[R.O. 2009 §155.010; CC 1976 §19-1; R.O. 1954 §163]
Pursuant to the provisions of Sections 90.500 to 90.570, RSMo.,
of Chapter 90, RSMo., there is hereby established an agency of the
City to be known as the Park Board.
[R.O. 2009 §155.020; CC 1976 §19-2; R.O. 1954 §164]
The Mayor, with the consent and approval of the Board of Aldermen,
shall appoint a Park Board, to be composed of nine (9) Directors,
to be chosen from the citizens of the City at large, with reference
to their fitness for such office; and no member of the Municipal Government
of the City shall be a member of said Board.
[R.O. 2009 §155.030; CC 1976 §19-3; R.O. 1954 §165]
One-third (1/3) of said members shall hold their offices for
one (1) year, one-third (1/3) shall hold their office for two (2)
years, and one-third (1/3) shall hold their office for a term of three
(3) years, and annually thereafter the Mayor shall, before the first
(1st) of June of each year, appoint as before three (3) Directors
who shall hold office for three (3) years and until their successors
are appointed. The Mayor, with the approval of the Board of Aldermen,
may remove any Director for misconduct or neglect of duty.
[R.O. 2009 §155.040; CC 1976 §19-4; R.O. 1954 §166]
Vacancies in the Board of Directors, occasioned by removals,
resignations or otherwise, shall be reported to the Board of Aldermen
and be filled in like manner as original appointments, and no Director
shall receive compensation as such.
[R.O. 2009 §155.050; CC 1976 §19-5; R.O. 1954 §167]
The Park Directors shall immediately after their appointment,
meet and organize by the election of one (1) of their number as President,
and by the election of such other officers as they may deem necessary.
They shall make and adopt such by-laws, rules and regulations for
their guidance and for the government of the parks as may be expedient,
not inconsistent with the above-mentioned Statutes. They shall have
the exclusive control of the expenditure of all monies collected to
the credit of the Park Fund and of the supervision, improvement, care
and custody of said parks. All monies received for such parks shall
be deposited in the Treasury of the City, to the credit of the Park
Fund and shall be kept separate and apart from the other monies of
the City and drawn upon by the proper officers of the City upon the
properly authenticated vouchers of the Park Board. The Board shall
have power to purchase or otherwise secure ground to be used for parks,
shall have power to appoint a suitable person to take care of the
parks and necessary assistants for said person and fix their compensation,
and shall have power to remove such appointees, and shall in general
carry out the spirit and intent of this Chapter and the Statute above-mentioned
in establishing and maintaining public parks.
[R.O. 2009 §155.060; CC 1976 §19-6; R.O. 1954 §168]
The Board of Park Directors shall make, on or before the second
(2nd) Monday in June, an annual report to the Board of Aldermen stating
the condition of their trust on the first (1st) day of May of that
year, the various sums of money received from the Park Fund and other
sources, and how much monies have been expended and for what purposes
with such other statistics, information and suggestions as they may
deem of general interest. All such portions of such report as relate
to the receipt and expenditures of money shall be verified by affidavit.
[R.O. 2009 §155.070; CC 1976 §19-7; R.O. 1954 §163]
The Mayor and Board of Aldermen shall each year levy a tax of
not more than forty cents ($.40) on each one hundred dollars ($100.00)
of the assessed valuation on all property in the City, for the establishment
and maintenance of free public parks within the City, and provide
for suitable entertainment therein.
[R.O. 2009 §155.080; CC 1976 §19-8; R.O. 1954 §169]
Any person desiring to make donations of money, personal property
or real estate for the benefit of City Parks shall have a right to
vest the title to the money or real estate so donated in the Board
of Directors, to be held and controlled by such Board when accepted
according to the terms of the deed, gift, devise or bequest of such
property, and as to such property, the said Board shall be held and
considered to be special trustees.
