[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of
Concord 10-3-1989 by Ord. No. 169. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
A Board to be known as the "Park and Recreation Board of Concord Township"
is hereby created and established.
Said Park and Recreation Board shall consist of seven persons, residents
of the Township of Concord, who shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors
of the Township of Concord, plus two ex officio members, consisting of the
Park and Recreation Director and a representative of the Board of Supervisors.
The members shall serve for terms of five years or until their successors
are appointed, except that the members first appointed shall be appointed
so that the terms of not more than two members expire annually. Vacancies
in such Board occurring otherwise than by expiration of term shall be for
the unexpired term and shall be filled by the Board of Supervisors of Concord
Township. The members of the Park and Recreation Board shall serve without
compensation. All persons so appointed shall serve their full terms unless
voluntarily resigned or removed by the Board of Supervisors of Concord Township
for dereliction or neglect of duties.
Said Park and Recreation Board shall have the authority to equip, operate
and maintain parks, recreation areas and facilities provided by the Township
of Concord and any lands that may be designated and set apart for use as parks,
playgrounds, playfields, gymnasiums, public baths, swimming pools or indoor
recreation centers.
Said Park and Recreation Board shall elect its own Chairman and Secretary
and shall select all other necessary officers to serve for a period of one
year and may, with the approval of the Board of Supervisors of Concord Township,
select, employ and discharge all recreation personnel used to carry out the
provisions of this chapter. Said Park and Recreation Board shall have the
power to adopt rules and regulations for the conduct of all business within
the jurisdiction of the Board. Said Park and Recreation Board shall submit
an annual report to the Board of Supervisors of Concord Township, including
an analysis of the community parks, recreation areas and facilities and leadership,
with particular reference to the extent and adequacy of the program and its
effectiveness in view of the public expenditures involved and the public needs
to be met.
An annual financial report, itemizing receipts from all sources and
all expenditures, shall be submitted by said Park and Recreation Board to
the Board of Supervisors of Concord Township. The Board of Supervisors of
Concord Township shall have the right to inspect the books, records and accounts
of said Park and Recreation Board at any time and from time to time.
Said Park and Recreation Board shall have the right to enter into contracts
of purchase and employment related to the functions delegated to said Board,
provided that all such contracts shall be within approved budgetary limitations
and provided, further, that all advertising, conflict of interest and other
provisions of the Second Class Township Code[1] shall be strictly complied with by said Park and Recreation Board
in every respect as if the contract were entered into by the Township of Concord
itself.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 65101 et seq.
The Board of Supervisors of Concord Township shall retain the power
to award and enter into contracts in excess of $1,000, even though such contracts
may be within the budgetary allocations to the Park and Recreation Board.
In all such contracts over $1,000 which are within said budgetary allocation,
bids shall be received by the Park and Recreation Board as the committee designated
by the Township Supervisors to receive bids, and the Park and Recreation Board
shall tabulate the bids or cause them to be tabulated and shall make a recommendation
to the Board of Supervisors regarding award of the contract. If said award
shall be made by the Board of Supervisors in accordance with the recommendation
of the Park and Recreation Board, said contract shall constitute an authorization
for payment of the contract sum and related expenditures from the park and
recreation account at such time as sums due thereunder may become due and
payable.
