Title 11, CITIES

(a) Certification.--The city clerk, after consultation with the city solicitor, shall certify to the county board of elections a copy of the ordinance and the proceedings of council directing the referendum vote. The county board of elections shall cause the question to be printe…

The ballot used when voting on the ordinance shall contain a question stating the nature of the referred ordinance followed by the words "yes" and "no" and shall be conducted in the manner as provided in the Pennsylvania Election Code.

(a) Computing.--An officer holding an election shall keep a tally sheet and make a return of votes on the referendum question in the same manner as a tally sheet is kept and a return is made in an election of officers and the submission of other questions as provided by the Penns…

If a majority of the electors vote in favor of the ordinance, the ordinance shall take effect when the results of the election are certified by council. If a majority of the electors vote against the ordinance, the ordinance shall be nullified.

Before any referendum is held on any ordinance in accordance with this subchapter, the city shall provide notice of the ordinance by publishing a copy of the ordinance in a newspaper of general circulation. Publication in accordance with this section shall be in addition to the p…

The city may enact an ordinance establishing departments to implement administrative functions of the city. If the city fails to adopt an ordinance, powers and duties of the city shall be allocated and assigned among the following: (1) The department of public affairs. (2) The de…

Council may, by ordinance, do all of the following: (1) Determine the powers and duties to be performed by each department. (2) Prescribe the powers and duties of officers and employees. (3) Assign particular officers and employees, including directors of departments, to one or m…

(a) Duties of mayor.-- (1) If a department of public affairs is established by ordinance, the mayor shall be director of the department of public affairs. (2) Regardless of whether or not a department of public affairs is established by ordinance, the mayor shall supervise city p…

A department director shall be responsible for the property and supplies of the city within the director's department. The department director shall prepare and maintain a perpetual inventory of the property and supplies for which the department director is responsible and, from …

(a) Report.--At the close of each quarter of the fiscal year, a department director shall prepare and submit to the director of the department of accounts and finance, if a department of accounts and finance is established by ordinance, or to the business administrator or other o…

The qualifications for office of mayor shall be as follows: (1) An individual must be at least 18 years of age. (2) An individual must be elected at large by the qualified electors of the city. (3) An individual must be a resident of the city where the individual was elected for …

The mayor shall be the chief executive of the city. The mayor shall be inaugurated and take the oath of office in accordance with sections 10904 (relating to offices to be held until qualification of successors) and 10905 (relating to oath of office, violation of oath and penalty…

(a) Execution.--The mayor shall execute and enforce the ordinances of the city and all general laws applicable to the ordinances. (b) Report.--The mayor shall submit an annual report to council and the public that includes recommendations on ways to improve efficiency of the city…

Council shall provide an official seal for the mayor in a form, as reasonably requested by the mayor, which shall not be changed during the mayor's term of office.

(a) Supervision.--The mayor shall supervise the conduct of all city officers, examine the grounds of all reasonable complaints against them and cause all of their violations or neglect of duty to be promptly punished or reported for correction as council may direct. (b) Implement…

The mayor may request a report from a city official or department director containing information pertaining to administrative functions under the control and management of the city official or department director. The mayor may submit a report pertaining to all matters of city g…

The mayor may take acknowledgments of any instruments in writing pertaining to the business of the city, solemnize marriages and administer oaths and affirmations as to city business and shall attest all the mayor's acts with the mayor's official seal.

(a) Payment.-- (1) The mayor shall receive for the mayor's services during the term of service an annual salary to be fixed by ordinance, payable in equal installments as council shall provide. (2) Council shall, by ordinance, fix the amount of salary to be paid to the mayor for …

(a) Absence or inability to act.--During the absence of the mayor or the inability of the mayor to act, the vice president of council shall be the acting mayor who shall exercise all the rights and powers of the mayor. (b) Death, resignation or otherwise.--In the event of a vacan…

The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: "City administrator." The term includes a city administrator or a city manager. "Office of city administrator." The term…

(a) Establishment.--Council may enact an ordinance by a majority vote of all the members of council establishing the office of city administrator. (b) Abolishment.--Council may enact an ordinance by a majority vote of all the members of council abolishing the office of city admin…

(a) Appointment.--In a city that has established an office of city administrator, council shall appoint an individual, partnership, limited partnership, an association or professional corporation to be city administrator. The appointment of a city administrator shall be by a majo…

(a) Agreement.--Council may enter into an employment or professional services agreement with the city administrator. The agreement may set forth the terms and conditions of employment. The agreement shall remain in effect for a specified period terminating not later than two year…

