There is hereby created a Recreation Board known as the "Recreation
Board of the Borough of Walnutport."
The Recreation Board shall appoint from its membership a chairman
and secretary and such other officers as it may deem necessary for
the orderly procedure of its business, and may adopt bylaws, rules,
and regulations covering its procedure not inconsistent with the provisions
of the Borough Code. The Recreation Board shall, from time to time,
make rules governing the operation and conduct of the recreational
facilities operated by the Board. The Board shall hold regular meetings
at such time and place as it may designate. In addition, the Recreation
Board shall operate and conduct business in accordance with the Borough
Code.
The Recreation Board may help operate and supervise the public
parks, playfields, and all outdoor and indoor recreation areas and
facilities owned or controlled by the Borough of Walnutport. The Recreation
Board, as such Board shall hereafter be called, is specifically given
the authority to equip, operate, supervise and maintain recreation
places within or without the Borough as may be owned by the Borough
or as may hereinafter be owned by the Borough and any other municipality,
providing that such other municipality consents to such jurisdiction
of the Recreation Board.
The Recreation Board may accept any grant, gift, bequest, or
donation of services, equipment, real estate, or money from any individual
or group, to be used as specified by the donor, or by the terms of
acceptance. The Recreation Board shall have no authority to enter
into any contract or incur any obligation without the Council of the
Borough of Walnutport's consent.
Funds appropriated by the governing body of the Borough of Walnutport,
and budgeted to the Recreation Board, shall be disbursed by the secretary
of the Borough of Walnutport. Funds received by the Recreation Board
from sources other than budget appropriations, including but not limited
to any and all grants, shall be deposited by the Borough of Walnutport,
to the credit and for the use of the said Board on behalf of the Borough
and disbursed as the above budget funds are disbursed, except that
funds received and/or retained by or on behalf of the Recreation Board
by gift, bequest, or otherwise shall be disbursed in accordance with
the terms of the acceptance thereof and with the consent of Borough
Council.
The Recreation Board shall submit quarterly reports and such
other reports as needed to the governing body at such times as may
be designated or requested by the governing body. The fiscal year
of said Recreation Board shall conform to that of the Borough of Walnutport.
Such powers that are now or may hereafter be provided by statute
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or by ordinances of the Borough
of Walnutport relating to the development and operation of recreation
systems, public parks, and playgrounds, are hereby vested in the Recreation
Board, to be exercised by it, subject to any and all restrictions
contained in such powers and ordinances and subject to final approval
by the Borough of Walnutport before any action shall be taken by the
Recreation Board.