[1]
Cross reference: As to the Beautification Committee, see Section
2:8-9 of this Code.
[A.C. 1969, 7.9, as amended May 5, 1969 and Jan. 19, 1970]
(a)
Within the Department of Public Works there shall be established
a Beautification Committee, the functions of which shall be:
(1)
To render advice to the Mayor, City Administrator, the Council,
and Director of the Department of Public Works concerning the regulation,
planting, care and control of shade and ornamental trees, shrubbery
and other landscaping upon and in the streets, highways, public places,
parks and parkways within the City;
(2)
To recruit and direct organizational and individual interest
in and support for the esthetic improvement of the City;
(3)
To provide a vehicle for continuity of the beautification and
anti-litter effort in the City; and
(4)
To provide a coordinating agency for successful organizational
corporate and individual beautification efforts within the City.
(b)
The Beautification Committee shall consist of not more than forty
(40) members to be appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent
of the Council. They shall serve for terms concurrent with that of
the Mayor appointing them. From the membership, the Mayor shall annually
designate a chairman and four (4) additional members to serve on an
executive sub-committee of the Beautification Committee. The executive
subcommittee alone shall have the power to authorize the expenditure
of budgeted funds, the requisition for which shall be signed by the
chairman. Each project shall be approved by the Director of the Department
of Public Works after authorization by the Beautification Committee.
(c)
The Beautification Committee may receive, turn over to the City Comptroller for administration and investment by the City as provided by Chapter 2, and disburse for stipulated purposes such funds as may be donated to the City for the advancement of specific projects or the general purposes of the Committee.
