[Ord. 30, 8/2/1979, § 1]
There is hereby created a recreation and park board known as the "Recreation and Park Board Township."
[Ord. 30, 8/2/1979, § 2]
The Board shall be composed of seven members, to be appointed by the Township Supervisors with the power to provide and conduct recreation and cultural activities and maintain public recreation areas, facilities, and centers subject to all the responsibilities of the recreation enabling legislation, 53 P.S. § 67204. The Board members shall serve for terms of seven 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.
[Ord. 30, 8/2/1979, § 3]
The Recreation and Park 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 by-laws, rules, and regulations covering its procedure not inconsistent with the provisions of the state laws. The Recreation and Park 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.
[Ord. 30, 8/2/1979, § 4]
The Recreation and Park Board shall maintain, operate, and supervise the public parks, playfields, and all outdoor and indoor recreation areas and facilities owned or controlled by the Township.
[Ord. 30, 8/2/1979, § 5; as amended by Ord. 122-2006, 12/15/2006]
The Recreation and Park 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 Recreation and Park Board shall have no authority to enter into any contract or incur any obligation binding upon the Township, 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 Board of Supervisors of Township.
[Ord. 30, 8/2/1979, § 6]
The Recreation and Park Board shall have the power to appoint an executive director or superintendent of recreation and parks 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.
[Ord. 30, 8/2/1979, § 7; as amended by Ord. 122-2006, 12/15/2006]
Funds appropriated by the Board of Supervisors of Township, and budgeted to the Recreation Board, shall be disbursed by the fiscal disbursing officer of the Township, upon vouchers issued by the Recreation and Park Board and within the budget appropriations made. Funds received by the Recreation and Park Board from sources other than budget appropriations shall be deposited by the Township Treasurer, 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.
[Ord. 30, 8/2/1979, § 8; as amended by Ord. 122-2006, 12/15/2006]
The Recreation and Park Board shall submit an annual report and such other reports as needed to the Board of Supervisors at such times as may be designated or requested by the Board of Supervisors. The fiscal year of said Recreation and Park Board shall conform to that of Township.
[Ord. 30, 8/2/1979, § 9; as amended by Ord. 122-2006, 12/15/2006]
Such powers that are now or may hereafter be provided by statute of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or by ordinances of Township relating to the development and operation of recreation systems, public parks, and playgrounds, are hereby vested in the Recreation and Park Board, to be exercised by it subject to any and all restrictions contained in such powers and ordinances.
[Ord. 30, 8/2/1979, § 10; as amended by Ord. 122-2006, 12/15/2006]
The Recreation and Park Board shall have no authority to issue bonds for the purpose of acquiring any lands or buildings for parks, public recreation areas and facilities and for the equipment thereof, said power being hereby reserved to the Board of Supervisors of Township.
[Ord. 30, 8/2/1979, § 11; as amended by Ord. 122-2006, 12/15/2006]
Any personnel, except maintenance personnel, proposed to be hired by the Recreation and Park Board shall be subject to the majority approval of the Board of Supervisors of Township.
[Ord. 30, 8/2/1979, § 12; as amended by Ord. 122-2006, 12/15/2006]
Prior to October 1 of each year the Recreation and Park Board shall prepare a proposed annual budget for the forthcoming calendar year and submit the same for approval to the Board of Supervisors of Township, which budget shall be approved in whole or in part or modified at the discretion of the Board of Supervisors and said decision shall be communicate to the Recreation and Park Board prior to December 31 of each and every year.