[§ 1, L.L. No. 1-1981; § 1, L.L. No. 9-1984; L.L. No. 6-1987; §§ 1
and 3, L.L. No. 4-2006; § 2, L.L. No. 11-2007; § 5, L.L.
No. 4-2009; § 1, L.L. No. 3-2010; § 1, L.L. No. 12-2021]
The Department of Recreation and
Human Services shall be responsible for the administration of programs
providing recreation, cultural and other leisure-time services to
residents; for parks programming; for the administration of youth
services programs; and for providing such other special events and
public services as may be required and assigned to the Department,
including responsibility for the Public Market. The Department shall
be organized into bureaus, divisions or other operating units as deemed
necessary by the Commissioner and the Mayor.
[§ 3, L.L. No. 1-1981; § 1, L.L. No. 9-1984; L.L. No. 6-1987; § 1, L.L. No. 1-2006; § 1, L.L. No. 4-2006; § 1, L.L. No. 12-2021]
The Commissioner of Recreation and
Human Services shall be the head of the Department of Recreation and
Human Services and shall be responsible to and report to the Mayor.
He or she shall appoint, with the approval of the Mayor, the heads
of bureaus, divisions or other operating units that may be established.
He or she shall also have such powers and duties as may be assigned
by the Mayor and granted to him or her by law or ordinance.
[§ 4, L.L. No. 10-1979; § 1, L.L. No. 1-2006]
There shall be a Division of Markets,
the head of which shall be the Supervisor of Markets who, under the
direction and control of the Commissioner, has the government and
management of public markets as may be further set forth in the City
Code, and who must cause all moneys and revenues received from the
operation of the public markets to be deposited with the Treasurer
of the City in the enterprise fund for the public markets. He or she
has power to lease stands, places and privileges in the public markets
to the persons and for the amounts established by the Council, unless
Council by ordinance authorizes the establishment of leasing by an
alternate procedure. In addition, the Council may require that all
or a portion of the lease stands and stalls shall be leased only to
the highest bidder, meeting at least the minimum bid established by
Council, at either an auction or upon receipt of sealed bids.