(a) Residence of city administrator who is an individual.--At the time an individual is appointed to fill the office of city administrator, the appointee does not have to be a resident of the city. After appointment, a city administrator who is an individual may reside outside th…

(a) Powers and duties generally.--Council may, by ordinance, vest in the city administrator powers and duties relating to the general management of city business and to the enforcement of city ordinances and regulations. Nothing in this section shall be construed to diminish the …

The qualifications for the office of city treasurer shall be as follows: (1) An individual must be an accountant. (2) An individual must be at least 21 years of age. (3) An individual must be a resident of the city for at least one year before the individual's election. (4) Befor…

(a) Conditioning.--The city treasurer shall provide lawful fidelity bond, covering the full term of office, for the faithful performance of official duties, including duties as tax collector of city, county, institution district and school taxes. In addition to being subject to o…

Except as otherwise provided by the act of December 31, 1965 (P.L.1257, No.511), known as The Local Tax Enabling Act, the city treasurer, by virtue of the city treasurer's office, shall be the collector of the city, county, school and institution district taxes assessed or levied…

(a) Duplicate delivery.-- (1) Not later than 30 days after the adoption of the budget or not later than 30 days after receipt of the assessment roll from the county, whichever is later, council and county and county institution district authorities shall compile and deliver the d…

(a) Tax liens.--Upon the settlement of the duplicates of city, county, institution district and school taxes which by law are made a lien on real estate, the city treasurer as tax collector shall make out schedules of the city, county, school or institution district taxes uncolle…

(a) Payments.--The city treasurer shall receive all money payable to the city from the sources as council may assign. Upon request, the city treasurer shall issue a receipt to an individual making the payment. The city treasurer shall pay all documents authorizing payment duly co…

The accounts of the city treasurer shall clearly exhibit all the items of receipts and expenditures of the city, the sources from which the money is received and the objects for which the expenditures are disbursed. The city treasurer shall keep separate and distinct accounts of …

Money may not be paid out of the city treasury unless the money has been previously approved, duly authorized and appropriated by council for its intended purposes as explicitly mentioned in the document authorizing payment.

(a) Depositories.--The city treasurer shall keep public funds in banks or financial depositories as directed by council and under the restrictions and safeguards as provided by council. The city treasurer shall verify the city treasurer's accounts as requested by council. (b) Lia…

The city treasurer shall, upon leaving office, deliver to the city or to the city treasurer's duly qualified successor all money, accounts, property or effects in the city treasurer's possession belonging to the city.

(a) Appointments.--The city treasurer may appoint the following: (1) A deputy city treasurer who, in the case of the sickness, absence or inability of the city treasurer to act, shall have the same powers and shall perform the same duties as are imposed by law upon the city treas…

Council shall provide for the manner of appointment and compensation of the city engineer. The city engineer shall be a registered professional engineer in this Commonwealth and shall serve at the pleasure of council. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit council…

The city engineer shall have the supervision, direction and control of the engineering matters of the city. Unless authorized by council, a department of the city may not employ or retain any additional engineers.

As authorized by council, engineering work undertaken by the city shall be performed or supervised by the city engineer or by another registered professional engineer employed by the city for a particular purpose. The duties of the city engineer may include all of the following: …

(a) Certification.--Within a reasonable time after the completion of any municipal improvement, the cost and expense of which, in whole or in part, is to be paid by the abutting property owner, the city engineer or employees designated by the city engineer shall: (1) certify the …

For the purposes of carrying out authorized surveys, laying out streets or other engineering work of the city, the city engineer or other persons engaged in city engineering work may enter upon any property occupied by any person within the city.

Council shall provide, by ordinance, for the manner of appointment and compensation of the city solicitor, which may be a law firm.

The city solicitor shall have the direction and control of the legal matters of the city. Unless authorized by council, a department of the city may not employ or retain any additional counsel in any matter or cause.

The city solicitor shall have the following duties: (1) Overseeing, as directed by resolution or ordinance, the preparation of all bonds, obligations, contracts, leases, conveyances and assurances to which the city or a municipal department is a party. (2) Overseeing litigation b…

(a) Opinions.--Subject to regulation by council in accordance with subsection (b), the city solicitor shall submit a written opinion on questions of law submitted by any of the following: (1) Council. (2) The mayor. (3) Any other elected city official. (4) Any appointed city offi…

Upon the payment of any lien or other debt of record due to the city to a city employee, city official or any other person authorized to receive the payment, the person who received the payment shall, as soon as practicable, notify the city solicitor. The city solicitor or the so…