A Board of Recreation Commissioners in the Borough
of Wanaque is hereby established, which shall consist of seven persons,
all of whom shall be citizens and residents of the Borough of Wanaque.
The Board of Recreation Commissioners shall
at all times be subject to the general authority of the Mayor and
Borough Council, but shall have the powers, duties and authority provided
for in the Revised Statutes of the State of New Jersey, Sections 40:12-3
to 40:12-8 inclusive, as amended and supplemented.
The Board of Recreation Commissioners shall
organize and elect such officers and adopt such rules and regulations
as the Board may deem necessary for the faithful discharge of its
duties and for the proper exercise of the powers conferred on said
Board as provided for in the Revised Statutes of the State of New
Jersey, and may appoint such personnel as they shall deem necessary
and proper and shall fix and determine their respective salaries subject
to the approval of the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Wanaque.
The Board of Recreation Commissioners shall
make an annual written report on or before the first day of January
of each year, and shall transmit the same to the Mayor and Council
of the Borough of Wanaque: said annual written report shall contain
an itemized accounting of all activities, receipts, disbursements
and expenditures.
In the event the Mayor and Borough Council appropriate
moneys to the Board of Recreation Commissioners for the conduct of
its affairs, policies and programs, at no time shall the Board of
Recreation Commissioners expend more than the sum so appropriated.
The present Committee or Board of Recreation
of the Borough of Wanaque, or whatever term has heretofore been employed,
shall continue in effect until this chapter takes effect and until
such time as the members appointed by virtue of this chapter have
been duly appointed and qualify, whereupon the same shall automatically
be dissolved and all records be made available to the Board of Recreation
Commissioners hereby established.