[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Irondequoit 6-18-2019 by L.L. No. 4-2019.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
[1]
Editor's Note: This local law also repealed former Ch.
44, Recreation and Community Services, Bureau of, adopted 12-18-2014
by L.L. No. 3-2014.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Town of
Irondequoit Recreation Law."
As used in this chapter, unless the context or subject matter
otherwise requires, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
The Town of Irondequoit Department of Recreation.
The Town officer who is the chief executive officer of the
Department.
A.
There shall be in the Town of Irondequoit a Department of Recreation.
The chief executive officer and administrative head of the Department
shall be the Director of Recreation, who shall be appointed by the
Town Board for the term fixed by law at such salary as may from time
to time be fixed by the Town Board. The Director of Recreation shall
be appointed on the basis of his or her experience and qualifications
for the duties of such office and such additional standards as may
be required by the Town Board.
B.
Before entering upon the duties of his or her office, the Director
of Recreation shall execute and file with the Town Clerk an official
undertaking, if the same is required by the Town Board, in such sum
as prescribed by the Town Board and in such form as approved by the
Town Attorney.
The Department of Recreation shall have such officers and employees
as may be authorized by the Town Board to carry out the functions
of the Department. The Director of Recreation may, with the approval
of the Town Board, establish, consolidate or abolish any divisions
to carry out the functions of the Department.
The Department of Recreation shall, under the direction of the
Director of Recreation, have the following powers and duties, subject
to the approval of the Town Board:
A.
Recreation: to administer, manage and supervise the planning, coordination,
development and arrangement of recreational programs and projects
for and on behalf of the residents of the Town of Irondequoit, as
authorized by the Town Board.
B.
Community services: to administer, manage and supervise programs,
plans and projects which aid, assist and service the special needs
of the youth, the aged and the handicapped.
C.
Other responsibilities: to perform such other duties and function
that are prescribed to be performed by the Department in any law,
ordinance or resolution of the Town Board or lawful direction of the
Supervisor; however, the Director of Recreation may delegate any of
the powers or direct any of the duties to be performed by any of his
or her subordinates.
All costs and expenses incurred by the Department or its officers
or employees on behalf of a special improvement district or special
Town project shall be charged against such district or project and
paid from the funds duly appropriated for the purpose of such district
or project, subject to approval by the Town Board.
Nothing herein contained shall be construed to delegate or transfer
any power of the Town Supervisor contained in §§ 29,
52 and 125 of the Town Law of the State of New York, as amended or
changed, or any other powers which may be lawfully exercised by said
Supervisor.
