[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors
of the Township of Maidencreek 1-31-2006 by Ord. No. 201. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
The Township hereby creates the Maidencreek
Township Park and Recreation Board (Park and Recreation Board) which
shall have the powers and perform the duties specified in this chapter.
A.
The Park and Recreation Board shall consist of five
members who shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors, each for
a term of five years until their successor shall be appointed and
shall qualify. Members may be reappointed and succeed themselves in
office. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Supervisors, in
establishing the initial Board, shall determine by resolution the
initial terms so that the terms of no more than two members expire
annually.
B.
Members shall serve without compensation but may be
reimbursed by the Township for all reasonable expenses incurred in
the performance of their duties. Members may be removed by the Board
of Supervisors for dereliction or neglect of duty or for malfeasance
in office. Any vacancies occurring due to death, resignation or removal
from office shall be filled by appointment of the Board of Supervisors
and the appointees shall complete the unexpired term of the departing
member.
The Park and Recreation Board shall, annually,
elect a Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and Secretary and may adopt
bylaws and/or rules and regulations for the conduct of all business
which properly comes before the Park and Recreation Board, but subject
to the authority of the Board of Supervisors and this chapter. The
Park and Recreation Board shall meet at regularly scheduled times,
and may also schedule other meetings, all of which shall be open to
the public except where the law permits or requires executive session.
The Park and Recreation Board shall exercise
all of the following powers and perform all of the following duties:
A.
The Park and Recreation Board shall prepare and recommend
a Township Recreation Plan for consideration by the Board of Supervisors;
B.
The Park and Recreation Board shall make recommendations
to the Board of Supervisors concerning the supervising, regulating,
equipping, and maintaining of parks, open space and creating and directing
Township-funded recreation programs, events, and facilities;
C.
The Park and Recreation Board shall review from time
to time and, when appropriate, recommend revisions and modifications
to the Township Recreation Plan and make recommendations to the Board
of Supervisors from time to time regarding recreational facilities,
events, and programs within the Township, subject to approval by the
Supervisors;
D.
The Park and Recreation Board shall make recommendations to the Board of Supervisors regarding the amount of any fee in lieu of recreational facilities as set forth in Chapter 190, Subdivision and Land Development, and the Park and Recreation Board shall make recommendations on expenditures;
E.
The Park and Recreation Board shall maintain a separate
budget and shall account in accordance with all legal requirements
concerning receipts and disbursements;
F.
The Park and Recreation Board shall have the authority
to make expenditures for the supervision, regulation, equipping and
maintaining Township-funded recreation programs and facilities in
amounts of not more than $500 in the aggregate for each program with
any additional amounts required to be submitted to and approved by
the Board of Supervisors;
G.
The Park and Recreation Board shall make recommendations
to the Board of Supervisors regarding expenditures of all amounts
in excess of $500 for each program and/or facility;
H.
The Park and Recreation Board shall review all development
plans and make recommendations concerning the development plans to
both the Planning Commission and the Board of Supervisors regarding
the recreational facilities and/or programs concerning any and all
proposed development within the Township.
The Board of Supervisors shall:
A.
Maintain a separate recreation fund and, to the maximum
extent possible, utilize funds allocated and/or received to that fund
for recreational programs and facilities. However, nothing in this
chapter shall prohibit the Board of Supervisors from making additional
expenditures from the general fund or from using monies in the recreational
budget for general purposes, both of which are permitted;
B.
Appoint members to and, where appropriate, remove
members from the Park and Recreation Board by resolution;
C.
Consider and review recommendations from the Park
and Recreation Board; and
D.
Where approved by a majority of the Board of Supervisors,
review, approve, and implement any recreation plan.
The Park and Recreation Plan presently established
and in place within the Township is incorporated herein by reference
and, to the extent not already adopted under current law, is hereby
enacted and adopted and ratified and confirmed. All ordinances or
parts of ordinances that are inconsistent with the provisions of this
chapter are hereby repealed to the extent, but only to the extent
specifically provided for in this chapter, and otherwise are ratified
and confirmed and shall remain in full force and effect. All appointments
to any board previously made to any previously functioning Park and
Recreation Board within the Township are hereby revoked and the Township
shall make further appointments in accordance with the terms of this
chapter.
