[Adopted 6-17-1963 by Ord. No. 63-4]
[Amended 1-22-1973 by Ord. No. 73-2[1]]
There is hereby designated a Recreation and Parks Commission
for Millcreek Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania to be known as the
"Millcreek Township Recreation and Parks Commission."
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance changed all references from
the "Recreation Commission" to the "Recreation and Parks Commission"
throughout this article.
[Amended 5-9-1977 by Ord. No. 77-10]
The Commission shall be composed of five members (two members
of which shall be school directors of the Township of Millcreek or
shall be appointees of the school directors of said school district),
with the power to provide, conduct and maintain public recreation
areas, facilities and centers subject to all responsibilities of the
recreation enabling legislation. The Commission 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 at least one member shall expire annually thereafter.
Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments
are made and shall be made for the same term. Members shall serve
without pay.
The Recreation and Parks Commission shall appoint from its membership
a Chairman and such other officers as it may deem necessary for the
orderly conduct of its business. It may adopt by-laws, rules and regulations
to govern those procedures not contrary to the provisions of the Laws
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Recreation and Parks Commission
shall from time to time make rules governing the operation and conduct
of the recreation facilities operated by the Commission. The Commission
shall hold regular meetings at such times and places as it may designate.
The Recreation and Parks Commission shall maintain, operate
and supervise public playgrounds and all outdoor and indoor recreation
areas and facilities owned or controlled by the Township of Millcreek.
The Recreation and Parks Commission may accept any grant, gift,
bequest or donation of service, 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 Parks Commission shall
have no authority to enter into any contract or incur any expenses
binding upon the Township of Millcreek other than current obligations
or contracts to be fully executed within the then current fiscal year
and all within the budget appropriation made by the Board of Supervisors
of the Township of Millcreek.
The Recreation and Parks Commission shall have the power to
appoint a Director of Education who shall possess the necessary qualifications
and who has demonstrated by actual work his ability to organize and
direct a community recreation system and supervise the activities
of such other personnel as may be deemed necessary to carry out the
program.
Funds appropriated by the Board of Supervisors of the Township
of Millcreek and budgeted to the Recreation and Parks Commission shall
be disbursed by the fiscal disbursing officer of the Township upon
vouchers issued by the Recreation and Parks Commission and within
the budget appropriated and funds received by the Recreation and Parks
Commission from sources other than budget appropriations shall be
disbursed by the Supervisors of Millcreek Township to the credit and
for the use of said Commission and disbursed as the above funds are
disbursed, except that funds received by gift, bequest or otherwise
shall be disbursed in accordance with the terms of such gift or bequest
or the terms of the acceptance thereof.
The Recreation and Parks Commission shall make full and complete
report to the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Millcreek at
such times as may be requested by said Supervisors. The fiscal year
of said Recreation and Parks Commission shall conform to that of the
Township of Millcreek.
Such powers as are now or may hereafter be provided by the Statutes
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or by ordinance of the Township
of Millcreek relating to the operation and maintenance of public recreation
areas and playgrounds are hereby vested in the Recreation and Parks
Commission to be exercised by it subject to any and all restrictions
contained in such powers and ordinances.
