[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors
of the Township of Athens 3-12-1968 by Ord. No. 17; amended in its entirety 10-30-1996 by Ord. No.
129.[1] Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Salaries and compensation — See Ch. 46.
Parks and recreation areas — See Ch. 116.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance provided for
the renaming of "Park Board" to "Recreation Board."
A commission known as the "Township Recreation
Board" is hereby created and established for the Township of Athens,
County of Bradford, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The Township Recreation Board, which is hereby
created and established, shall have all the powers and duties conferred
upon it by law and any other powers vested in it by this chapter or
any subsequent ordinance duly enacted.
The Township Recreation Board shall consist
of seven members who shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors
of Athens Township. The terms of the Board shall be for one member
of said Board to serve for one year, one member for two years, one
member for three years, one member for four years and one member for
five years. As said appointments expire, a new member of said Board
shall be appointed for a term of five years. The additional two memberships
created hereby shall be such that one member shall serve for four
years, and one member shall serve for five years. In the event of
a vacancy in the membership of said Board by reason of the death,
resignation or incapacity of any member of said Board, said Board
of Supervisors shall fill said vacancy by appointment for the unexpired
portion of the term so becoming vacant.
The members of said Board shall make and alter
rules and regulations for their own organization and procedure, consistent
with the ordinances of the Board of Supervisors and the laws of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. They shall serve without compensation
and shall make annually to the Board of Supervisors a report of their
transactions. They may employ engineers and other persons, whose salaries
and wages and other necessary expenses of the Board, where approved
by the Board of Supervisors, shall be provided for through proper
appropriation of the Board of Supervisors. The Board may also receive
and expend, for the purposes of its work, any gifts, grants and appropriations
of money from any source, including commonwealth, federal or local
funds, and may contract with government or private agencies or individuals
with respect thereto. The Township Recreation Board shall keep all
records of its resolutions and transactions, stating its determinations,
which record shall be a public record.
The Township Recreation Board shall have the
power to equip, supervise and maintain parks, recreational areas and
facilities and to conduct recreational programs. In furtherance of
this purpose, the Board may employ directors, supervisors, superintendents
or other employees as it deems proper and establish standard qualifications
and salary schedules for all classifications thereof, subject to approval
by the Supervisors.
The Township Recreation Board shall prepare
a general plan of the parks, recreational areas and facilities of
Athens Township, including those which may have been laid out but
not opened. Such plan shall be subject to the approval of the Township
Supervisors.
The members of the Township Recreation Board
shall elect their Chairman and Secretary to serve for a period of
one year.
