[Adopted 2-22-1944; amended 2-15-1982 (Ch. 29 of the 1982 Code)]
A municipal department, which shall be designated as the "Board
of Parks and Recreation Commissioners of the Borough of Swedesboro,"
be and the same is hereby established in and for said Borough.
[Amended 2-6-2012 by Ord. No. 1-2012]
The Board of Parks and Recreation Commissioners shall have charge
of all parks and open places for public recreation which shall be
located within the Borough and to which the Borough has acquired or
may hereafter acquire title and shall lay out, embellish and maintain
the same in the manner which shall seem best to the Board under such
rules and regulations as the Board may hereafter adopt. Said Board
shall comprise the administrative and supervisory activities of said
Borough in connection with the development, improvement and maintenance
of all park facilities now or hereafter established and located within
the boundaries of said Borough.
[Amended 1-20-1986; 6-17-1996; 1-6-1997]
The composition shall include a total of nine persons. Five
persons shall be from the Borough of Swedesboro and two persons shall
be from the Township of Woolrich. The remaining two persons may be
appointed from either the Borough of Swedesboro or the Township of
Woolwich. Said members of said Board shall be appointed by the Mayor
with the consent of the office for the term of five years. Vacancies
on said Board shall be filled for the unexpired term only. In making
the appointments of the members of said Board, the Mayor and Council
shall apportion the representation by area as nearly as it may be
possible so to do.
The members of the Board shall serve without compensation, and
they shall, annually, from their own number elect a President, Vice
President and a Secretary.
The Board shall meet regularly at least once each month in connection
with the performance of their duties and for the consideration of
the matters affecting public parks in the Borough of Swedesboro. They
shall adopt rules and regulations for the purpose of facilitating
the work of their department and for the purpose of regulating the
conduct of the meetings of said Board.
The Board of Parks and Recreation Commissioners shall, from
time to time, formulate plans for the development and improvement
of the public park lands now or hereafter owned by said Borough, shall
propose methods or arrangements for the proper maintenance and care
of such lands and the improvements thereon, shall formulate rules
and regulations for the public use of such park lands and improvements
and shall determine, annually, what sums may be necessary for the
improvement, care and maintenance of the public park lands and recommend
to the Mayor and Council, in writing, the amounts necessary to be
raised for such purpose, and the Council shall not raise any money
for park purposes either by the issuance of bonds or by taxation except
upon and after recommendation by said Board of Parks and Recreation
Commissioners. All recommendations of said Board involving the expenditure
of moneys shall be submitted to the Council prior to the introduction
and formal consideration of the annual budget. The sum actually raised
by the Borough Council in any year shall not in any case exceed the
sum recommended by the Board, but the Council may raise any lesser
amount.
The Board shall have the full and complete authority and power,
exclusive of the Council, to expend the moneys raised for park purposes,
other than for the acquisition of land, and all money so raised for
such purposes shall be paid out by the Borough Treasurer upon the
warrant of said Board of Parks and Recreation Commissioners, signed
by its President and attested by its Secretary, and not otherwise;
provided, however, that said Board shall not have the power or authority
to incur any obligations in the name of or for the account of said
Borough, except as authorized from time to time by the Borough Council
and the provisions of this article.
