[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the Borough of Park Ridge 11-24-1969 by Ord. No. 69-18. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Swimming pools — See Ch. 88.
There is hereby established and created a Municipal
Pool Commission of the Borough of Park Ridge, the members of which
shall be appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the
governing body of Park Ridge.
[Amended 2-10-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-01]
Said Commission shall consist of seven citizens
of the Borough of Park Ridge, all of whom shall be residents of the
Borough of Park Ridge, to be appointed by the Mayor with the approval
of the Council. The terms of the two new members shall be for three
years. Upon the expiration of existing members' terms, all subsequent
terms shall be for three years. When a vacancy exists, the members
of the Commission shall be consulted with on recommendation for appointment.
[Amended 7-8-1974 by Ord. No. 74-16]
The Commissioners shall serve without salary
or other compensation, but their necessary expenses shall be allowed
and paid by the municipality and they shall receive full family membership
in the Municipal Pool without cost to them.
[Amended 4-13-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-10]
A.
The Commission is hereby authorized to:
(1)
Manage, operate and improve the existing swimming pool facility and,
if the need arises, to conceive, plan, establish and construct additional
swimming pool facilities on behalf of and for the Mayor and Council
of the Borough of Park Ridge, subject to the approval and prior authorization
thereof by the Mayor and Council;
(2)
Propose plans for the development and improvement of the facility;
(3)
Propose methods or arrangements for the proper maintenance and care
of the facility;
(4)
Formulate proposed rules, regulations, fees and rental charges for
the public use of the facility on an annual basis;
(5)
Submit all such plans, methods, arrangements, rules and regulations
to the Borough Council for its consideration and action thereon;
(6)
Put into effect administrative and supervisory authority over such
plans, methods, arrangements, fees and rental charges, rules and regulations
as have been approved and authorized by the Borough Council.
B.
The Commission shall prepare and submit to the Borough Chief Financial
Officer its proposed budget for the operation of the facility during
the next following calendar year no later than February 15. The Borough
Council shall have the plenary power to approve, disapprove, modify
or revise such budget.
C.
All purchases of supplies, equipment, construction work and services,
other than employees' services, shall be made through the office
of the Borough Purchasing Agent.
D.
The estimated cost of services or material furnished by Borough departments
or Borough employees to the facility shall be charged to the Commission's
budget so that the total cost of the facility to the Borough can be
determined in accordance with standard municipal accounting procedures
consistently applied.
E.
All financial records of the Commission shall be kept and preserved
in accordance with current law and standard municipal accounting practices
consistently applied. Such records shall be deemed public records
and shall be open to public inspection during reasonable business
hours in accordance with the New Jersey Open Public Records Act.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq.
F.
The Commission shall have full charge of the employment of all personnel
whose services are required for the operation, maintenance and regulation
of the facility, provided that provision for the payment of the compensation
of such personnel shall have been made in the Commission's approved
annual budget and in the annual salary ordinance of the Borough.
G.
The Commission may, in its discretion, by resolution, delegate to
a pool manager revocable employment powers, including the power to
employ and to terminate employment of such personnel as may be included
in the scope of the Commission's resolution.
H.
By reason or the nature of the services to be rendered by the Commission's
personnel, the provisions of the Borough's personnel policy with
respect to holidays, hours of attendance and like matters not consistent
with the operation of the facility shall not apply to such personnel;
provided, however, that nothing herein shall be deemed to impair or
modify the status, eligibility or any other right that may have heretofore
or may hereafter become vested in any person as a Borough employee.
A.
All moneys collected by the employees of the Borough
operating the pool and snack bar or turned over to the Commission
shall be turned over to the Tax Collector of the Borough of Park Ridge
daily, and all bills and expenditures in connection therewith shall
be approved by the Mayor and Council.
B.
The Mayor and Council shall adopt a resolution on
an annual basis establishing the fees for membership in the Municipal
Pool after consulting with the members of the Municipal Pool Commission.
[Added 5-26-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-12]
[Added 7-8-1974 by Ord. No. 74-16; amended 2-14-2012 by Ord. No.
2012-002]
At the discretion of the Municipal Pool Commission,
senior citizen residents of the Borough may receive free memberships
in the Municipal Pool. Nonresident senior citizens are not eligible
for free membership.
[Added 4-13-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-10]
All matters relating to the general supervision, control, operation,
maintenance and regulation to the swimming pool facility not expressly
delegated by this chapter to the Commission are hereby reserved by
and to the Borough Council, including (by way of example and not by
way of limitation of the generality of this reservation):
A.
The establishment, promulgation, charge and collection of reasonable
fees, rents and other charges for admission to and use and enjoyment
of the facility and the recreational privileges, entertainment and
other activities conducted thereon;
B.
The power to make, alter, amend and repeal rules and regulations
for the supervision, regulation and control of all activities carried
on, sponsored, arranged and provided for in connection with the facility,
and for the protection of persons and property, and for the enforcement
of such rules and regulations;
C.
The Mayor
and Council shall adopt a resolution on an annual basis establishing
the membership fees and rules with respect to granting nonresident
memberships, including the maximum number of nonresident memberships
to be permitted. Nonresident memberships, if permitted by resolution,
shall only be granted to nonresidents who are sponsored by a current
member and approved by the Commission in accordance with its rules
and regulations.
[Added 2-14-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-002]
