[Amended 3-20-2007 by Ord. No. 07-02]
Under the authority of Wyoming Statutes §§ 18-9-201
and 18-9-202, the governing body may, by the adoption of a resolution,
establish the Evanston Parks and Recreation Board, hereinafter called
“the Board,” a body corporate and politic with the authority
and powers granted by such statutes and any amendments thereof enacted
by the Legislature.
A.
The Parks and Recreation Board shall consist of not
more than 12 members appointed jointly by the Mayor and City Council
from a list of names of interested citizens in the community submitted
by the Parks and Recreation Board, who have been selected by a vote
of the majority of the Board.
B.
A designated City Council representative will serve
as an ex officio member of the Board.
C.
Members of the Board shall serve for a three-year
term or until a successor is appointed, such appointment to be made
by the Mayor and City Council, and may be eligible for reappointment.
The first Board shall consist of three members appointed for a one-year
term, three members appointed for a two-year term and three members
appointed for a three-year term, to alternate the expiration date
of the appointments. Thereafter, the Mayor and City Council shall
appoint each year three members for a three-year term. Such appointments
shall be made on or before the date of the first regular City Council
meeting in January.
D.
Should a member of the Board have unexcused absences
at three consecutive meetings, he shall be replaced upon notification
by the president.
E.
Vacancies on the Board shall be filled from recommendations
by the Board to the Mayor and City Council, for the unexpired term
of the person leaving such vacancy.
A.
The Parks and Recreation Board shall have such authority
and powers as shall be granted to the Board by the Mayor and City
Council, in addition to the powers and authority provided by Wyoming
Statutes, 1977, §§ 18-9-201 and 18-9-202.
B.
The Board shall receive such revenue as shall be appropriated
by the City Council, in addition to any gift or grants.
C.
The Bboard shall adopt such bylaws as necessary for
the Board to function and fulfill the duties assigned to the Board.
All rules and regulations adopted by the Board shall be promulgated
in accordance with the terms of the provisions of the Wyoming Administrative
Procedure Act (Wyoming Statutes, 1977, §§ 16-3-101
through 16-3-115). The bylaws may be amended by majority vote of the
active members of the Board.
A.
The annual meeting of the Parks and Recreation Board
shall be held on the third Wednesday of January of each year, at a
place to be designated each year by the Board. If the day fixed for
the annual meeting shall be a legal holiday in the state, such meeting
shall be held on the next succeeding business day. At each annual
meeting the Board shall be reorganized, officers elected, vacancies
determined and such business accomplished as shall regularly come
before such meeting.
B.
Special meetings of the Board may be called by the
President at his own request or at the request of any two of the members
of the Board.
A.
The officers of the Parks and Recreation Board shall
be a President, a Secretary and a Treasurer and such other officers
as may be elected in accordance with this article.
B.
The officers of the Board shall be elected annually
at the regular meeting of the Board. Each officer shall hold office
until a successor is duly elected and is qualified.
C.
The Treasurer shall give a fidelity bond in an amount
not less than $5,000.
Immediately upon the organization of the Parks
and Recreation Board, the Secretary shall give the City and the Secretary
of the State of Wyoming a certificate showing organization of the
Board, and upon its filing of such certificate, the Parks and Recreation
Board shall automatically become a body corporate, embodied to sue
and be sued under the name and style of the Evanston Parks and Recreation
Board, and have perpetual existence. The Board shall adopt and obtain
a corporate seal.
No individual member of the Parks and Recreation
Board shall be personally liable for any action or procedure of the
Board.
The Parks and Recreation Board shall serve without
compensation; except that the Board may allow a reasonable compensation
to the Secretary for such secretarial or other services as he may
be required to perform.
The Parks and Recreation Board shall have the
power and is hereby authorized to employ trained supervisors and directors
of recreation.
The parks and recreation board shall be governed
by and shall faithfully comply with the Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures
Act (Wyoming Statutes, 1977, sections 9-7-317 to 9-7-340), as amended
from time to time. The board shall at all times and in the manner
specified by law adopt fiscal plans for the conduct of its affairs
and shall annually submit a budget to the City council on prescribed
forms, setting forth a schedule of proposed expenditures and anticipated
revenue for the fiscal year for approval by the City council. Under
penalty of law, the board shall not expend for any purpose any amount
exceeding the total budget approved by the board and the City council.
The parks and recreation board shall keep and
maintain a current and accurate record of all its official proceedings
in such a manner as will meet with the approval of the state auditor
and shall keep accurate books and records of business affairs, which
shall be public records, and shall make the same available for public
inspection at all reasonable times and places.
The parks and recreation board may be dissolved
and discontinued by resolution of the City council in a regular and
public meeting; provided, that the board will not be dissolved or
discontinued within a two year period following the date of its establishment
and creation.
