There is hereby established a Recreation and Community Services
Commission for the City.
(Amended by Ord. 281, adopted 8-24-65; Ord. 476, adopted 2-25-75)
The Recreation and Community Services Commission shall consist
of five members who shall be qualified electors of the City. The term
of each member shall be four years. The terms heretofore established
for the Park and Recreation
Commission shall remain in effect, and the members of said Commission
shall continue in office until the expiration of their respective
terms. If vacancies shall occur, otherwise than by expiration of term,
they shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired portion of the
term. Members shall be appointed by the Council, one from each Councilmanic
district. Members of the Commission shall serve without compensation.
(Amended by Ord. 281, adopted 8-24-65; Ord. 476, adopted 2-25-75)
If a member of the Recreation and Community Services Commission
shall be absent from three successive regular meetings of the Commission
without cause, the office of such member shall be deemed to be vacant
and the term of such member terminated, and the Recreation and Community
Services Commission shall immediately inform the Council of such vacancy.
(Amended by Ord. 281, adopted 8-24-65; Ord. 476, adopted 2-25-75)
An absence due to illness or an unavoidable absence from the
City and written notice thereof to the Recreation and Community Services
Commission on or before the day of any regular meeting of the Commission
shall be deemed absence for cause, and such absence shall be excused.
(Amended by Ord. 281, adopted 8-24-65; Ord. 476, adopted 2-25-75)
A regular meeting as provided for by law or by rule of the Recreation
and Community Services Commission or any regularly advertised public
hearing shall be deemed a regular meeting. The Recreation and Community
Services Commission shall hold at least one regular meeting in each
month.
(Amended by Ord. 281, adopted 8-24-65; Ord. 476, adopted 2-25-75)
The Recreation and Community Services Commission shall elect
its chairperson and vice-chairperson from among its appointed members
for a term of one year. It shall adopt rules for the transaction of
business and shall keep a record of the resolutions, transactions,
findings, and determinations, which record shall be a public record.
(Amended by Ord. 281, adopted 8-24-65; Ord. 476, adopted 2-25-75)
Members of the Recreation and Community Services Commission
may be removed, upon good cause, by a majority vote of the Council.
(Amended by Ord. 281, adopted 8-24-65)
The Recreation and Community Services Commission shall be responsible
for advising the Council and recommending to the Council the policies
concerning the administration of the Department of Parks and Recreation.
The Commission shall:
(a)
Recommend to the Council rules and regulations for the efficient
administration of the Department of Parks and Recreation. Any such
rules and regulations so recommended and adopted by the Council shall
govern the use and regulation of such parks; and
(b)
Recommend to the Council such plans and programs as may be desirable
for the improvement, maintenance, and expansion of parks and playgrounds
as are or may hereafter be established.
(Amended by Ord. 281, adopted 8-24-65)
There is hereby created the office of Park and Recreation Director.
Appointments to this office shall be made by the City Manager pursuant
to the provisions of Section 604 of the Charter.
(Amended by Ord. 281, adopted 8-24-65; Ord. 506, adopted 6-14-76)
The Park and Recreation Director shall be the administrative
head of the Department of Parks and Recreation. He or she shall:
(a)
Be responsible, as a department head, to the City Manager for the
efficient operation of his or her department;
(b)
Supervise and control all persons employed in the Department of Parks
and Recreation; and
(c)
Prepare and submit to the Recreation and Community Services Commission
tentative budgets for his or her department and, upon the approval
of the Commission, shall submit the same to the City Manager.
(Amended by Ord. 281, adopted 8-24-65; Ord. 506, adopted 6-14-76)
A Department of Parks and Recreation for the City is hereby
established, and the Park and Recreation Director shall be the head
of such department.
(Amended by Ord. 281, adopted 8-24-65; Ord. 506, adopted 6-14-76)
All moneys collected, assessed, or otherwise obtained for park
and recreation purposes shall be used for those purposes exclusively.
(Amended by Ord. 281, adopted 8-24-65)
