The Mayor with the advice and consent of the
Council may appoint a Board of Park and Recreation Commissioners at
the Council's first regular meeting in January of each year. The Board
shall consist of not less than three members, but the total number
shall be evenly divisible by three, who shall be resident freeholders
in the municipality. A tie vote shall be broken by the Mayor.
Before entering upon his duties, each member
of the Board shall take an oath, to be filed with the City Clerk,
that he will faithfully perform the duties of his office and will
not in any manner be actuated or influenced therein by personal or
political motives.
The members of the Board shall serve a three-year
term of office unless reappointed. The Board shall serve without compensation.