There shall be a Department of Public Works,
the head of which shall be the Business Administrator. The Department
shall include the following Divisions:
Within the Department of Public Works, there
shall be a Division of Streets and Roads, Parks, Grounds and Sanitation,
and the Division shall:
A.
Maintain and repair the streets, roads, culverts and
drainage of the municipality and construct and reconstruct such streets
as may be authorized.
B.
Provide for the cleaning and flushing of streets and
the removal of leaves as required.
C.
Clear and remove snow and ice from the streets and
provide such other street services as may be required.
D.
Operate and control the municipality's garbage and
refuse collection and disposal facilities and provide such service
as may be authorized by ordinance and operate any municipal incinerator,
sanitary landfill or other means for disposal of garbage and refuse.
E.
Maintain, repair and clean the municipality's storm
sewers.
F.
Maintain and operate a municipal garage for the servicing
and repair of all municipally owned equipment, except as may be otherwise
ordered by the Business Administrator, and all such repairs and service
shall be provided at such hours and with such priority as the Business
Administrator may require.
G.
Maintain and repair all municipal buildings, install
office partitions and assist the Division of Recreation in the construction,
maintenance and repair of recreational facilities, equipment and apparatus.
H.
Assist the Department of Police in the maintenance,
repair, replacement and control of all traffic signals, signs, markers
and related facilities.
I.
Maintain all municipally owned and operated parks
and grounds, playgrounds and playfields, including but not limited
to cultivation, planting and maintenance of all publicly owned shrubs,
trees, grass and other greens.
J.
Perform such other functions and duties as the Business
Administrator shall deem necessary and required.
[Amended 2-7-1990 by Ord. No. 1990-5]
A.
Establishment, powers and duties. There shall be a
Division of Recreation, which shall have the following powers and
duties:
(1)
To plan, develop and administer public recreational
facilities.
(2)
To provide for optimum coordination and development
of the Division's activities with other public and private recreational
facilities and programs.
(3)
To promote and direct an all-year program of cultural
and leisure-time activities for children, youth and adults.
(4)
To conduct an annual public meeting for the purpose
of stimulating comment on ongoing recreational programs as well as
to encourage suggestions for new activities.
(5)
To adopt suitable rules and regulations for the conduct
of persons associated with recreational programs which receive municipal
funding or which use municipal facilities.
B.
Recreation Coordinator; Community Substance Abuse
Program Representative; Recreation Committee; designation of subdivisions.
(1)
Recreation Coordinator.
(a)
The Mayor, with the advice and consent of the
Council, shall appoint, for a term of one year, a Recreation Coordinator
who shall receive an annual salary as specified in the Florence Township
Salary Ordinance.[1] The Recreation Coordinator shall administer the functions
of the Division of Recreation relating to recreational programs and
shall supervise all activities generally with the advice and consent
of the subdivision heads and the entire Recreation Committee.[2]
(b)
Major maintenance, repairs or replacement projects
of a public nature shall not be undertaken by the Division of Recreation
but shall be provided by the Department of Public Works, although
the Committee shall receive, whenever possible, information on all
planned projects. The creation Committee shall submit a suggested
five-year capital program with each annual budget request.
(2)
Community Substance Abuse Program Representative.
The Mayor, with the advice and consent of the Council, may appoint,
for a term of one year, a Community Substance Abuse Representative.
The Representative shall act as the liaison between the Recreation
Committee and an officially recognized community-based substance abuse
program. He shall serve without compensation.
(3)
Recreation Committee.
(a)
There shall be a volunteer Recreation Committee
consisting of 13 members. The membership shall consist of the following
three classes:
[1]
Class 1: one member of the Township Council
to be appointed by the Council. The Council member shall not be a
voting member of the Recreation Committee, except in the case of a
tie. The Council member shall serve for a one-year term on the Recreation
Committee. The Council member on the Recreation Committee may appoint,
with the advice and consent of the Council, an alternate to serve
in his absence. The alternate shall be vested with the same powers
as the Council member on the Committee.
[2]
Class 2: the Recreation Coordinator and the
Community Substance Abuse Program Representative, who shall be voting
members of the Recreation Committee. They shall serve one-year terms
on the Committee.
[3]
Class 3: other citizens of the municipality,
who shall be appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of
the Council. Class 3 members shall be voting members of the Committee.
The terms of all Class 3 Recreation Committee members first appointed
under this subsection shall be so determined that, to the greatest
practical extent, the expiration of such terms shall be distributed
evenly over the first five years after their appointment, provided
that the initial term of new members shall not exceed five years.
Thereafter, the term of each Class 3 Recreation Committee member shall
be five years.
(b)
If a vacancy occurs other than by expiration
of a Recreation Committee members term, the vacancy shall be filled
by appointment as provided above for the unexpired term.
(c)
All members of the Recreation Committee, with
the exception of the Recreation Coordinator, shall serve without compensation.
(4)
Subdivisions and Chairmen.
(a)
The following subdivisions and subdivision chairmen
are hereby created:
[1]
The Subdivision and Chairman of T-Ball.
[2]
The Subdivision and Chairman of Minor League
Baseball.
[3]
The Subdivision and Chairman of Little League
Baseball.
[4]
The Subdivision and Chairman of Male Basketball.
[5]
The Subdivision and Chairman of Female Basketball.
[6]
The Subdivision and Chairman of Soccer.
[7]
The Subdivision and Chairman of Football and
Related Programs.
[8]
The Subdivision and Chairman of Softball.
[9]
The Subdivision and Chairman of Babe Ruth and
Senior Babe Ruth Baseball.
[10]
The Subdivision and Chairman of the Summer Playground
Program, Tennis and Miscellaneous Programs.
[11]
The Subdivision and Chairman for Liaison with
Community Substance Abuse Programs.
(b)
It shall be the duty of the Subdivision Chairman
to supervise his respective subdivision activities, including the
scheduling of events and hiring of necessary additional personnel
to properly administer the particular program. The Chairman shall
attend as many program events as is possible and shall have the responsibility
to submit, with the assistance of the Recreation Coordinator, the
program's annual budget request to the entire Recreation Committee.
Such supervision of each subdivision shall be with the advice, consent
and approval of the Recreation Coordinator and the entire Recreation
Committee.
[Amended 6-2-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-11]
The Department may adopt suitable rules and regulations for the safety and conduct of persons using recreational facilities and for the preservation of public peace and order at public events, and any person who shall violate such rule or regulations may be adjudged a disorderly person. The Department shall charge and collect for the use of the municipality a fee for activities provided under this article or as specifically authorized by Schedule A of Chapter 2 of the Code of the Township of Florence.
