[Adopted 4-8-1974 by Ord. No. 103 (Ch. I, Part 3B, of the 2013 Code of Ordinances)]
This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Township of Spring, Berks County, Pennsylvania, Park and Recreation Board Ordinance."
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
A. 
The power and authority to equip, operate and maintain parks, recreation areas and facilities shall be placed in a Park and Recreation Board and such Board shall possess all of the powers and be subject to all the responsibilities under Article XXII of the Second Class Township Code, § 67201 et seq., as amended, and as hereinafter attended, including but not limited to the right to select, employ and discharge all recreation personnel used to carry out the provisions of Article XXII of the Second Class Township Code, § 67201 et seq.
B. 
Subject to the approval of the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Spring, Berks County, Pennsylvania, the Park and Recreation Board, herein created, shall exercise its powers and duties in establishing standards, qualifications and salary classifications of recreation personnel; provided, however, that whenever boroughs, cities, counties, townships, school districts, or any of them shall develop a cooperative plan of recreation service with the Township of Spring, Berks County, Pennsylvania, the Park and Recreation Board, herein created, shall have the further power to adjust its established personnel standards, qualifications and salary scheduled to be approved by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Spring, Berks County, Pennsylvania, to meet the terms of a joint operation agreed upon.
C. 
The Park and Recreation Board of the Township of Spring, Berks County, Pennsylvania, shall have the power to adopt rules and regulations for the conduct of all business within its jurisdiction.
D. 
The jurisdiction of the Park and Recreation Board of the Township of Spring, Berks County, Pennsylvania, shall include the right to select, employ and discharge all recreation personnel used to carry out the provisions of Article XXII of the Second Class Township Code, § 67201 et seq., as amended, and as hereinafter amended.
E. 
It shall be the duty of the Park and Recreation Board of the Township of Spring, Berks County, Pennsylvania, to submit an annual report to the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Spring, Berks County, Pennsylvania, on or before the first day of October of each year, including an analysis of the Township recreation areas, facilities and leadership with particular reference to the extent and adequacy of the program and its effectiveness in view of the public expenditure involved and the public needs to be met, together with a proposed budget of moneys to be appropriated and expended during the following fiscal year for park and recreation purposes within the Township of Spring, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
A. 
The Park and Recreation Board, herein created, shall consist of seven members, two of which members shall be members or appointees of the Board of School Directors of the Wilson School District, Berks County, Pennsylvania, of which School District the Township of Spring, Berks County, Pennsylvania, is a part. All members of the Park and Recreation Board, herein created, shall be adult residents of the Township of Spring, Berks County, Pennsylvania, and shall serve for a term of five years or until their successors are appointed, except that the members of such Board first appointed shall be appointed for such terms that the term of not more than two members shall expire annually thereafter.
B. 
The members of the Park and Recreation Board of the Township of Spring, Berks County, Pennsylvania, shall serve without pay.
C. 
All persons appointed to the Park and Recreation Board of the Township of Spring, Berks County, Pennsylvania, shall serve their full terms unless voluntarily resigned or removed by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Spring, Berks County, Pennsylvania, for dereliction, or neglect of duty.
D. 
Vacancies in the Park and Recreation Board of the Township of Spring, Berks County, Pennsylvania, occurring otherwise than by expiration of term shall be for the unexpired term, and shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments.
E. 
The members of the Park and Recreation Board of the Township of Spring, Berks County, Pennsylvania, shall elect their own Chairman and secretary and select all other officers to serve for a period of one year.
The Township of Spring, Berks County, Pennsylvania, may jointly with any one or more townships, boroughs and cities, acquire property for and to operate and maintain any parks and public recreation area and facilities. Any school district may join with the Township of Spring, Berks County, Pennsylvania, in equipping, operating and maintaining parks, public recreation areas and facilities, and the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Spring, Berks County, Pennsylvania, may appropriate money therefor.
The Board of Supervisors of the Township of Spring, Berks County, Pennsylvania, may issue bonds for the purpose of acquiring lands for buildings or parks, public recreation areas and facilities and for the equipment thereof.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
All expenses incurred in the operation of such parks, recreation areas and facilities established as provided in Article XXII of the Second Class Township Code, § 67201 et seq., as amended, and as hereinafter amended, shall be payable from the general Township fund of the Township of Spring, Berks County, Pennsylvania, or from the treasury of such Township, borough, city, county or school district, as may be provided for by the agreement of the corporate authorities. The Board of Supervisors of the Township of Spring, Berks County, Pennsylvania, may annually appropriate an amount necessary for carrying out the provisions of Article XXII of the Second Class Township Code, § 67201 et seq., and may cause to be raised by special taxation such tax, for the purpose of maintaining, equipping and operating the parks, recreation areas and facilities of the programs thereof.
In the event that any provisions, section, sentence, clause or part of this article shall be held to be invalid, such invalidity shall not affect or impair any remaining provisions, section, sentence, clause or part of this article, it being the intent of this Township that such remainder of this article shall be and shall remain in full force and effect.