[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township
of Union 4-12-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-1. Amendments noted where applicable.]
This chapter shall be titled the "Union Township Park and Recreation
Board Ordinance."
The purpose of this Board is to facilitate the creation of a
public recreation program and to assist in the development of recreation
facilities.
The Board shall be composed of five members, to be appointed
by the Union Township Supervisors, with the power to provide and conduct
recreation and cultural activities and maintain public recreation
areas, facilities and centers pursuant to all the responsibilities
of the recreation-enabling legislation. The Board members shall serve
for a term of five years and until their successors are appointed,
except that the members first appointed shall be so appointed that
the term of one member shall expire annually thereafter. Vacancies
shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments and for
the unexpired term. Members shall serve without pay.
The Park and Recreation Board shall appoint from its membership
a Chairman 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 state laws and Township ordinances. The Park and 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.
The Park and Recreation Board shall maintain, operate and supervise
the public parks, play fields, and all outdoor and indoor recreation
areas and facilities owned or controlled by the Township of Union.
The Park and 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 Park and Recreation Board shall have no authority
to enter into any contract or incur any obligation binding upon the
Township of Union other than current obligations or contracts to be
fully executed within the then-current fiscal year; and all within
the budget appropriations made by the governing body of the Township
of Union.
The Park and Recreation Board may make a recommendation to the
Board of Supervisors for appointment of an executive director or superintendent
of parks and recreation, who possesses the necessary qualifications
and who has demonstrated by actual work his ability to organize and
direct a community recreation system, and such other personnel as
may be deemed necessary and are recommended by the executive director.
All appointments are to be made by the Board of Supervisors.
Expenditures recommended by the Board shall be on forms provided
by the Township and shall conform to the Township budget as well as
appropriate Township ordinances and resolutions and state and federal
laws governing purchasing and expenditures. Funds received by the
Park and Recreation Board from sources other than budget appropriations
shall be deposited by the Township of Union to the credit and for
the use of the said Board, and disbursed as the above budget funds
are disbursed, except that funds received by gift, bequest or otherwise
shall be disbursed in accordance with the terms of the acceptance
thereof.
The Park and Recreation Board shall submit an annual report
and such other reports as needed to the governing body at such times
as may be designated or requested by the governing body. These other
reports shall be timely submitted to the Township to meet the Township
budgetary planning in the fourth quarter of the year. The fiscal year
of said Park and Recreation Board shall conform to that of the Township
of Union.
Such powers that are now or may hereafter be provided by statute
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or by ordinances of the Township
of Union relating to the development and operation of recreation systems,
public parks and playgrounds are hereby vested in the Park and Recreation
Board, to be exercised by it subject to any and all restrictions contained
in such powers and ordinances.
