[Ord. 718, 5/1/2006]
There is hereby created and established a Borough of Nazareth
Culture and Arts Commission (hereinafter referred to as the “Commission”),
pursuant to the authority granted by Borough Code Section 1202-67.
[Ord. 718, 5/1/2006]
1.
The Commission
shall:
A.
Promote
the Arts as an integral part of community life;
B.
Promote
and preserve cultural diversity;
C.
Enhance
and enrich the quality of life for the Borough's residents through
the promotion of the Arts;
D.
Encourage
tourism through the Arts;
E.
Encourage
a creative environment that reflects the Borough's interest in the
Arts; and
F.
Promote
community education in the Arts.
2.
The Commission
shall advise Borough Council and the Planning Commission, at the request
thereof, other officials, employees, boards, councils, or other entities
of the Borough of Nazareth on matters dealing with culture and arts
located within the territorial limits of the Borough of Nazareth.
[Ord. 718, 5/1/2006]
The Commission shall recommend plans and programs to the appropriate
Borough of Nazareth agencies for the promotion of culture and arts
programs within the Borough of Nazareth; and to advise the appropriate
Borough of Nazareth agencies with respect to the acquisition of property,
both real and personal, by gift, purchase, grant, bequest, easement,
devise or lease, in matters dealing with culture and the arts.
[Ord. 718, 5/1/2006; as amended by Ord. 720, 8/7/2006]
The Commission shall be composed of not less than five and not
more than nine persons who shall be appointed by Borough Council.
Any vacancy occurring on the Commission shall be filled by appointment
by Borough Council. Duly appointed Commission members shall serve
for a term of three years, except that initial appointments shall
be so staggered that the terms of approximately one-third (a) of the
membership of the Commission shall expire each year, the terms of
their successors to be of three years each. Borough Council of the
Borough of Nazareth shall designate the Chairman of the Commission.
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Members shall receive no compensation for their services, but
shall be reimbursed for the expenses actually and necessarily incurred
by them in the performance of their duties.
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The Commission shall keep records of its meetings and activities
and shall make an annual report which shall be printed in the annual
municipal report, if any, or, if there shall be no annual municipal
report, the Commission shall otherwise make its written annual report
to Borough Council and generally make the report known and available.
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Funds for the expenses incurred by the Commission shall, at
the discretion of Borough Council, be appropriated to the Commission.
The Commission may expend monies for such administrative, clerical
printing and legal services as may from time to time be required,
but its expenditures shall be limited to the amount of funds appropriated
to it by Borough Council. The whole or any part of any funds so appropriated
in any year may be placed in a conservation fund, allowed to accumulate
from year to year, or be expended in any year. The Commission shall
submit a detailed written itemized budget proposal to Borough Council
at least 30 days prior to adoption of the Borough's preliminary budget.
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The Commission shall endeavor to take advantage of such programs
of assistance to culture and arts, including educational services,
exchange of information, assignment of technical personnel for culture
and arts planning assistance and coordination of state and local culture
and arts activities, as may be established by the State Culture and
Arts Commission as may seem to the Commission and Borough Council
to be advantageous.
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Nothing herein contained shall be construed as abolishing or
limiting any existing municipal agency, board, authority, or commission
even though such agency, board, authority or commission may have a
responsibility related to the responsibilities delegated to the Commission
hereunder.
[Ord. 718, 5/1/2006]
If any sentence, clause, section or part of this ordinance is
for any reason found to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, such
unconstitutionality, illegality or invalidity shall not affect or
impair any of the remaining provisions, sentences, clauses, sections
or parts of this ordinance. It is hereby declared as the intent of
Borough Council that this obligation would have been adopted had such
unconstitutional, illegal or invalid sentence, clause, section or
part thereof not been included herein.
[Ord. 718, 5/1/2006]
All ordinances or parts of ordinances which are inconsistent
herewith are hereby repealed.
[Ord. 718, 5/1/2006]
This Ordinance shall become effective on __________.
