[HISTORY: Adopted Malone Village Board 2-10-1969; effective 3-1-1969. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
This ordinance shall be known as the "Malone Joint Recreation
Commission."
The purpose of this ordinance is to provide for a year-round
recreational program for the residents of both the Village of Malone
and Town of Malone by embodying the terms of an informal agreement
executed between the Town of Malone and Village of Malone on January
20, 1969, establishing a joint Recreation Commission pursuant to Article
XIII of the General Municipal Law.
The members of the Recreation Commission shall be appointed
by the Board of Trustees and those first appointed shall be appointed
for such terms that the terms of one commissioner shall expire annually
thereafter, and their successors shall thereafter be appointed to
serve terms of years which shall total in number the membership of
such Commission. The members of such Commission shall number seven
and shall serve without pay.
The members of the Recreation Commission shall elect from their
own number a chairman and secretary and other necessary officers to
serve for one year and may employ such persons as may be needed as
authorized by Article XIII of the General Municipal Law. Such a Recreation
Commission shall have power to adopt rules of procedure for the conduct
of all business within its jurisdiction.
The Commission may create an executive committee from its membership
composed from an equal number of members from each participating municipality.
The executive committee may exercise all of the authority of the joint
Recreation Commission, except any executive member, by demand, may
require an issue to be submitted to the joint Recreation Commission.
The Commission shall have all of the authority, power and duties
as specifically set forth in Article XIII of the General Municipal
Law. These powers and duties shall include but are not limited to:
A.Â
Administer independently or with the cooperation of other civic organizations,
individuals or groups to present programs and recreation facilities.
B.Â
Equip, operate and maintain playgrounds and neighborhood recreation
centers.
C.Â
Accept any grant or devise of real estate or any gift or bequest
of money or other personal property or any donation to be applied
on principal or income for either temporary or permanent use for playground
or recreation facilities.
Vacanices in such Commission occurring otherwise than by expiration
of term shall be for the unexpired term and shall be filled in the
same manner as original appointments.
The joint Recreation Commission shall determine its total budget
request. The members of each participating municipality shall present
to their appropriating body the total budget and shall set forth the
amount chargeable to their municipality by the terms of the agreement
and ordinance. In case their appropriating body does not appropriate
an amount sufficient to meet its proportionate share, the joint Recreation
Commission may reduce the expenditures attributable to that municipality
or treat the reduced appropriations as a repudiation of the agreement
and terminate the relationship.
The distribution of financial support necessary to maintain
the activities of the Commission shall be borne as follows: 60% will
be the responsibility of the Village of Malone; 40% will be the responsibility
of the Town of Malone.
The fiscal officer of the Village of Malone shall be the custodian
of moneys made available for expenditure for such purposes by all
such municipalities and that such fiscal officer may make payments
therefrom upon audit of the appropriate auditing body or officer of
his municipality.
A municipality may withdraw from a Recreation Commission Board
at the close of a fiscal year by repealing its adopting ordinance
and filing a copy of the repeal ordinance with the other participating
municipality. The joint Recreation Commission may terminate the participation
of a municipalty when it does not contribute its proportion of the
total budget agreed upon in the original agreement and ordinance.
The termination shall occur at the conclusion of the fiscal year in
which the joint Recreation Commission makes its finding.
The joint Recreation Commission at the conclusion of a fiscal
year in which a discontinuance occurs, shall fairly and equitably
distribute to the participating municipalities all moneys remaining
in the fund.
This ordinance shall take effect March 1, 1969.
