The parks and recreation board is hereby established.
(Ordinance 1477, § 2, adopted 8/24/1987)
The parks and recreation board of the city shall consist of seven members and one alternate, each of whom shall be a resident of the city. Each member of the parks and recreation board shall serve in a designated place numbered one through seven.
(Ordinance 1477, § 3, adopted 8/24/1987)
The terms of office of the members of the Parks and Recreation Board shall be equal to the term length of the mayor and council members. Terms for members of the Parks and Recreation Board shall be as provided in section 2-121. All members shall serve without compensation. Vacancies in the membership of the Parks and Recreation Board shall be filled in the same manner as set out in section 2-121.
(Ordinance 1477, § 3, adopted 8/24/1987; Ordinance 3957 adopted 5/26/2026)
The city council member elected to the city council place corresponding to the board member's number shall be responsible for nominating the person to serve in such place on the parks and recreation board. The mayor shall be responsible for nomination of the alternate. The nomination by a particular council member shall be subject to approval of a majority of the city council, so that the composite parks and recreation board shall be appointed by the city council. The parks and recreation board shall elect a chair annually as provided in section 2-121. The alternate member of the parks and recreation board may sit and vote in the absence of a member.
(Ordinance 1477, § 4, adopted 8/24/1987)
The parks and recreation board shall hold regular meetings at which time and place as it may fix, and such special meetings as may be called by the chair or at the request of any two members of the board.
(Code 1975, § 17-38; Ordinance 1477, § 6, adopted 8/24/1987; Ordinance 2755, § 1(17-38), adopted 12/15/2003)
The parks and recreation board shall act in an advisory capacity to advise the city council and director of parks and recreation concerning the acquisition, development, maintenance and use of parks, playgrounds and open spaces in the city, and shall conduct its business at such times and under such rules and regulations as it may prescribe. It shall be the duty of the parks and recreation board to immediately, and at all times thereafter, make continuous study of the needs of the city for the establishment of public parks and recreation facilities, to investigate and recommend the locations or sites at which public parks and recreation facilities should be made available within the municipal limits, suggest means of acquiring and developing such facilities, furnish the city council and director of parks and recreation with overall plans for development and improvement of all such facilities, and report to the city council and director of parks and recreation the results of its studies, recommendations, and plans. In the performance of these duties, the parks and recreation board shall act in an advisory capacity. It is specifically provided that the parks and recreation board shall have no authority to spend nor to commit the city to the expenditure of any funds or monies whatsoever, except under the specific authorization and direction of the city council and director of parks and recreation or as otherwise designated by the city manager.
(Code 1975, § 17-39; Ordinance 1477, § 5, adopted 8/24/1987; Ordinance 2755, § 1(17-39), adopted 12/15/2003)