[Added 3-2-1987[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Art. XXI, relating to
the Housing Code Compliance Appeals Board, was repealed 11-21-1994
There is hereby created, pursuant to § C7-2 of the Charter of the City of Meriden, the Public Golf Course Commission of the City of Meriden.
[Amended 3-4-1998; 3-15-1999]
For the purpose of this article, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
Any proposed improvements to the golf course included by
the Commission in the capital budget portion of its annual budget.
The City of Meriden.
The Public Golf Course Commission of the City of Meriden.
The reasonable and necessary current expenses paid or accrued
in operating, maintaining and repairing any public golf course owned
by the City, including, without limitation:
Costs of collecting gross operating revenues
and making any refunds therefrom lawfully due others;
Overhead expenses directly related to the administration,
operation, maintenance and repair of such golf courses;
Costs of routine maintenance, repairs, replacements,
renewals and alterations occurring in the normal course of business,
which may include expenses not annually recurring and reserves for
the replacement of depreciable equipment;
Costs of utility services except as provided
by the City; and
Cost of payment of interest and principal on
outstanding bonds and notes of the City issued for public golf course
purposes; provided, however, that for the fiscal year 1997-1998, such
cost of interest and principal shall not be included in the definition
of "current expenses" as hereinbefore set forth.
The fiscal year of the City, beginning on July 1 and ending
on June 30 of every year.
Any Meriden golf course owned by the City, including without
limitation any and all of the following as they relate to any such
golf course: land, rights or interests in land, rights-of-way, approaches
and contract rights; office and other buildings and facilities; paved
areas; access roads; garages, parking lots and other parking structures;
furnishings, equipment and apparatus; all other structures, facilities
and improvement necessary and convenient to the development and maintenance
of any such golf course and for the promotion and accommodation of
any such golf course; and all other property (real, personal, mixed
or otherwise), now or hereafter constructed or acquired, of or belonging
or pertaining to any such golf course.
Includes all income, revenues and moneys derived in connection
with the operation of the golf course for the purpose of furnishing
and supplying the services, facilities and commodities thereof, and
shall include without limitation all income, revenues and moneys derived
from the fees, rates, rentals and charges fixed, imposed and collected
pursuant hereto or otherwise derived from or arising through the operation
and management of any golf course or derived from the rental of all
or part of the golf course, or from the sale or rental of any commodities
or goods in connection with the golf course.
[Amended 1-18-1994]
The Commission shall consist of nine members, two of whom shall be members of the City Council ex officio, without the power to vote. All members of the Commission shall be resident electors and shall be appointed in accordance with § C3-3J of the City Charter and may be removed by the City Council. The two City Council members of the Commission shall serve at the pleasure of the City Council for a two-year term. The remaining seven members shall serve for terms of three years, except that, of the first members appointed, two shall be appointed for terms of one year, two for terms of two years, and three for terms of three years. A member appointed to the Commission to replace a member whose term has not expired shall be appointed for the unexpired term only. The Commission shall hold an annual meeting in the month of April at which time it shall elect one of its members as Chairman, one of its members as Vice Chairman and one of its members as Secretary.
[Amended 2-5-1990; 3-15-1999]
A.
The Commission shall have the power to:
(2)
Make and enforce the rules and regulations for the
orderly play of golf and the operation of any golf courses and attendant
facilities;
(3)
Participate directly in the negotiations of all proposed
contracts with any individual, partnership, corporation or any other
entity involved in the operation of the golf course and attendant
facilities and make recommendations thereon to be submitted to the
City Manager for final approval or referral to the City Council, as
may be appropriate; and
(4)
Develop and establish all alteration plans, renovations,
and capital improvements and establish a priority list for implementing
such alteration plans, renovations and capital improvements, or any
other matters pertaining thereto.
B.
Staffing for the operation and maintenance of the golf course shall be provided for in the budget prepared and submitted by the Commission pursuant to § 6-102. The Commission shall be responsible for the operation of the golf course and shall be assisted in the discharge of its duties hereunder by the Golf Facilities Manager, who shall report directly to the City Manager.
A.
The Chairman of the Commission shall file with the City Manager of the City of Meriden the Commission's proposed budget containing an estimate of projected current expenses and an estimate of projected gross operating revenues for the next fiscal year, by the same time as departmental budgets are required to be submitted in accordance with the Charter or ordinances of the City of Meriden. The budget proposed by the Commission shall be a balanced budget in which all projected current expenses are offset by projected gross operating revenues. The Director of Finance and the City Manager shall have the same duties with respect to the Commission's proposed budget as set forth in § C8-4 of the Charter of the City. Subsequent to the adoption of a budget by the City Council, the Commission will adopt a schedule of fees, rates, rentals and charges for the next ensuing fiscal year to provide gross operating revenues which, after application of any accumulated annual surplus as set forth herein, shall be in an amount which is estimated to be sufficient to meet current expenses as set forth in the budget adopted by the City Council, which schedule shall be submitted to the City Council for final approval.
B.
All gross operating revenues will be held by the City
in a separate fund. Any annual surplus derived from gross operating
revenues shall not lapse into the City's general fund balance but
shall, instead, be retained in said fund and applied to meet current
expenses for the next ensuing fiscal year or to fund capital improvements;
provided, however, that any funds which may from time to time be derived
from the City's general fund to meet any operating deficit shall first
be repaid from such surplus.
