Board of Supervisors

Duties

All powers and duties of the township are exclusively vested in and exercised by the Board of Supervisors. The Board's powers and duties include but are not limited to the following:

• To adopt a budget, make appropriations for expenditures for lawful purposes and levy taxes
• To adopt and amend an Administrative Code which shall create, alter, combine and/or abolish municipal departments, boards, commissions, agencies, authorities and committees and prescribe their functions, duties and procedures
• To adopt ordinances and resolutions
• To amend or repeal any ordinance previously adopted
• To authorize the borrowing of money, except for revenue anticipation loans
• To authorize the construction of public capital improvements
• To establish, alter or abolish the rates or charges for any utility supplied by the township
• To establish, alter or amend any zoning, subdivision, land development or building regulations
• To establish, levy and collect taxes and provide the rates thereof
• To exercise the power of eminent domain
• To grant, renew or extend a franchise
• To provide for a fine or other penalty or establish a rule or regulation for the violation of which a fine or other penalty may be imposed
• To purchase, convey, lease or authorize the purchase, conveyance or lease of any real property

Requirements

A member of the Board of Supervisors must:

• Be a citizen of the United States of America
• Be a registered elector of the township
• During his/her term of office hold no other elective public office nor any other compensated or appointed position in the township government
• Not have been convicted of embezzlement of public monies, bribery, perjury or other infamous crime
• Not otherwise be disqualified from office by the terms of the township's Home Rule Charter or by general law

The procedure for the nomination and election of members of the Board of Supervisors shall be as provided in the election laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as administered by the Montgomery county Elections Board.

Cablecast / YouTube Livestream

Board of Supervisors public meetings are televised live on Whitemarsh Community Access (formerly Whitemarsh TV) on the night of the scheduled meeting, starting at 6:30PM. Rebroadcasts happen twice-daily at 8:30AM and 6:30PM.

They are also streamed live on Whitemarsh Township's Official YouTube Channel, and similarly made available after the meeting for replay on-demand. While there, check out our Public Service Announcements, informational videos, event highlights and promos, and more. Be sure to like and subscribe!