[Ord. No. 936 § 1, 8-16-1983; Ord. No. 2018-1280, 6-18-2018]
There is established in the Town a board to be known as the
Park Board which shall consist of nine (9) members, all of whom shall
be citizens of the Town and who have resided within said Town for
a period of at least one (1) year next before their appointment and
no member of the municipal government shall be a member of the Board.
[Ord. No. 936 § 2, 8-16-1983]
That the members of the Board of Directors shall be a politically
non-partisan board appointed by the Council of the Town of Carrollton;
they shall hold office for a term of three (3) years each, or until
their successors are appointed and qualified; with each member given
the privilege of re-appointment subject to the approval of the Town
Council for a consecutive three-year term. Thereafter, that person
shall not serve until the expiration of a period of three (3) years
whereupon said person may be re-appointed to the Board. The Council
may remove any director for misconduct or negligence of duty.
[Ord. No. 936 § 3, 8-16-1983]
Any member of said Park Board who shall accept the nomination
or appointment for any political office during his/her official term
as member of said Board, shall be deemed thereby to have resigned
as a member of said Board, and his/her membership shall thereby be
ipso facto vacated.
[Ord. No. 936 § 4, 8-16-1983; Ord.
No. 2020-1355, 9-8-2020]
Vacancies in the Board of Directors occasioned by removal, resignation,
death or otherwise, shall be reported to the Council and be filled
in like manner as original appointments. Any person appointed by the
Council to fill a vacancy shall hold office for the remainder of the
term to which his/her predecessor was appointed. Any person appointed
to fill a vacancy may, at the expiration of the unexpired term appointment,
be reappointed for up to two (2) consecutive three-year terms, unless
the expired term filled was for one-half (1/2) or more of a term,
in which case the reappointment is limited to one (1) three-year term.
After a person has served his/her maximum permitted consecutive terms,
then the person may not be reappointed to the board until a full board
term has expired.
[Ord. No. 936 § 5, 8-16-1983]
The Park Board shall have power and it shall be its duty to
take charge of and exercise the exclusive control, custody and supervision
over all public parks owned or leased by the Town, or hereafter owned
purchased or leased by the Town. It shall make all necessary rules
and regulations for the operation and management of said parks and
shall have such other powers as may be designated to it from time
to time. Said Board shall comply with all of the provisions in the
deeds conveying tracts of land for park purposes to the Town, and
shall comply with all of the provisions contained in leases and agreements
leasing tracts of land for park purposes. Where said Board may have
athletic events, shows, and all other kinds of entertainment in the
parks under its control and charge admission therefor, or said Board
may permit or allow others to use parks and charge admissions for
a rental to be charged and fixed by said Board, concession stands
in said parks (except that no concession stand in any park under the
control of said Board shall be permitted to sell intoxicating liquors
of any kind or description), and all funds so derived by the Board
shall be retained by said Board and used by said Board for the maintenance
and development of the parks under its jurisdiction and control.
[Ord. No. 936 § 6, 8-16-1983]
The Park Board shall have no authority to contract or incur
any indebtedness for which the Town shall be liable without first
securing the express consent of the Council.
[Ord. No. 936 § 7, 8-16-1983]
The Board of Directors shall make, on or before the first Tuesday
in January of each year, an annual report to the Council stating the
condition of their trusts on the first day of January of the previous
year, the various sums of money received by them and its source and
how much monies have been expended and for what purposes, and the
balance of money on hand as of that time; and the Board shall present
to the Council, by the first meeting in October, their estimated budget
setting out their estimate of the funds necessary to satisfactorily
operate and maintain the park for the coming calendar year.
[Ord. No. 936 § 8, 8-16-1983]
The Board shall hold regular meetings at least once a month
at the time and place to be fixed by said Board and shall hold additional
meetings upon the call of the President of the Board and shall do
all things necessary to carry out the powers and duties of said Board.
[Ord. No. 936 § 9, 8-16-1983]
At the October meeting each year, the Board shall elect from
its members a president, vice president, secretary and treasurer,
all of whom shall serve in their respective offices for a term of
one (1) year and until their successors have been selected; no member
of the Board shall hold more than one (1) of such offices at any one
(1) time.
