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. 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.
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.
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.
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.