[CC 1985 § 27-1; Ord. No. 876, 6-5-2006]
There is hereby established within
the City of St. James an executive department to be known as the "Board
of Forestry."
[CC 1985 § 27-2; Ord. No. 876, 6-5-2006; Ord. No. 898, 9-4-2007]
Which board shall consist of six
(6) persons, and who shall be appointed by the Mayor and confirmed
by the City Council as other appointive officers of the City, as is
now, or hereafter may be provided for by ordinance, are appointed
and confirmed.
[CC 1985 § 27-3; Ord. No. 876, 6-5-2006]
The board members shall be electors
of the St. James School District, who have resided within the St.
James School District for a period of two (2) years next before their
appointment; and its administration shall in all respects be entirely
non-partisan.
[CC 1985 § 27-4; Ord. No. 876, 6-5-2006]
The members of such board shall hold
office for a term of four (4) years, or until their successors are
appointed and qualified; provided, however, the first incumbents appointed
as members of said Board of Forestry shall be appointed and hold office
for the term of one (1), two (2), three (3) and four (4) years respectively,
as may be designated by the Mayor in making the appointment.
[CC 1985 § 27-5; Ord. No. 876, 6-5-2006]
Board members shall receive no compensation.
[CC 1985 § 27-6; Ord. No. 876, 6-5-2006]
It shall be the duty of said board
to keep books of account showing with entire accuracy contemporaneous
current entries of the receipts and expenditures of the board in such
manner as to enable the same to be understood and investigated, and
also to preserve on file in its office duplicate vouchers for all
its expenditures, which books and duplicates shall at all times be
open to the examination of the Finance Committee of the City Council,
or any other committee appointed by the City Council, and such board
shall make such reports of its business and transactions to the Mayor
and City Council of the City of St. James monthly.
[CC 1985 § 27-7; Ord. No. 876, 6-5-2006]
It shall be the duty of the Board
of Forestry to make up an account monthly of all obligations and expenses
incurred by said board, in operating said Forestry Board, including
salaries of all employees, setting forth in items the amounts due,
to whom, and for what service or account, which such statement of
accounts shall be examined, checked, and certified by the board for
payment, as true and correct. And it shall be the duty of the Mayor
and the City Council to allow and order paid such accounts, in the
same manner that bills and salaries of other officers and employees
of such City are allowed and paid; provided, however, that said payment
shall be made out of said special Forestry account, and provided further
that checks thereon shall be drawn only by the Secretary of said board
and countersigned as provided.
[CC 1985 § 27-13; Ord. No. 876, 6-5-2006]
A.
The Board of Forestry, as herein provided,
shall, during the existence of said board, have the power, and it
shall be its duty, to take charge of and exercise control over any
tree or tree-like plant located on City property, or which may be
hereafter established or acquired by said City of St. James, by purchase
or otherwise, and all appurtenances thereto belonging, and shall enforce
the performance of all contracts and work and have charge and custody
of all books, property and assets belonging or appertaining such plant
or plants.
B.
In addition to the powers and duties hereinbefore
prescribed, said board shall also exercise such other powers and perform
such other duties in the superintendence of Forestry Board, improvements
and repairs constructed by authority of the City Council or owned
by the City that may be prescribed by ordinance. Said board shall
make all necessary regulations for the government of the department
not inconsistent with the general laws of this State, the Charter
of such City or the ordinances thereof.
C.
In the process of operating said public
Forestry Board, said Board of Forestry is vested with full power and
authority, and authorized to make such repairs, replacements additions
or extensions of service as it may deem proper for the public good
and is vested with full power and authority to employ such labor or
provide such material as may be necessary in that behalf and prescribe
and fix the compensation for services within the foregoing limitations.
[CC 1985 § 27-14; Ord. No. 876, 6-5-2006]
A.
The doing of all work and furnishing of
all supplies for the inspection, pruning, removal, planting, maintenance,
or any other work which may be under its supervision or control shall
be let out by the Board of Forestry in the same manner as other City
contracts are let out, except in cases where it is not practicable
to do such work or furnish such material by contract. Said board shall
have charge of the purchase of all supplies needed by the City in
its several departments, under such restrictions and regulations as
may be provided by ordinance.
B.
Where no restriction is specifically provided
by ordinance, the board shall have full power to contract for and
provide all necessary labor and material and supplies as it may deem
necessary, and submit its account for allowance and payment by the
Mayor and City Council, out of said special Forestry Board account
as provided herein.
[CC 1985 § 27-29; Ord. No. 876, 6-5-2006]
A.
Said board shall have the power to appoint
a Chief Superintendent and such subordinates, assistants and other
persons as may be necessary, but the compensation of all employees
and appointees of said board shall be as provided by ordinance.
B.
The Board of Forestry is authorized and
empowered and it is made their duty to select and employ all necessary
employees to carry on and operate under its control and to fix the
hours, duties and compensation of all such employees, with maximum
limitations thereon as to number and compensation paid.
