All members of Council, the Mayor, Town Manager and department heads, before commencing their official duties, shall take and sign an oath of office as stipulated in Article One, Section 111, of the Home Rule Charter.
Except as otherwise provided in this Administrative Code, and for the purpose of inquiries and investigations, the Council or its members shall deal with employees in the administrative service solely through the Town Manager, and neither the Council nor its members shall give orders to such employees either publicly or privately.
Elected and appointed officials of the Town shall, on or before May 1 of every year during their terms of office, file a statement of financial interest as prescribed by The Pennsylvania Public Official and Employee Ethics Act, Act 170 of 1978, as amended.[1] The reporting date shall be January 1 of that year. Forms shall be filed with the Town Manager and shall be available for public inspection.
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Editor's Note: See 65 Pa.C.S.A. § 1101 et seq.
In connection with every election to municipal office, each candidate for nomination or election, and every treasurer of a political committee, or person acting as treasurer, shall file with the Town Manager a public preliminary account of receipts and expenses five days prior to the election. The preliminary account shall be in the same form and contain the same information as required by law to be filed following an election except that the information shall be provided as of a time seven days prior to the election.
A. 
General provisions.
(1) 
No candidate for election, appointment, or promotion with respect to any municipal position shall directly or indirectly give or promise, render, or pay any money, service, or other valuable thing to any person for the purpose of influencing or obtaining the support, aid, or vote for or in connection with the individual's election, appointment, or promotion.
(2) 
No elected official or employee shall in any manner receive benefit from the profits or emoluments of any contract, job, or service for the Town or accept any service or thing of value, directly or indirectly, upon more favorable terms than those granted to the public generally, from any person dealing with the Town.
(3) 
No elected official or employee shall solicit or receive any compensation, gratuity, or other thing of value for any act done in the course of public service, except compensation for the position or employment held in the Town.
(4) 
No elected official or employee shall compel another employee to contribute to any fund other than required by law or ordinance.
(5) 
No individual shall be appointed to or removed from or in any way favored or discriminated against with respect to any municipal employment or appointive office because of race, sex, political or religious opinions or affiliations.
(6) 
No individual shall willfully make any false statement, certificate, mark, rating, or report in regard to any test, certification, or appointment under the personnel provisions of the Town, or in any manner commit or attempt to commit any fraud preventing the impartial execution of such provisions.
B. 
Elected officials. No elected official shall hold any other compensated position in the Town or any other governmental unit except as an officer or member of the Pennsylvania National Guard or branches of the federal Military Reserve.
C. 
Employees. Employees are prohibited from engaging in partisan political activity during working hours and at all times in municipal offices and facilities.
In accordance with Pennsylvania Constitution Article II, Section 7, no person hereafter convicted of embezzlement of public moneys, bribery, perjury or other infamous crime shall be eligible or capable of holding any office of trust or profit in this commonwealth.
A. 
The amount of any balance or shortage, or any expenditure of a fund, made in a manner prohibited or unauthorized by law, which causes financial loss to the Town, shall be a surcharge against any official or employee who, by malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance has permitted or approved such expenditure or shortage to occur.
B. 
Any shortage or illegal expenditure in any report filed by the independent auditor to the Council against any official or employee shall constitute a surcharge, and unless appeal is taken, the Council shall cause same to be entered in the Office of the Prothonotary of the County of Mercer as a judgment against the one surcharged in favor of the Town.
C. 
In those instances where the Council finds that the shortage or expenditure, as aforesaid, was not caused by malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance of the official or employee responsible therefor, but occurred despite the good faith of such person, the shortage shall not be entered as a surcharge, but the Council shall issue a special report on the matter and shall hold a public hearing concerning the report within 30 days after the issuance thereof.
D. 
It shall be lawful for the Town, or any resident thereof on its behalf, or any official or employee whose account is settled or audited, to appeal to the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Mercer from the settlement or audit as shown on the report of the auditor to the Council, not later than 30 days after public notice of the filing of the report.
