The City Manager, after certification from the Civil Service
Commission, is authorized to appoint a Director of Recreation at an
annual salary not to exceed that which is established in the City
of Hackensack Salary Ordinance.
Under the supervision of the City Manager, the Director of the
Department of Recreation shall perform the following duties:
A. Administer all programs recommended by the Recreation Board and approved
by the City Manager consistent with the policies of the Mayor and
Council.
B. Supervise and train the staff of the Department of Recreation.
C. Develop a comprehensive program to meet local recreational and cultural
needs, utilizing existing resources of the community, and present
this program to the Recreation Board for review and comment.
D. Attend all meetings of the Recreation Board.
E. Prepare a budget for review by the Recreation Board and the City
Manager to be presented to the City Council.
F. Submit on a monthly basis a financial statement to the Recreation
Board and the City Manager of all income and expenditures for the
preceding month.
G. Maintain suitable and comprehensive reports for a monthly presentation
to the Recreation Board and City Manager. Such report shall reflect
program content, attendance and evaluation.
H. Maintain an inventory of all equipment and property assigned to the
Department of Recreation by the City Manager of the City of Hackensack.
I. Develop reporting systems, which shall include financial and statistical
data.
J. Maintain an alert for available grants and aid programs and prepare
for submission proposals to obtain such programs.
K. Publicize, after obtaining the City Manager's approval of all
notices, fliers and press releases, the various recreational and cultural
activities through a planned year-round public relations program and
utilize all appropriate communications to inform the residents of
the facilities and services of the Department of Recreation.
L. Establish a close liaison with other interested agencies and organizations
involved in recreational and cultural activities.
The Recreation Board shall consist of seven members who are
citizens and residents of the City of Hackensack. The members of the
Board shall be appointed by the Mayor of the City, with the advice
and consent of the City Council.
The Recreation Board members first appointed shall be appointed
for the following terms: one member for five years, one member for
four years, two members for three years, two members for two years
and one member for one year. Following the initial appointments, all
appointments shall be for terms of five years, and a vacancy shall
be filled for the unexpired term only. Members shall serve until their
respective successors are appointed and shall qualify. The members
shall receive no compensation for their service. The term of office
of each appointee shall commence on the first day of January and shall
expire on the 31st day of December of the appropriate year.
All participants in Department of Recreation programs and activities
shall comply with the rules and regulations embodied in the Code of
the City of Hackensack. Subject to review of the City Manager and
the approval of the Mayor and Council, the Director of Recreation
may impose additional rules and regulations as safety and administrative
needs require.
The City Manager, after certification from the Civil Service
Commission and consultation with the Director of Recreation, is authorized
to appoint employees as the City Manager shall deem necessary to carry
out the functions of the Department of Recreation.
The City Council shall annually fix, determine and allocate
moneys for the care, custody, policing and maintenance of the playgrounds
and recreation places and for the expenses of the Department of Recreation,
which sum shall be raised by taxation in the same manner as other
taxes.
All moneys received by the Department of Recreation shall be
paid over to the City Treasurer and shall become part of the general
funds of the City of Hackensack.