[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Jenkintown 12-29-1969. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 5-19-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-5]
There is hereby established the Jenkintown Borough Recreation
Board to consist of seven to twelve residents of the Borough of Jenkintown
or persons who are employed by an entity located in the Borough of
Jenkintown. Two persons shall be appointed by a majority vote of the
Jenkintown School Board, and the remaining members shall be appointed
by a majority vote of Borough Council.
[Amended 5-19-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-5]
The Borough Council shall appoint one-half of the members to
a term of three years and one-half of the members to a term of two
years. The School Board shall appoint one member for a term of three
years and one member for a term of two years. Upon the expiration
of the term of any Recreation Board member, a successor shall be appointed
by Borough Council to serve a three-year term or appointed by the
School Board if the term expiring is one to which the School Board
made the original appointment. Vacancies on the Recreation Board shall
be filled by Borough Council for the remainder of the unexpired term
or by the School Board if the vacancy is that of a member originally
appointed by the School Board. Members of the Jenkintown Borough Recreation
Board shall serve without pay.
A.
The Recreation Board shall have the authority and duty to supervise
and maintain such recreation places within the Borough or under the
control of the Borough as may be entrusted to it. Such recreation
places may include public parks, parkways, playgrounds, playfields,
swimming pools, public baths, bathing places, indoor recreation centers
and gymnasiums.
B.
Such Board shall have the duty to establish policies for recreation
within the Borough of Jenkintown consonant with the Borough plan of
recreation and parks.
C.
On or before November 1 each year, the Board shall establish a budget
and present same to Borough Council for its approval. The Board shall
receive funds, authorize and make expenditures in conformity with
the approved budget and shall make a true and correct accounting of
all funds coming into its possession.
D.
The Board shall employ such staff for the proper performance of its
functions in maintaining the recreation program as it shall deem necessary.
E.
On or before October 15 of each year, the Recreation Board shall
furnish to Borough Council and to the School Board an annual report
of its activities for the preceding year.
The Board shall elect from its members a Chairman, Secretary
and Treasurer, shall organize itself with such rules and regulations
governing its procedures as it shall deem appropriate, and shall establish
such committees as may be necessary for the proper performance of
its functions hereunder.
