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Second Class Township Code

 

Article XIII

Township Manager

 

Section 1301. Township Manager, Appointment, Removal, Powers and Duties; Compensation; Bond.

 

(a) The board of supervisors may by ordinance at any time create the office of township manager and may in like manner abolish the office. While the office exists, the board of supervisors shall appoint one person to fill the office. The township manager serves at the pleasure of the board of supervisors.

 

(b) The powers and duties of the township manager shall be established by ordinance. The compensation shall be set by resolution and paid out of the general fund of the township. The board of supervisors may delegate, subject to recall, any of their nonlegislative powers and duties to the township manager. The township manager shall give bond to the township, with sufficient surety, in the amount directed by the board of supervisors, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of the office.

 

(c) The office of township manager is not incompatible with the office of township secretary, township treasurer or any other township office or employment, except that of supervisor, auditor, assessor or township police officer.