E. 
Judgments caused to be entered by the Council or by the court after hearing on appeal shall be enforced by appropriate proceedings.
A. 
Fidelity bonds.
(1) 
The following municipal officials shall each, before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, give bond to the Town of Greenville, duly approved by the Town Solicitor, and conditioned upon the faithful performance and discharge of their respective duties and for proper application and payment of all money or property for which they are responsible by virtue of their offices, in the following amounts:
Municipal Official
Amount of Bond
Town Manager
$300,000
Administrative Assistant to Manager
$100,000
Financial Assistant
$300,000
Mayor
$100,000
Tax Collector
$300,000
(2) 
The Council shall prescribe bonds for other individuals for whom it deems that coverage is necessary.
(3) 
The Town Manager shall review the need and requirements for fidelity bonds on an annual basis and provide a recommendation to Council concerning the purchase of the prescribed bonds.
(4) 
The expense for all fidelity bonds shall be borne by the Town.
B. 
Insurance coverage. The Town Manager shall review all Town insurance requirements with Town Council on an annual basis and recommend insurance proposals deemed reasonable and prudent. Said areas shall include but not be limited to the following:
(1) 
Catastrophic liability insurance;
(2) 
Comprehensive business liability and damage insurance;
(3) 
Real and personal property insurance;
(4) 
Professional police liability insurance;
(5) 
Workers' compensation and employer's liability insurance;
(6) 
Public officials' and employees' indemnity insurance; and
(7) 
Employee benefit insurance.
C. 
Purchase of bonds and insurance. As provided in the Home Rule Charter, competitive bidding shall not be required for contracts for insurance or surety bonds.
A. 
The Council, the Code of Appeals Review Board, the Personnel Commission, and the Zoning Hearing Board shall each have the power to conduct inquiries and investigations in aid of the exercise of their powers and performance of their duties.
B. 
The Council, the Code of Appeals Review Board, the Personnel Commission, and the Zoning Hearing Board shall have the power to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents and other evidence at investigative hearings, and for that purpose may issue or cause to be issued subpoenas, signed by appropriate officials or commission members and served as provided by law.
C. 
The official presiding at any hearing shall have the power to administer oaths to witnesses.
D. 
If any person shall refuse or neglect to obey any subpoena, that person shall, upon conviction thereof at a summary proceeding, be sentenced to pay a fine as may be ordained, and in default of the payment of such fines and costs shall be imprisoned for a period not to exceed 30 days.
E. 
If any person shall refuse or neglect to obey any subpoena, the official or board issuing same may, by petition, apply to the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Mercer for its subpoena to compel the attendance of such person before the official, the commission, or the court. Under failure to attend, the Town Solicitor shall request that such person be held in contempt of court and punished therefor.
F. 
No person subpoenaed, as aforesaid, shall be required to respond to the same until mileage and witness fees, equal to those then established by law or ordinance, shall have first been furnished to the witness.
Police employed by the Town shall be ex-officio constables of the commonwealth and shall have the powers and prerogatives conferred on police officers by law. Police, when acting as constables, shall have the authority to serve and execute all criminal processes for the violation of municipal ordinances which may be issued, and the fees and costs collected in such capacity shall be paid directly into the Town treasury.
No member of Town Council, the Mayor, employee or member of any administrative board, commission or authority shall engage in discrimination or discriminatory acts against or with regard to any individual or group on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, sex, religion, ancestry, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, familial status, marital status, age, mental or physical disability, use of guide or support animals and/or mechanical aids, regardless of whether the conduct occurs during the discharge of official business or otherwise.
Whenever any time established by this chapter for the taking of any action expires on a Sunday or on a legal holiday, such time shall not expire on said day but shall expire on the next weekday.
Where law or ordinance prescribes certain functions to be performed by a designated department head under the former form of government, such function shall be performed by the equivalent department head to which the respective functions have been assigned by this Administrative Code.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this chapter is held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such shall be deemed a separate, distinct, and independent provision, and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion thereof.