[Adopted 7-31-1972 as Ch. I, Part 2A, of the 1972 Code]
The office of Borough Manager is hereby created by the Borough of Wilkinsburg.
The Manager shall be appointed by a majority of all the members of Council, and he or she shall serve until the first Monday of January of the even-numbered year succeeding his or her election and until his or her successor qualifies.
The Manager shall be chosen solely on the basis of his or her executive and administrative abilities, with special reference to his or her actual experience in or his or her knowledge of accepted practices in respect to the duties of his or her office as herein outlined. The Manager need not be a resident of the Borough of Wilkinsburg or of the State of Pennsylvania at the time of his or her appointment, but as soon as possible thereafter he or she shall become and during his or her tenure shall remain a resident of the Borough of Wilkinsburg.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Section 24, regarding bonding, which immediately followed this section, was deleted 11-30-1994 by Ord. No. 2472.
The salary of the Borough Manager shall be fixed from time to time by Council.
A. 
The Manager shall be the chief administrative officer of the Borough of Wilkinsburg, and he or she shall be responsible to the Council as a whole for the proper and efficient administration of the affairs of the Borough of Wilkinsburg. His or her powers and duties shall relate to the general management of all borough business not expressly by statute imposed or conferred upon other borough officers.
B. 
Subject to recall by ordinance of Council, the powers and duties of the Borough Manager shall include the following:
(1) 
He or she shall supervise and be responsible for the management of all municipal departments, buildings, grounds, etc.
(2) 
He or she shall hire and, when necessary for the good of the service, shall suspend or discharge all employees under his or her supervision, provided that persons covered by the civil service provisions of the Borough Code shall be hired, suspended or discharged in accordance with such provisions; provided, further, that the Manager shall report, at the next meeting thereafter of Council, any action taken by authority of this subsection.
(3) 
He or she shall prepare and submit to Council before the close of the fiscal year, or on such alternate date as Council shall determine, a budget for the next fiscal year and an explanatory budget message. In preparing the budget, the Manager, or an officer designated by him or her, shall obtain from the head of each department, agency, board or officer estimates of revenues and expenditures and other supporting data as he requests. The Manager shall review such estimates and may revise them before submitting the budget to Council.
(4) 
He or she shall be responsible for the administration of the budget after its adoption by the Council.
(5) 
He or she shall hold such other municipal offices or head one (1) or more of the municipal departments as the Council may from time to time direct.
(6) 
He or she shall attend all meetings of Council and its committees with the right to take part in the discussion, and he or she shall receive notice of all special meetings of Council or its committees.
(7) 
He or she shall prepare the agenda for each meeting of Council and supply facts pertinent thereto.
(8) 
He or she shall keep the Council informed as to the conduct of borough affairs; submit periodic reports on the condition of the borough finances and such other reports as the Council requests; and make such recommendations to the Council as he or she deems necessary.
(9) 
He or she shall submit to Council, as soon as possible after the close of the fiscal year, a complete report on the financial and administrative activities of the borough for the preceding year.
(10) 
He or she shall see that the provisions of all franchises, leases, permits and privileges granted by the borough are observed.
(11) 
He or she may employ, by and with the approval of Council, experts and consultants to perform work and to advise in connection with any of the functions of the borough.
(12) 
He or she shall attend to the letting of contracts in due form of law, and he or she shall supervise the performance and faithful execution of the same except insofar as such duties are expressly imposed upon some other borough officer by statute.
(13) 
He or she shall see that all money owed the borough is promptly paid and that proper proceedings are taken for the security and collection of all the borough's claims.
(14) 
He or she shall be the Purchasing Officer of the borough, and he or she shall purchase, in accordance with the provisions of the Borough Code,[1] all supplies and equipment for the various agencies, boards, departments and other offices of the borough. He or she shall keep an account of all purchases and shall, from time to time or when directed by Council, make a full written report thereof. He or she shall also issue rules and regulations, subject to the approval of Council, governing the requisition and purchasing of all municipal supplies and equipment.
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Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 45101 et seq.
C. 
All complaints regarding services or personnel of the borough shall be referred to the officer of the Manager. He or she, or an officer designated by him or her, shall investigate and dispose of such complaints, and the Manager shall report thereon to Council.
The Mayor is hereby authorized to delegate to the Borough Manager, subject to recall by written notification at any time, any of his or her nonlegislative and nonjudicial powers and duties.
Neither the Council nor any of its committees or members thereof shall dictate or attempt to dictate the hiring of any person to, or his or her discharge from, employment by the Manager, or in any manner take part in the hiring, suspending or discharging of employees in the administrative service of the borough except as required to do so by the civil service provisions of the borough.[1] Except for the purpose of inquiry, the Council, its committees and its members shall deal with the administrative service solely through the Borough Manager, and neither the Council nor any of its committees, or any of its members, shall give orders, publicly or privately, to any subordinates of the Manager.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 14, Civil Service.
If the Manager becomes ill or needs to be absent from the Borough, he or she shall designate one qualified member of his or her staff who shall perform the duties of the Manager during his or her absence or disability. The person so designated shall not perform these duties for a period longer than two weeks without the approval of the Council.
[Amended 11-30-1994 by Ord. No. 2472]
The Manager may at times, when he or she deems it necessary, appoint any employee of the Department of Public Works as a Foreman, and that person shall be paid at a rate as shall be set forth from time to time by resolution of the Borough Council, during such time or times as he or she serves as Sub-Foreman. Said action is deemed necessary when the regular Foreman is off or at times when additional supervision is needed, particularly during the summer months.