There is hereby established within the Township
of Mansfield an advisory council to the Township Committee which shall
be known as the "Mansfield Township Recreation Committee."
The governing body of the Township of Mansfield
invokes the authority provided under N.J.S.A. 40A:63-7, Subdivision
d, permitting the Township Committee to "create such advisory councils
to the municipality as [it] may choose."
The purpose of the Mansfield Township Recreation
Committee shall be to advise and recommend to the governing body such
recreation programs and policies, and modifications to existing programs
and policies, as it deems appropriate. In addition, the Mansfield
Township Recreation Committee shall have general responsibility for
all forms of recreation, playground and park activities, and other
public entertainment activities carried on in the municipality, subject
to and within the limitations of the municipal budget, and subject
further to the overall responsibility of the Township Committee.
Appointments to the Recreation Committee which
are made due to the expiration of a term shall be made by resolution
duly adopted by the Township Committee and in a like manner at such
other times as may be necessary to fill a vacancy occurring prior
to the expiration of a term or upon a member's resignation.
There is hereby established within the Township
of Mansfield the position of Recreation Coordinator, who shall be
appointed by the Township Committee, with the advice of the Recreation
Committee, at a salary to be determined and fixed by resolution duly
adopted by the governing body. The Recreation Coordinator shall perform
such duties as outlined in his or her job description as promulgated
by the Township Committee.
All recreation programs and policies shall be
implemented and administered through the Recreation Committee as a
whole, with the assistance of the Recreation Coordinator.
Although the Recreation Committee is not a formal administrative department of the municipal government, it is the intent and purpose of this chapter to allow the Recreation Committee to expend money in the same fashion as other department heads would for purposes of requisitions, purchase orders, etc. Therefore, the provisions of Chapter
39A of the Code of the Township of Mansfield, entitled "Purchasing; Claims Approval," shall apply to the Recreation Committee. For purposes of this chapter, and integrating the same with Chapter
39A, the term "Recreation Coordinator" as used in this chapter shall equate with the term "Department or office head" under Chapter
39A, and the term "Recreation Director" as used in this chapter shall equate with the term "Township Committee Director" under Chapter
39A. The Recreation Coordinator and the Recreation Director may make such purchases as necessary for program success according to Chapter
39A of the Code. It is expressly forbidden that any subcommittees of the Recreation Committee, or any persons other than the Recreation Coordinator and the Recreation Director, shall be authorized to submit vouchers and/or purchase orders for expenditures; and no expenditures by any person shall be permitted without first securing the approval of the governing body when such expenditures will exceed $1,000.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
in this chapter, the governing body of the Township of Mansfield (the
Township Committee) shall retain ultimate responsibility for all recreation
programs within the Township of Mansfield, and the Recreation Committee,
including any recreation personnel appointed by the governing body,
shall be subject to the authority of the Township Committee in all
matters affecting or otherwise relating to recreation within the Township
of Mansfield.