[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the Borough of North Haledon as Ch. 2, Art. VI, of the 1990 Code;
amended in its entirety 5-14-1980 by Ord. No. 6-1980. Subsequent amendments
noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Parks and recreation — See Ch. 430.
A.
There is hereby established in the Borough of North
Haledon a Board of Recreation Commissioners, to consist of five citizens
and residents of the Borough of North Haledon to be appointed by the
Mayor with the advice and consent of the Borough Council.
[Amended 12-28-1998 by Ord. No. 19-1998]
B.
The Commissioners first appointed shall be appointed
for terms of one, two, three, four and five years, respectively, in
such manner that the term of at least one Commissioner and not more
than two Commissioners shall expire in each year. Thereafter, all
appointments shall be for the term of five years, and vacancies shall
be filled for the unexpired term only. The members shall serve until
their respective successors are appointed and shall qualify. The terms
of the members of the Board of Recreation Commissioners shall expire
on December 31 of the year of expiration of the present term of each
member.
[Amended 5-12-1982 by Ord. No. 4-1982]
C.
The members shall receive no compensation for their
services.
The Board of Recreation Commissioners shall
select one of its number to act as Chairperson of the Board of Recreation
Commissioners and one of its number to act as Vice Chairperson of
the Board, who shall hold this office until the first meeting of the
Board after January 1 following, and, thereafter, a Chairperson and
Vice Chairperson shall be selected to hold this office for the term
of one year.
Any member who does not attend 2/3 of the meetings
for any calendar year may be discharged from the Board by resolution
of the Borough Council of North Haledon, and, in this event, a successor
member shall be appointed to serve for his/her unexpired term.
The Borough Council shall annually fix, determine
and appropriate a sum sufficient for the care, custody, policing and
maintenance of the playgrounds and recreation places and for the expenses
of the Board of Recreation Commissioners, which sum shall be raised
by taxation in the same manner as other taxes.
The money necessary to pay for lands purchased
or condemned for playgrounds or recreation places and for providing
and equipping the same, from time to time, may be raised and provided
by the Borough Council by general taxation, as other taxes are raised
and levied, or by the issuance of temporary loan bonds or by the issuance
of permanent bonds pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40A:2-1
et seq.
[Amended 2-17-1993 by Ord. No. 4-1993; 12-28-1998 by Ord. No.
19-1998]
The Board of Recreation Commissioners shall
be responsible for maintaining adequate books and records reflecting
all receipts received by it as well as all expenditures made by it
in connection with the performance of its duties related to playgrounds
and recreation places. The records of the Board of Recreation Commissioners
shall be audited annually by the Borough Auditor. The Recreation Commission
shall comply with the recommendations made by the Borough Auditor
as to the method of handling of revenues, receipts and appropriated
funds.
The Board of Recreation Commissioners established
herein shall have all other powers as shall be authorized by N.J.S.A.
40:12-1 et seq., as supplemented and amended.
[Added 12-28-1998 by Ord. No. 19-1998]
The Mayor and Council shall appoint 10 residents
to a Board of Advisors, who shall assist the Commissioners in running
recreation programs. They shall be appointed to one-year terms.
[Added 12-28-1998 by Ord. No. 19-1998]
Each of the recreation programs shall be supervised
and directed by a Commissioner or a member of the Board of Advisors.
[Added 12-28-1998 by Ord. No. 19-1998]
No lists of recreation program participants
or parents shall be used or reproduced for political or commercial
purposes and may be used only in connection with the recreation programs.
[Added 12-28-1998 by Ord. No. 19-1998]
No political activity shall be permitted in
connection with the recreation programs and activities.
[Added 12-28-1998 by Ord. No. 19-1998]
The Commissioners shall adopt bylaws and rules
of procedure annually, which shall require the approval of the Mayor
and Council. The Mayor and Council may make such modifications it
deems appropriate.
[Added 12-28-1998 by Ord. No. 19-1998]
All purchases shall be made in accordance with
the requirements of the public bidding statutes of the state.
[Added 12-28-1998 by Ord. No. 19-1998]
Any Commissioner may be removed for cause upon the filing of written charges and the conduct of a hearing by the Mayor and Council. This power shall be a supplement to § 124-3.
[Added 12-28-1998 by Ord. No. 19-1998]
No Commissioner or member of the Board of Advisors
shall be compensated for the services rendered, nor shall they have
any personal pecuniary interest, either direct or indirect, in any
purchases of the Commission.
[Added 12-28-1998 by Ord. No. 19-1998]
The Commissioners and members of the Board of
Advisors shall be subject to the Code of Ethical Standards adopted
by the Borough.
