Bill Text: PA SB1061 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act amending the act of May 24, 1956 (1955, P.L.1674, No.566), entitled "An act authorizing council of any incorporated town to create the office of town manager, and prescribe his powers and duties," further providing for the office of town manager and for powers and duties of a town manager.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-09-15 - Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS [SB1061 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-SB1061-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1362
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 1061 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY ROBBINS, ERICKSON, EICHELBERGER, STOUT AND WOZNIAK, JULY 31, 2009
REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT, JULY 31, 2009
AN ACT
Amending the act of May 24, 1956 (1955, P.L.1674, No.566),
entitled "An act authorizing council of any incorporated town
to create the office of town manager, and prescribe his
powers and duties," further providing for the office of town
manager and for powers and duties of a town manager.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 1 and 2 of the act of May 24, 1956
(1955, P.L.1674, No.566), entitled "An act authorizing council
of any incorporated town to create the office of town manager,
and prescribe his powers and duties," are amended to read:
Section 1. Town Manager May Be Created by Ordinance;
Election.--The council of any town may, at its discretion, at
any time, create by ordinance the office of town manager and
may, in like manner, abolish the same. While said office exists,
the council shall, from time to time and whenever there is a
vacancy, elect, by a vote of a majority of all the members, one
person to fill said office, who shall serve until the first
Monday of January of the even-numbered year succeeding his
election and until his successor qualifies[, subject, however,
to removal by the council at any time by a vote of the majority
of all the members]. The town manager shall serve at the
pleasure of council, subject to contractual rights that may
arise under an employment agreement that may be entered in
accordance with section 2.
Section 2. Powers and Duties; Bond.--The powers[,] and
duties [and compensation] of the town manager shall be regulated
by ordinance. Council may enter into an employment agreement
with the town manager. The employment agreement may set forth
the terms and conditions of employment, and the agreement may
provide that it shall remain in effect for a specified period
terminating no later than two years after the effective date of
the agreement or the date of the organization meeting of council
following the next municipal election, whichever shall first
occur. An employment agreement entered into pursuant to this
section may specify conditions under which a town manager would
be entitled to severance compensation, but in no event shall an
employment agreement guarantee employment through the term of
the agreement or confer upon the town manager any legal remedy
based on specific performance. The council and the president of
the council, when authorized by ordinance, may delegate subject
to recall any of their respective nonlegislative and non-
judicial powers and duties to the town manager. He shall give a
bond to the town with one or more sureties or one bonding
company, to be approved by the council, in such sum as it shall
by ordinance direct, conditioned for the faithful performance of
his duties.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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