[Adopted 9-26-1979 as Ch. 24, Art. II, of the 1979 Code]
There is hereby created a Commission to be known
as the "Scranton Municipal Golf Course Commission."
[Amended by Ord. No. 11-1980]
Said Commission shall consist of nine members
appointed by the Mayor. Appointed members shall hold office at the
pleasure of the power that appointed them. The members of the Commission
shall elect one of their own number to serve as Chairman. The Commission
shall have the power to adopt rules and regulations governing their
procedure and the operation and control of the Scranton Municipal
Golf Course and its facilities.
The members of the Golf Course Commission shall
elect one of their own number to serve as Chairman. The Commission
shall have the power to adopt rules and regulations governing its
procedure and the operation and control of the municipal golf course
and its facilities.
No member of the Golf Course Commission shall,
while serving on the Commission, be an officer or director of any
private corporation or company with which the Commission may enter
into any contract for the purchase of materials or supplies for such
golf course facility.
The Golf Course Commission shall be charged
with the supervision and management of the property owned or leased
to the City devoted to the use as a golf course, particularly the
municipal golf course located in Jefferson Township, Lackawanna County.
[Amended by Ord. No. 50-1979]
The Golf Course Commission shall fix the fees
to be charged for the use of the municipal golf course, shall engage
the personnel necessary for the maintenance, upkeep and operation
of such golf course and shall fix the salaries of such personnel.
The Commission shall have no authority to make expenditures for capital
improvements or equipment in an amount exceeding $1,500 without first
having secured the approval of the Council and the advertising for
the purchase of the same through the Department of Administration,
Bureau of Purchasing, of the City.
The Golf Course Commission shall have no authority
to enter into leases for any part of the premises or facilities except
with the consent of Council. All funds received by the Commission
for the use of the golf course and its facilities shall be deposited
in the City treasury in a separate account as a revolving fund under
the supervision of the Commission, and are hereby appropriated as
the same are received for the use of the Commission in carrying out
its functions under this Article.
A.
All funds withdrawn from the special golf course fund
shall be on warrant or check, similar to that used by the City, and
payment shall be made upon the signature of the Chairman or Treasurer
of the Commission and the countersignature of the City Controller.
B.
On or before December 1 of each year, beginning with
December 1, 1960, the Commission shall pay over to the City general
account all funds which the Commission has in the special fund other
than an amount sufficient to maintain the golf course up to June 1
of the following year.
C.
The City Controller shall audit the accounts of the
Commission in the same manner as other City accounts are audited.
