[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Monroe 2-17-1966.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
[1]
Editor's Note: This chapter was adopted by ordinance in the form
of an agreement dated June 21, 1966, between the Town of Monroe and the Village
of Monroe, and was signed by the Supervisor of the Town of Monroe and the
Mayor of the Village of Monroe, and attested by the Town and Village Clerks
respectively.
There is hereby established a Joint Recreation Commission to consist
of the members of the Village of Monroe Recreation Commission and the Town
of Monroe Recreation Commission. Vacancies in the respective Recreation Commissions
shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments and in accordance
with the provisions of Section 243 of the General Municipal Law.
The Joint Recreation Commission hereby formed shall be known and designated
as the Joint Recreation Commission of Monroe, Orange County, New York.
[Amended 11-4-1974]
A.
The Joint Recreation Commission shall determine its total
budget request for the next ensuing fiscal year annually. It shall, prior
to October 1 in each year, present such request to the Town Board. Such request
shall contain a detailed statement of anticipated unexpended balances, anticipated
revenues, estimated expenditures for capital projects and annual maintenance,
proposed salaries of all employees and any other pertinent information that
might be required by the Town Board or the Village Board of Trustees to assist
them in acting upon such request.
B.
Prior to the time for the required public hearing upon
the adoption of the general town budget, the Town Board and the Village Board
of Trustees shall meet to consider and act upon such request. If the budget
request is agreed upon by both municipalities, each shall appropriate in its
annual budget a sum sufficient to defray the cost of its respective portion
of the agreed-upon budget.
C.
The town and village shall deposit its full share of
the agreed-upon budget request with the custodian of the Joint Recreation
Commission's funds on June 1 of each year. No subsequent deposits by
either municipality shall be made unless agreed upon by each municipality,
and the fiscal year of said Commission shall be from June 1 to May 31.
[Amended 11-4-1974]
A.
Unless notified as provided for herein, the village and
town shall contribute equal amounts to the total agreed-upon budget request
of the Joint Commission.
B.
After any interval of three years, commencing on June 1, 1974, the town or the village shall have the right to give written notice to the other municipality that it desires to alter the apportionment of expense as set forth in Subsection A hereof. Such notice shall be given prior to October 1 of the applicable year and shall set forth a proposed method of apportioning such costs.
C.
Upon the receipt of such notice the Town Board and the
Village Board of Trustees shall forthwith meet to consider and act upon the
proposal contained in the notice.
D.
Any agreed-upon alternate to the method set forth in Subsection A hereof shall be considered a proposed amendment to this section of the Codes of the Town and Village of Monroe and shall not be effective until adopted in the manner provided for by law. In the event that the town and village shall be unable to agree by a majority vote of each municipality's Board upon an alternate method of contribution, the method of contribution shall remain the same.
[Amended 11-4-1974]
The Supervisor of the Town of Monroe shall be the custodian of the funds
appropriated and belonging to the Joint Recreation Commission, and he shall
have the power and duty to maintain a separate bank account in the town depository
for Joint Recreation Commission purposes, and to make deposits and withdrawals
therefrom upon vouchers audited by the Commission or a subcommittee thereof.
It shall be the duty of said custodian to make an accounting, at the end of
each year, of the funds of the Joint Recreation Commission and to forward
one copy thereof to the Board of Trustees of the village and one copy thereof
to the Town Board.
The Joint Recreation Commission shall possess all the powers and be
subject to all the responsibilities of local authorities under Article 13
of the General Municipal Law, and shall particularly have the power to equip,
operate and maintain playgrounds, parks and recreation centers, and may construct,
maintain and operate in connection therewith such facilities as to it may
seem proper in the public interest, and for the purposes of carrying out the
objects hereof may employ the necessary personnel, equipment and supplies.
[Amended 11-4-1974]
The Joint Recreation Commission shall be responsible for the development
and maintenance of Smith's Clove Park and such other areas as the parties
hereto may jointly commit to its charge, provided said Commission agrees to
any future responsibility to lands other than Smith's Clove Park.
