[Ord. 4-1959, 11/9/1959, § 1]
There is hereby created a recreation board known as the "Hughesville
Area Recreation Board of Hughesville, Pennsylvania."
[Ord. 4-1959, 11/9/1959, § 2, as amended by Ord.
6-1961, 6/5/1961, § 2]
The Board shall be composed of five members to be appointed
by the Borough Council, two of whom shall also be appointees of the
School District of Hughesville; and said Board shall have power to
provide, conduct and maintain public recreation areas, facilities
and centers, subject to all responsibilities of the recreation enabling
legislation. The Board members shall serve for a term of five 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. 4-1959, 11/9/1959, § 3]
The Recreation 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 bylaws, rules and regulations covering
its procedure not inconsistent with the provisions of the state laws.
The Recreation 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 times
and places as it may designate.
[Ord. 4-1959, 11/9/1959, § 4, as amended by Ord.
6-1961, 6/5/1961, § 4]
1.
The Recreation Board shall serve jointly the Borough of Hughesville
and the School District of Hughesville. To coordinate the joint program,
the proper officers of the Borough of Hughesville are hereby authorized
to enter into a joint written agreement with the proper officers of
the School District of Hughesville concerning the administration of
the joint program, adoption of policies and procedures, the determination
of types and qualifications of personnel, the governing of finances,
the use of facilities, and the like; and such agreement or agreements
or amendments to agreements shall be submitted to the Borough Council
from time to time for its approval or disapproval.
2.
Whenever the term "School District of Hughesville" is used in this
Part 2 or in any joint agreement approved under this Part 2, it shall
include the jointure of which the School District of Hughesville is
a part, now known as the "East Lycoming School District," and joint
agreements may be negotiated directly with the officers of the Joint
School Committee of said jointure.
[Ord. 4-1959, 11/9/1959, § 5]
The Recreation 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 Board shall have no authority to enter
into any contract or incur any obligation binding upon the Borough
of Hughesville or School District of Hughesville, 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
governing body of the Borough of Hughesville or the School District
of Hughesville.
[Ord. 4-1959, 11/9/1959, § 6]
The Recreation Board shall have the power to appoint an Executive
Director or Superintendent of Recreation, who possesses the necessary
qualifications and who has demonstrated by actual work his ability
to organize and direct a community recreation system and supervise
the activities of such other personnel as may be deemed necessary
in carrying out the program.
[Ord. 4-1959, 11/9/1959, § 7]
Funds appropriated by the governing body of the Borough of Hughesville
and the School District of Hughesville and budgeted to the Recreation
Board shall be distributed by the fiscal disbursing officer of the
School District of Hughesville, upon vouchers issued by the Recreation
Board and within the budget appropriations made. Funds received by
the Recreation Board from sources other than budget appropriations
shall be deposited by the School District of Hughesville, 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 such
gift or bequest or the terms of the acceptance thereof.
[Ord. 4-1959, 11/9/1959, § 8]
The Recreation Board shall make an annual, itemized, full and
complete report to the governing body at such times as may be designated
by the governing body. The fiscal year of said Recreation Board shall
conform to that of the School District of Hughesville.
[Ord. 4-1959, 11/9/1959, § 9]
Such powers as are now or may hereafter be provided by statute
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or by ordinance of the Borough
of Hughesville relating to the development and operation of recreation
systems, public parks and playgrounds are hereby vested in the Recreation
Board, to be exercised by it subject to any and all restrictions contained
in such powers and ordinances.
