Municipal Job Descriptions

Council

The councillors are responsible for the general supervision of the borough. They set policies, enact and enforce ordinances, formulate and adopt the budget, levy taxes, and approve expenditures. They are the borough legislature and, in conjunction with the mayor, act as the borough's executive branch.

School Board Director

A school board is a legislative body of citizens called school directors, who are elected locally by their fellow citizens and who serve as agents of the state legislature. Each board consists of nine members who serve four-year terms of office, without pay. School directors, although locally elected, are really state officials, co-partners with the legislature. They are designated by school law to administer the school system in each district.

As a group, the board is not an administrative body, nor a "rubber stamp" for professional educators. The selection of competent administrators who carry out public policies established by the board is one of the board's most important functions.