[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Kittanning 12-29-1998 by Ord. No.
402-1998. Amendments noted where applicable.]
There is hereby created a Board to have the purposes and powers
hereinafter set forth which shall hereinafter be known as the "Kittanning
Borough Riverfront Parks and Recreation Board."
The Board shall consist of no less than nine persons to be appointed
by the Kittanning Borough Council for such terms as shall permit no
more than two terms to expire in any one calendar year.
Members of the Board shall be appointed by the Kittanning Borough
Council for terms of five years. No less than five members of the
Board shall be residents of the Borough of Kittanning. The appointments
for specified term notwithstanding, a Board member may stay in office
until a successor qualifies or is appointed or the Kittanning Borough
Council may remove any member of the Board at the pleasure of Kittanning
Borough Council.
Members shall serve on the Board without compensation.
The Board shall reorganize at its first regularly scheduled
meeting in any calendar year.
The Board shall have the following powers and duties:
A.
To meet no less than one time every two months.
B.
To consider and recommend to Kittanning Borough Council all things
necessary to equip, operate, maintain, and generate funding for those
recreational facilities owned and maintained by the Borough, responsibility
for which has been assigned to the Board.
C.
To make such recommendations to the Borough Council as may be necessary
to generate funding for the continued operation and maintenance of
recreational facilities, including the Kittanning Riverfront Park
and Visitors' Center.
D.
To meet to consider all matters necessary for the proper operation
and maintenance of the recreation places.
E.
The Board shall act in an advisory capacity and shall take no formal
action which in any way would bind the Borough without approval of
the Kittanning Borough Council.
The Board, at such times as directed by the Kittanning Borough
Council, shall annually submit for approval to the Kittanning Borough
Council a proposed budget for the ensuing year setting forth all proposed
expenditures and programs. The Board shall have no power to obligate
Kittanning Borough for the payment of any municipal funds until the
same is properly appropriated by the Kittanning Borough Council.
The Board shall exercise the authority granted herein over any
recreation place acquired hereafter or now existing unless otherwise
specified by the Kittanning Borough Council.
This chapter shall become effective on January 1, 1999.
