(a) Regulations.--The powers and duties of the township manager shall be regulated by ordinance. The board of commissioners may delegate, subject to recall, any of the board of commissioners' nonlegislative and nonjudicial powers and duties to the township manager.
(b) Scope of agreement.--
(1) The board of commissioners may enter into an employment agreement or professional services agreement with the township manager that specifies the terms and conditions of the appointment.
(2) An agreement under paragraph (1) may remain in effect for a specified period terminating no later than the date of the board of commissioners' organizational meeting following the next municipal election.
(3) An agreement under paragraph (1) executed on or after a municipal election and before the board of commissioners' first organizational meeting in January in the year after the municipal election shall be void.
(4) An agreement under paragraph (1) may specify conditions under which a township manager who is an individual would be entitled to severance compensation, or if the township manager is a partnership, limited partnership, association or professional corporation, payments for the termination of the appointment. An agreement under paragraph (1) may not guarantee retention or employment through the term of the agreement or confer upon the township manager a legal remedy based on specific performance.
(c) Status as public official.--The township manager as an individual or a partnership, limited partnership, association or professional corporation appointed as the township manager and each officer and employee directly providing services as required or authorized by an agreement under subsection (b)(1) shall be considered a public official for purpose of 65 Pa.C.S. § 1103 (relating to restricted activities). Cross References. Section 3702 is referred to in sections 3701, 3704 of this title.
