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ARTICLE XI:
Transition and Schedule
Section
1101.  Adoption
This
Charter shall be submitted to a vote of
the electors of Upper darby Township at
the primary election held in May,
1974.
Section
1102. Effective
Date
If
this Charter is adopted, then it shall be
in full effect for all purposes except
those enumerated in this Article by the
first (1st) Council meeting held in
January, 1976.
Section
1103. Transitition
to an Eleven (11) Member Council
Election Schedule and
Transition
Period.
A.
Election of November, 1975. In this
election the Mayor, four (4)
Council-at-large and seven (7) district
Council members (one(1) from each of the
seven newly established districts) shall
be elected. The Mayor shall serve for a
four (4) year term as provided in
Section
401
of this Charter. Three (3) district
Council members (from evennumbered
districts: 2, 4, 6) shall also be elected
for four (4) year terms. Four (4) district
Council members (from odd-numbered
districts: 1, 3, 5, 7) shall be elected to
two (2) year terms only. Of the four (4)
Council members-at-large elected at this
election, the two (2) persons receiving
the highest number of votes shall serve
four year terms; the two (2) persons
receiving the next highest number of votes
shall serve for two (2) year terms
only.
B.
Election of November, 1977. In this
election, four (4) district Council
members (from districts 1, 3, 5, 7) and
two (2) Council members-at-large shall be
elected. al Council members elected at
this election shall serve for four (4)
year terms and hereafter all Council
members shall be elected for four (4)
years as provided in Section
305
of this Charter.
C.
Election of November, 1979 and future
elections. The Mayor, three (3) district
Council members (from districts 2, 4, 6)
and two Council members-at-large shall be
elected in november, 1979. The alternating
pattern established in the elections of
1977 and 1979 shall continue
thereafter.
D.
Commissioners
1.
Continuance and Redesignation.
At the time this Charter takes effect,
the seven (7) commissioners elected in
November, 1973, shall continue to serve
out the remaining of the two (2) years
of their term. Each such commissioner
shall, at the time this Charter takes
effect, be designated a "Council
member-at-large" and shall have all the
powers andresponsibilities of a council
member as provided in Article
III.
2.
Vacancy. If any of the seven (7)
commissioners vacates his office after
the date on which this charter takes
effect, such office shakll remain
vacant.
3.
Election of November, 1975. Any
of the seven (7) commissioners elected
in November, 1973, may run for and be
elected to any of the positions being
filled in the election of November,
1975; provided, however, that if he is
elected to this position then he must
vacate his office (as Commissioner or
under this Charter, Council
member-at-large) and this office shall
remain vacant.
E.
Majority Decisions during the
Transition Period. For the first two
(2) years this Charter is in effect,
Council shall be composed of at least
eleven (11) and at the most eighteen (18)
members. All decisions requiring the
approval of a majority of council shall
require the approval of a majority of the
actual number of Council members at that
time. All decisions requiring, by this
Charter, the approval of six (6) Council
members shall, for this period only,
require the approval of a majority of the
actual number of Council members. All
decisions requiring the approval of seven
(7) members of Council shall, for this
period only, require the approval of a
majority of the actual number of Council
members plus an additional Council
member.
Section
1104. Temporary
Ordinances
At its first (1st) meeting or at any
meeting held within sixty (60) days
thereafter, the Council may adopt
temporary ordinances to deal with cases
where there is an urgent need for prompt
action in connection with the transition
of government and in which the delay
incident to the appropriate ordinance
procedure would probably cause serious
hardship or impairment of effective
government. A temporary ordinance shall be
plainly labeled as such and shall be
introduced in the form and manner
generally prescribed for ordinances. A
temporary ordinancemay be considered
without prior notice and may be adopted,
with or without amendment, or rejected at
the meeting at which it is introduced. A
temporary ordinance shall become effective
upon adoption or at a later specified
date; however, every temporary ordinance,
including amendments made after adoption,
shall stand repealed as of the
ninety-first (91st) day following the date
of adoption and it shall not be
re-adopted, renewed, or otherwise
continued except by adoption through the
regular procedure established by this
Charter.
Section 1105.
Continuity
A.
All rights, claims, actions, orders,
contracts, and legal or administrative
proceedings shall continue except as
modified pusuant to the provisions of this
Charter.
B.
All Township ordinances, resolutions,
rules and regualtions which are in force
at the time this Charter is adopted and
which are not inconsistent with the
provisions of this Charter shall continue
in force until amended or repealed.
C.
All Township departments, bureaus,
administrative units, offices, agencies,
authorities, boards and commissions shall
continue until modified by the provisions
of this Charter.
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