[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors
of the Township of West Deer 4-18-1979 by Ord. No. 131. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Parks and recreation areas — See Ch. 157.
There is hereby created a recreation board to
be known as the "West Deer Township Park and Recreation Board."
The Park and Recreation Board shall be composed
of members appointed by the governing body of the municipality, with
the responsibility to provide, conduct and maintain public recreation
areas, facilities and programs.
The Board members shall be residents of the
municipality and shall serve for terms of five years and until their
successors are appointed, except that the members first appointed
shall be appointed so that the terms of not more than three shall
expire annually thereafter. Vacancies shall be filled in the same
manner as original appointments and for the unexpired term.
All members of the Park and Recreation Board
shall serve without pay.
The members of the Park and Recreation Board
shall elect their own chairman and secretary and shall elect all other
necessary officers, to serve for a period of one year.
A.
The Park and Recreation Board may adopt bylaws, rules
and regulations covering its procedures and operations and shall,
from time to time, make rules governing the operation and conduct
of the recreational facilities operated by it.
B.
The Board shall hold regular meetings at such times
and places as it may designate.
A.
The Park and Recreation Board shall maintain, operate
and supervise the public parks, playfields and all public recreation
facilities and areas indoor and outdoor, owned or controlled by said
Board.
B.
The Park and Recreation Board shall have the right
to select and recommend the employment and/or discharge of all recreational
personnel necessary to carry out and implement the provisions of this
chapter, as it deems proper, whose salaries, wages and other necessary
expenses, when approved by the Board of Supervisors of the Township
of West Deer, shall be provided for through proper appropriations
of the Board of Supervisors. The Board of Supervisors shall ratify
the hiring and firing of all recreational personnel.
[Amended 1-22-1997 by Ord. No. 265]
The Park and Recreation Board and its executive
shall submit an annual report to the Township Supervisors, including
an analysis of the community recreation areas, facilities and leadership,
with particular reference to the extent and adequacy of the program
and its effectiveness in view of the public expenditure involved and
public needs to be met.
The fiscal year of said Park and Recreation
Board shall conform to that of the Township of West Deer.
The Park and Recreation Board may accept any
grant, gift, bequest or donation of services, equipment, real estate
or money or other personal property from any individual, group, association,
corporation or public agency, to be used as specified by the donor
or by the terms of acceptance.
The Park and Recreation Board shall have no
authority to enter into any contract or incur any obligation binding
upon the Township of West Deer other than current obligations or contracts
to be fully executed within the budget appropriations made by the
governing body of the Township of West Deer.
Such powers as now or may hereafter be provided
by the statutes of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or may hereafter
be provided by the same or by ordinance of the Township of West Deer
relating to the development and operation of recreational systems,
public parks and playgrounds are hereby vested in the Park and Recreation
Board to be exercised by it, subject to any and all restrictions contained
in such powers and ordinances.
The Park and Recreation Board will be formed
as a volunteer organization to promote a cooperative effort by resolving
to provide recreational facilities, services and programs for residents
of the municipality. The purpose of this organization will be to:
A.
Provide a variety of recreation opportunities to all
of the residents of the area.
B.
Provide recreation opportunities to both sexes and
all age groups, races and economic levels.
C.
Fulfill emotional, physical, mental and social requirements
of all the participants.
D.
Consider the needs and resources of the area in program
planning.
E.
Involve the public in planning, programming and leadership.
F.
Provide qualified leadership.
G.
Provide adequate and safe facilities in accordance
with accepted design standards.
H.
Assure that planning for recreation is a cooperative
process.
I.
Achieve the coordination of recreation activities,
facilities and programs between agencies.
J.
Promote good conservation and environmental practices
within the area.
K.
Guide, instruct and instill a personal code of conservation
ethics throughout the area.
L.
Continually evaluate programs, facilities and leadership.
