Chapter 2.20
PARK AND RECREATION BOARD
Sections:
2.20.010 Created – Membership.
2.20.060 City council liaison.
2.20.010 Created – Membership.
There is hereby created a park and recreation board consisting of seven voting members, who shall be appointed by the mayor, to be confirmed by the city council, from citizens who reside within the city. (Ord. 366 § 1(Exh. A)(part), 2009: Ord. 53.D § 1, 2002: Ord. 53A § 1, 1983. Formerly 2.68.010)
2.20.020 Terms of membership.
A. The members of the committee shall serve without compensation, shall be selected without respect to political affiliation, and shall initially be appointed for staggered terms as follows: two of the original members (Positions 1 and 2) shall be appointed and confirmed for one-year terms, two of the original committee members (Positions 3 and 4) shall be appointed and confirmed for two-year terms, two of the original committee members (Positions 5 and 6) shall be appointed and confirmed for three-year terms, and one of the original members (Position 7) shall be appointed and confirmed for a four-year term. The date of initial appointment and confirmation was September 15, 2002. The terms for all members subsequently appointed upon the expiration of any term shown above shall be four years.
B. Vacancies occurring before the expiration of any term shown above shall be filled by appointment and confirmation and will last for the unexpired term of the position being filled. (Ord. 366 § 1(Exh. A)(part), 2009: Ord. 53.D § 2, 2002: Ord. 53A § 2, 1983. Formerly 2.68.020)
2.20.030 Organization.
A. Members of the board shall meet and annually elect from the members of the board a chair and a vice chair, and such other officers as may be determined by the board. It shall be the duty of the chair to preside at all meetings. The vice chair shall perform this duty in the absence of the chair. A majority of the board shall not be required in order to conduct the discussions, advice and recommendations of the board.
B. A public meeting of the board shall be held at least once a month on the second Wednesday of each month at seven p.m.
C. Robert’s Rules of Order may be used as applicable to conduct meetings of the board. (Ord. 366 § 1(Exh. A)(part), 2009: Ord. 53.D § 3, 2002: Ord. 53.B § 1, 1990; Ord. 53A § 3, 1983. Formerly 2.68.030)
2.20.040 Powers and duties.
The board is advisory and makes recommendations to the mayor and city council. This may include but is not limited to the following:
A. Recommend recreational or cultural activities;
B. Planning, promotion, management, acquisition, construction, development, maintenance and operation, including restrictions on, and compensation to be paid for, concessions or privileges in parks, playgrounds, squares, parkways and boulevards, play and recreation grounds, and/or other municipally owned recreational facilities, including community buildings and improvements and ornamentation of the same;
C. Proposed contracts with the United States, the state, any county, city or town, park district, school district, port district or any such public organizations for the purpose of conducting a recreational program or exercising other powers granted by this chapter;
D. To recommend rules and regulations for the government, management, supervision, and control of the city parks and recreational facilities and programs;
E. To recommend an annual budget with proposed revenues from park facilities and proposed expenditures; and
F. To make recommendation and advise on all equestrian matters. (Ord. 366 § 1(Exh. A)(part), 2009: Ord. 53.D § 4, 2002: Ord. 53A § 4, 1983. Formerly 2.68.040)
2.20.050 Removal from office.
Members may be removed, by the mayor, for inefficiency, nonattendance or neglect of duty. (Ord. 366 § 1(Exh. A)(part), 2009: Ord. 53A § 5, 1983. Formerly 2.68.050)
2.20.060 City council liaison.
At the beginning of each year, the mayor pro tem shall appoint a member of the city council to serve as liaison to the park board to assist in communicating the advice and recommendations of the board to the mayor and city council. The liaison council member is a nonvoting representative of the board. (Ord. 366 § 1(Exh. A)(part), 2009: Ord. 53.D § 5, 2002. Formerly 2.68.060)