(a)
Creation of Departments. The board of supervisors may establish township
departments, offices or agencies, in addition to those created by
this charter, and may prescribe the functions of all departments,
offices and agencies, except that no function assigned by this charter
to a particular department, office or agency may be discontinued or,
unless this charter specifically so provides, assigned to any other.
(b)
Direction by Manager. All departments, offices and agencies under
the direction and supervision of the manager shall be administered
by an officer appointed by and subject to the direction and supervision
of the manager. With the consent of the board of supervisors, the
manager may serve as the head of one or more such departments, offices
or agencies, or may appoint one person as the head of two or more
of them.
The board of supervisors may from time to time establish, by
ordinance, various boards and commissions to act in an advisory capacity
or to perform special functions. In all instances when such boards
and commissions are constituted in the name of the township or directed
to act on behalf of the township, the members thereof shall be appointed
by the chairman of the board of supervisors, with the advice and consent
of a majority of all the members of the board of supervisors. Except
as may otherwise be provided by statute or by this charter, the chairman
of the board of supervisors shall have authority to suspend or remove
any member of such boards and commissions acting in the name or on
behalf of the township.
(a)
Merit Principle. All appointments and promotions of township officers
and employees shall be made solely on the basis of merit and fitness
demonstrated by examination or other evidence of competence.
(b)
Personnel Director. There shall be a personnel director, a position
which may be filled by the manager as provided in section 601, or
separately appointed by the manager, who shall administer the personnel
system of the township.
(c)
Personnel Board. There may be a personnel board consisting of five
(5) members: the chairman of the board of supervisors, the township
manager, and three members appointed by the board of supervisors for
terms of three (3) years, from among the qualified voters of the township.
The personnel director shall provide necessary staff assistance for
the personnel board.
(d)
Personnel Rules. The personnel director, if separately appointed,
or the manager, shall prepare personnel rules. The manager shall refer
such proposed rules to the personnel board, if established, which
shall report his recommendations thereon. When approved by the manager,
the rules shall be proposed to the board of supervisors, and the board
of supervisors may by ordinance adopt them with or without amendment.
These rules shall provide for:
(1)
The classification of all township positions, based on the duties,
authority and responsibility of each position, with adequate provision
for reclassification of any position whenever warranted by changed
circumstances.
(2)
A pay plan for all township positions.
(3)
Methods for determining the merit and fitness of candidates
for appointment or promotion.
(4)
The policies and procedures regulating reduction in force and
removal of employees.
(5)
The hours of work, attendance regulations and provisions for
sick and vacation leave.
(6)
The policies and procedures governing persons holding provisional
appointment.
(7)
The policies and procedures governing relationships with employee
organizations.
(8)
Policies regarding in-service training programs.
(9)
Grievance procedures, including procedures for the hearing of
grievances by the personnel board, which may render advisory opinions
based on its findings to the township manager with a copy to the aggrieved
employee.
(10)
Other practices and procedures necessary to the administration
of the township personnel system.
There shall be a legal officer of the township, appointed by
the board of supervisors, who shall serve as chief legal adviser to
the board of supervisors, the manager and all township departments,
offices and agencies; shall represent the township in all legal proceedings;
and shall perform any other duties prescribed by this charter or by
ordinance.
The board of supervisors shall initiate planning for the township
in accordance with the "Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code,"
Act 247 of 1968, as amended.
