There shall be a Board of five Supervisors elected by the qualified
voters of the Township. Four to be elected, one from each district,
now established, and one to be elected from the Township at large.
The terms of all Supervisors shall be four years, commencing
at 8:00 p.m. on the first Monday of January following the year in
which they are elected, except that a Supervisor appointed to fill
a vacancy shall serve only for the balance of the unexpired term.
The regular election of Supervisors shall be held on the general municipal election day as established from time to time by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania commencing in the year 1975. The time of election of Supervisors from the four districts and of the at-large-Supervisor shall be in accordance with the initial schedule set forth in "Transitional Provisions," § 1503.
The procedure for nomination and election of Supervisors shall
be as established by the general laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
for municipal elections.
1.
Each Supervisor shall be paid at a rate of $25 per meeting or such
other sum as may be determined by proper ordinance; provided, however,
that no ordinance increasing such salary shall become effective for
at least four years after the effective date of this Charter. No such
increase in salary, however, shall become effective until the date
of commencement of the terms of the Supervisors elected at the next
regular election after such salary increase has been adopted, provided
that such election follows the adoption of such ordinance by at least
180 days.
2.
Supervisors shall receive no other compensation, direct or indirect,
for the performance of their duties as Supervisors; they shall not
be eligible for pensions, insurance or other forms of fringe benefits
as are regular Township employees.
3.
They shall be entitled to receive reimbursement for travel and other
actual expenses incurred when such travel and expense is authorized
by the Board.
A Supervisor shall be a citizen of the United States, shall
have been a resident of the Township for at least two years immediately
prior to the date of his/her election, and shall be at least 21 years
of age when elected to office.
All supervisory authority shall be asserted by the Board only.
No individual Supervisor shall have any authority whatsoever under
this Charter unless such authority is specifically delegated by the
Charter or by the Supervisors acting as a body.
No Supervisor shall hold any other compensated Township office
or employment during the term for which he/she is elected to the Board,
and no Supervisor shall hold any compensated appointive Township office
or employment, nor shall be/she act as a paid consultant to the Township,
until after the expiration of the term for which he/she was elected
to the Board.
The office of a Supervisor shall become vacant upon his/her
death, resignation, removal from office in any manner authorized by
law or this Charter, or forfeiture of his/her office, or for death
or for failure to assume such office after election thereto within
45 days after the commencement of the term thereof. A Supervisor shall
forfeit his/her office if he/she lacks at any time during his/her
term of office any qualification for the office prescribed by this
Charter or by law or is convicted of a felony or a crime involving
moral turpitude or absent from three consecutive regular meetings
of the Board without being excused by the Board. In the case of failure
of attendance, the Board shall declare such office vacant at least
10 days before the same shall be filled by appointment.
If a vacancy shall occur in the office of a Supervisor, the
remaining supervisors shall fill the vacancy by appointing a person
from the district in which the vacancy occurs and otherwise qualified
under the terms of this Charter to hold such office for the unexpired
term thereof. If the vacancy occurs in the office of a Supervisor
elected at large, then the Supervisors may appoint a person residing
in any of the districts and otherwise qualified under this Charter
to hold such office. If the Board shall refuse, fail or neglect, or
be unable, for any reason whatsoever, to fill the vacancy within 45
days after the vacancy occurs, then the Court of Common Pleas shall,
upon petition of the Board or of any 25 citizens of the Township,
fill the vacancy in such office by the appointment of a qualified
resident of the Township for the unexpired term of the office.
The Supervisors, prior to assuming office, shall take and shall
sign on oath of office as shall from time to time be prescribed by
the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Such oath may be taken
and signed before any Judge, District Magistrate, or Notary Public
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and no person shall be permitted
to assume such office until the oath, in written form, is filed with
the Township.
The Board shall organize at 8:00 p.m. on the first Monday of
January of each year, by electing one of their number as Chairman,
one of their number as Vice Chairman, and select the Secretary, Treasurer
and Solicitor. If the first Monday is a legal holiday, the meeting
and organization shall take place the first day following. The Board
may transact any further business it deems necessary or appropriate
at the organization meeting.
