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Borough of Mechanicsburg, PA
Cumberland County
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[Ord. 805, 12/15/1970, § 1; as amended by Ord. 944, 12/17/1985, § 1; by Ord. 1055, 12/16/2003, § 1; and by Ord. 1065, 12/21/2004, § 1]
The annual salary of the Mayor of the Borough of Mechanicsburg, effective January 1, 2005, shall be the maximum salary permitted by law as the same is amended from time to time, payable in equal monthly installments from the general funds of the Borough. Prior to said date, the salary shall remain as heretofore ordained.
[Ord. 805, 12/15/1970, § 2; as amended by Ord. 925, 4/19, § 3; as further amended by Ord. 944, 12/17/1985, § 2; by Ord. 1055, 12/16/2003, § 1; and by Ord. 1065, 12/21/2004, § 2]
The annual salary of the President of the Borough Council and each Councilperson of the Borough of Mechanicsburg, effective January 1, 2005, shall be the maximum salary permitted by law as the same is amended from time to time, payable in equal monthly installments from the general funds of the Borough. Prior to said date, the salaries of the President and each Councilperson shall remain as heretofore ordained.
[Ord. 805, 12/15/1970; as added by Ord. 1051, 6/17/2003, § 1]
No elected official of the Borough of Mechanicsburg shall be eligible or entitled to participate in Borough-sponsored health insurance plans, or other employment benefits, whether at the expense of the Borough or at the expense of the elected official. Effective January 1, 2005, and thereafter, no present or former elected official of the Borough currently receiving such insurance or other benefits shall be entitled to continue participation under any circumstance. It is the intention of this section to strictly limit the compensation of elected officials to the monetary compensation established under §§ 1-101 and 1-102 of this Part and to prohibit the provision of any other form of compensation or benefit whatsoever. For the purposes of this section, the reimbursement of allowable expenses to elected officials shall not be considered a form of compensation or benefit prohibited hereunder.
[Ord. 650, 2/8/1961, § 1; as amended by Ord. 1132, 2/5/2013]
The compensation for the Tax Collector who shall assume the duties of the Tax Collector for the Borough of Mechanicsburg on the first Monday of January 2014, and continuing thereafter until legally changed by ordinance, shall be $10 per tax bill collected for Borough real estate taxes levied and assessed for the Borough and $1 per tax bill collected for Borough per-capita taxes levied and assessed for the Borough.
[Ord. 1047, 1/21/2003, § 1; as amended by Ord. 1119, 11/16/2010; and by Ord. 1150, 11/17/2015]
A. 
The Tax Collector of the Borough of Mechanicsburg is hereby authorized to assess, collect, and retain as reimbursement for his or her expenses the following fees for providing such services to each person, firm, corporation, association, or other entity requesting the following services:
(1) 
Tax certification fee of $10;
(2) 
Duplicate bill, memo bills and research fee of $2 per parcel for each tax year researched;
(3) 
Preparation and issuance of other written tax information fee of $5 for each document.
B. 
By further determination of the Borough Council, these fees shall be set, from time to time, by resolution, in the event the Borough Council determines a need to alter any of the initially established fees.
C. 
The service fees paid pursuant to this Section shall be paid to the "Borough of Mechanicsburg Tax Collector."
[Ord. 1150, 11/17/2015; as amended by Ord. 1170, 3/16/2021]
The Tax Collector is authorized to impose upon and collect from a taxpayer a fee as set from time to time by resolution of the Borough Council for any payment returned by a bank or other financial institution because of insufficient funds in the account of the taxpayer, or for any other reason, to cover the payment submitted by the taxpayer.
[Ord. 1150, 11/17/2015]
The Tax Collector for the Borough of Mechanicsburg shall keep an accurate written record of all funds received pursuant to this Subpart B and shall provide a written accounting thereof to the Borough Manger and Borough Council on an annual basis, no later than January 31 of each year for the prior calendar year.
[Ord. 1150, 11/17/2015]
In the event any person, firm, corporation, association, or other entity fails to pay the statement for the service fees authorized by this Subpart B, the Tax Collector for the Borough of Mechanicsburg is authorized to commence the appropriate civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction to effectuate a recovery of these service fees together with court costs.