The Commission on Parks and Recreation is hereby
created and shall be known as "Parks and Recreation Commission."
[Amended 2-28-2012 by Ord. No. O:08-2012; 2-25-2019 by Ord. No. O:04-2019]
The Parks and Recreation Commission shall be
composed of 19 persons, which shall consist of up to three nonresident
members with the remaining members being citizens and residents of
the Township of Monroe.
Members of the Commission shall be appointed
by the Mayor with the advice and consent of Council. All members of
the Commission shall serve for a term of five years commencing on
January 1 and until their successors are appointed and qualified.
Vacancies on said Commission shall be filled for the unexpired term
only. All terms of members of the Parks and Recreation Commission
serving at the time of the effective date of this article shall have
their term extended until December 31 of the last year of their current
term. Thereafter, all appointments shall be effective on January 1
for a term of five tears. In addition to the 15 members of the Commission,
the Monroe Township Council shall appoint a liaison member from the
Township Council, which member shall be a nonvoting member but shall
be permitted to attend and participate in all meetings of the Parks
and Recreation Commission.
[Amended 10-28-2019 by Ord. No. O:46-2019]
The Commission shall have the following powers
and duties:
A. Implement and carry on an ongoing program for the
Division of Parks and Recreation, subject only to the review, when
necessary, by the department head. The department head shall have
the authority to review, modify or reverse any action of the Commission
only when all the voting members of the Commission present at a meeting
duly called for any reason cannot agree on any particular issue.
B. All actions of the Parks and Recreation Commission
shall be subject to review, modification or reversal by the Mayor
only after the Parks and Recreation Commission has acted upon any
particular issue or matter or by inaction has failed to decide a particular
issue or matter. It is the intent of this article that all matters
or issues shall be brought first to the Parks and Recreation Commission
to encourage public participation in any decisions rendered by said
Commission. All decisions of the Parks and Recreation Commission shall
be final, subject only to the review as set forth above.