the absence of action by Council.
G.
An elector is a person who is legally qualified and
eligible to vote, having met the age, residency and registration requirements
as set forth by law.
H.
The masculine pronoun shall be construed to include
the feminine pronoun. The singular shall be construed to be the plural
whenever the context shall require.
The municipality shall not deny to any person
the enjoyment of any civil right, or discriminate against any person
in the exercise of any civil right, because of race, color, religious
belief, ancestry, sex or national origin.
A.
General. There shall be such authorities, boards,
and commissions as shall be established from time to time by applicable
state law or by action of the Council.
B.
Appointments. Except as otherwise provided in this
Charter, all members of authorities, boards, and commissions shall
be appointed by the Mayor in accordance with Section 309 of this Charter.
Upon failure of the Mayor to nominate a person to fill a vacancy within
ninety (90) days after the vacancy has occurred, the Council shall
make the appointment.
If any provision of this Charter shall be held
by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such invalidity
shall not affect any other provision of this Charter, it being the
intent of the electors of this municipality that the remaining provisions
of this Charter be given full force and effect as completely as if
such invalid provision had not been included herein.
