[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors
of the Township of Allegheny 1-11-1999 by Ord. No. 7-1999. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Parks and trails — See Ch. 176.
There is hereby created a Recreation and Park
Board known as the "Recreation and Park Board of Allegheny Township."
The Board shall be composed of seven members,
to be appointed by the Allegheny Township Supervisors, with the power
to provide and conduct recreation and cultural activities and maintain
public recreation areas, facilities, and centers subject to all the
responsibilities of the recreation enabling legislation. The Board
members shall serve for terms of five years and until their successors
are appointed, except that the members first appointed shall be so
appointed that the term of one member shall expire annually thereafter.
Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments
and for the unexpired term. Members shall serve without pay.
The Recreation and Park Board shall appoint
from its membership a Chairman, a Secretary, and such other officers
as it may deem necessary for the orderly procedure of its business,
and may adopt bylaws, rules, and regulations covering its procedure
not inconsistent with the provisions of state law and the Second Class
Township Code.[1] The Recreation and Park Board shall, from time to time,
make rules governing the operation and conduct of the recreational
facilities operated by the Board. The Board shall hold regular meetings
at such time and place as it may designate.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 65101
et seq.
The Recreation and Park Board shall maintain,
operate, and supervise the public parks, playfields, and all outdoor
and indoor recreation areas and facilities owned or controlled by
Allegheny Township.
The Recreation and Park Board may accept any
grant, gift, bequest, or donation of services, equipment, real estate,
or money from any individual or group, to be used as specified by
the donor, or by the terms of acceptance. The Recreation and Park
Board shall have no authority to enter into any contract or incur
any obligation binding upon the Allegheny Township Supervisors, other
than current obligations or contracts to be fully executed within
the then-current fiscal year, and all within the budget appropriations
made by the Allegheny Township Board of Supervisors.
The Recreation and Park Board shall have the
power to appoint an Executive Director or Superintendent of Recreation
and Parks, subject to the approval of the Allegheny Township Supervisors,
who possesses the necessary qualifications and who has demonstrated
by actual work his or her ability to organize and direct a community
recreation system, and such other personnel as may be deemed necessary
and are recommended by the Executive Director.
Funds appropriated by the Allegheny Township
Supervisors, and budgeted to the Recreation and Park Board, shall
be disbursed by the Township Manager, upon vouchers issued by the
Recreation and Park Board and within the budget appropriations made.
Funds received by the Recreation and Park Board from sources other
than budget appropriations shall be deposited by the Township Manager,
to the credit and for the use of the said Board, and disbursed as
the above budget funds are disbursed, except that funds received by
gift, bequest, or otherwise shall be disbursed in accordance with
the terms of the acceptance thereof.
The Recreation and Park Board shall submit an
annual report and such other reports as requested by the Allegheny
Township Supervisors at such times as may be designated or requested
by the Supervisors. The fiscal year of said Recreation and Park Board
shall conform to that of the Board of Supervisors.
The Recreation Board shall have the responsibility
to implement the action plan in the "Strategic Plan for Allegheny
Township," related to parks and recreation. It will interact with
the Strategic Planning Committee and the Board of Supervisors on the
action plan by having one Recreation Board member serve as liaison
between the Strategic Planning Committee and the Recreation Board.
Such powers that are now or may hereafter be
provided by statute of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or by ordinances
of Allegheny Township, relating to the development and operation of
recreation systems, public parks, and playgrounds, are hereby vested
in the Recreation and Park Board, to be exercised by it subject to
any and all restrictions contained in such powers and ordinances.
