PRINTER'S NO. 226
No. 220 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, WAUGH, BELL, COSTA, HOLL, SCHWARTZ,
M. WHITE, KITCHEN AND TOMLINSON, JANUARY 31, 2001
REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 31, 2001
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of February 1, 1966 (1965 P.L.1656, No.581),
2 entitled "An act concerning boroughs, and revising, amending
3 and consolidating the law relating to boroughs," further
4 providing for organization of council, quorum, voting,
5 compensation and eligibility.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Section 1001 of the act of February 1, 1966 (1965
9 P.L.1656, No.581), known as The Borough Code, amended October
10 31, 1995 (P.L.346, No.58), is amended to read:
11 Section 1001. Organization of Council; Quorum; Voting;
12 Compensation; Eligibility.--The borough council shall organize
13 on the first Monday of January of each even-numbered year, by
14 electing one of their number as president and one of their
15 number as vice-president, who shall hold such offices at the
16 pleasure of the council. If the first Monday is a legal holiday,
17 the meeting and organization shall take place the first day
18 following. Any action taken by any borough council at any time
19 between 12:01 o'clock ante meridian on January 1 of an even-
1 numbered year and the organization of council in that year shall
2 be subject to reconsideration by the new council at any time
3 within ten days after such organization. The council may at the
4 organization meeting elect such other officers as may be
5 provided for by law or ordinance, or as may be deemed necessary
6 for the conduct of affairs of the borough and may transact such
7 other business as may come before the meeting. The president,
8 and during his absence or incapacity the vice-president, shall
9 preside over the meetings of council and perform such other
10 duties as are prescribed by this act or by ordinance. A majority
11 of the membership of council then in office shall constitute a
12 quorum. A member of the council shall not be disqualified from
13 voting on any issue before the council solely because the member
14 has previously expressed an opinion on the issue in either an
15 official or unofficial capacity. Councilmen may receive
16 compensation to be fixed by ordinance at any time and from time
17 to time as follows: In boroughs with a population of less than
18 five thousand, a maximum of eighteen hundred seventy-five
19 dollars ($1875) a year; in boroughs with a population of five
20 thousand or more but less than ten thousand, a maximum of two
21 thousand five hundred dollars ($2500) a year; in boroughs with a
22 population of ten thousand or more but less than fifteen
23 thousand, a maximum of three thousand two hundred fifty dollars
24 ($3250) a year; in boroughs with a population of fifteen
25 thousand or more but less than twenty-five thousand, a maximum
26 of four thousand one hundred twenty-five dollars ($4125) a year;
27 in boroughs with a population of twenty-five thousand or more
28 but less than thirty-five thousand, a maximum of four thousand
29 three hundred seventy-five dollars ($4375) a year; and in
30 boroughs with a population of thirty-five thousand or more, a
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1 maximum of five thousand dollars ($5000) a year. Such salaries
2 shall be payable monthly or quarterly for the duties imposed by
3 the provisions of this act.
4 The population shall be determined by the latest available
5 official census figures. In no case shall the compensation for
6 any councilman exceed that of the mayor in any given borough:
7 Provided, however, That wherever the mayor's compensation
8 exceeds that authorized by this section for councilmen, the
9 president of council may receive compensation not to exceed that
10 of the office of mayor.
11 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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