[R.O. 2003 § 130.010; CC 1997 § 26.010]
There is hereby created a Park Board
consisting of nine (9) Directors to be appointed by the Mayor, with
the approval of the Board of Aldermen, chosen from the citizens at
large with reference to their fitness to such office, provided that
no member of the City Government shall be a member of such Board.
[R.O. 2003 § 130.020; CC 1997 § 26.020]
The Directors shall hold office,
one-third (1/3) for one (1) year, one-third (1/3) for two (2) years
and one-third (1/3) for three (3) years, from the first of June following
their appointment, and at their first regular meeting shall cast lots
for their respective terms; and annually thereafter the Mayor shall,
before the first of June of each year, appoint as before three (3)
Directors who shall hold office for three (3) years and until their
successors are appointed. The Mayor may, by and with the consent of
the legislative branch of the municipal government, remove any Director
for misconduct or neglect of duty.
[R.O. 2003 § 130.030; CC 1997 § 26.030]
Vacancies in the Board of Directors,
occasioned by removal, resignation or otherwise, shall be reported
to the City Board and be filled in like manner as original appointments.
[R.O. 2003 § 130.040; CC 1997 § 26.040]
No Director shall receive compensation
for serving on the Park Board.
[R.O. 2003 § 130.045; Ord. No. 1020-04 §§ A — B, 6-14-2004]
A.
Attendance Rules. Directors of the Park
Board of the City of Gallatin, Missouri, shall attend all regular
and special meetings of said Board, unless a majority of the Directors
shall vote to excuse a Director from attendance at a meeting.
B.
Penalty. If a Director fails to attend
three (3) Park Board meetings in succession, or four (4) Park Board
meetings within a twelve-month period, the Park Board shall provide
written notice thereof to the Board of Aldermen, and said Director
shall be removed from the Park Board for neglect of duty by the Mayor,
with the consent of the Board of Aldermen.
[R.O. 2003 § 130.050; CC 1997 § 26.050]
Said Directors shall, immediately
after their appointment, meet and organize by the election of one
(1) of their number President and by the election of such other officers
as they may deem necessary. They shall make and adopt such bylaws,
rules and regulations for their guidance and for the government of
the parks as may be expedient, not inconsistent with Sections 90.500
to 90.570, RSMo. They shall have the exclusive control of the expenditures
of all money collected to the credit of the Park Fund and of the supervision,
improvement, care and custody of said parks. All monies received for
such parks shall be deposited in the Treasury of said City to the
credit of the Park Fund and shall be kept separate and apart from
the other monies of such City and drawn upon by the proper officers
of said City upon the properly authenticated vouchers of the Park
Board. Said Board shall have power to purchase or otherwise secure
ground to be used for such parks, shall have power to appoint a suitable
person to take care of said parks and necessary assistants for said
person and fix their compensation, and shall have power to remove
such appointees, and shall in general carry out the spirit and intent
of Sections 90.500 to 90.570, RSMo., in establishing and maintaining
public parks.
[R.O. 2003 § 130.060; CC 1997 § 26.060; Ord. No. 844-96 § 26.060, 2-26-1996]
The said Board of Directors shall
make, on or before the second Monday in June, an annual report to
the Board of Aldermen stating the condition of their trust on the
first day of May of that year, the various sums of money received
from the Park Fund and other sources, and how much monies have been
expended and for what purposes with such other statistics, information
and suggestions as they may deem of general interest. All such portions
of such report as relate to the receipt and expenditure of money shall
be verified by affidavit.
[R.O. 2003 § 130.070; CC 1997 § 26.070]
Any person desiring to make donations
of money, personal property or real estate for the benefit of such
parks shall have a right to vest the title to the money or real estate
so donated in the Board of Directors created hereunder to be held
and controlled by such Board when accepted according to the terms
of the deed, gift, devise or bequest of such property; and as to such
property, the said Board shall be held and considered to be the special
trustees.
[R.O. 2003 § 130.080; CC 1997 § 27.010]
The Board of Aldermen of the City
of Gallatin, Missouri, hereby finds and determines that it is wise,
expedient, necessary and advisable that "The Industrial Development
Authority of the City of Gallatin, Missouri" (the "Authority") be
formed.
[R.O. 2003 § 130.090; CC 1997 § 27.020]
The application is hereby approved
and the applicants are hereby granted permission to proceed to form
and organize the Authority pursuant to the provisions of the Industrial
Development Corporation Act.
[R.O. 2003 § 130.100; CC 1997 § 27.030]
The form of Articles of Incorporation
proposed to be used in organizing the authority are hereby approved
as Exhibit B, which is on file in the office of the City Clerk, and
the applicants are hereby authorized and directed to execute, acknowledge
and file said Articles of Incorporation with the Secretary of the
State of Missouri, in the form of the Exhibit B which is kept on file
in the office of the City Clerk. Such Articles shall not hereafter
be amended without the approval of the Gallatin Board of Aldermen.
[R.O. 2003 § 130.110; CC 1997 § 27.040]
The following persons who have been
resident taxpayers of the City for one (1) year, and who are duly
qualified electors of and taxpayers in the City of Gallatin, Missouri,
and who are not officers or employees of the City of Gallatin, Missouri,
are hereby elected for a two-year term. No director shall serve more
than two (2) terms as such.
