[Adopted by Ord. No. 96-04 (Sec. 2-13 of the 1972 Revised General Ordinances)]
There is hereby created a Board of Recreation Commissioners
of the Township of Fredon pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:12-1
et seq.
A.
Said
Board of Recreation Commissioners shall consist of seven members who
shall be designated Commissioners, who shall be residents of the Township
and who shall be appointed in the manner prescribed by N.J.S.A. 40:12-1.
All appointments shall be for a term of five years, and shall be so
staggered that the term of at least one Commissioner and not more
than two Commissioners shall expire in each year. All vacancies shall
be filled for the unexpired term only. Commissioners shall serve until
their successors are appointed and qualified and they shall receive
no compensation for serving as Commissioners.
B.
Said
Board of Recreation Commissioners shall also consist of up to two
alternate members, to be appointed in the manner prescribed by N.J.S.A.
40:12-1.1. Alternate members shall be designated at the time of appointment
as "Alternate No. 1" and "Alternate No. 2." The length of the terms
of alternate members shall be the same as the length of the terms
of the regular members of the Board of Recreation Commissioners. If
two alternates are initially appointed, their terms shall be staggered
by the appointment of one of the alternates for an initial term that
is a year less than a regular term. A vacancy occurring otherwise
than by expiration of term shall be filled by the governing body for
the unexpired term only. Alternate members may participate in discussions
of the proceedings but may not vote except in the absence or disqualification
of a regular member of the Board. A vote shall not be delayed in order
that a regular member may vote instead of an alternate member. In
the event that a choice must be made as to which alternate member
is to vote, Alternate No. 1 shall vote.
[Added 2-12-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-02[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also provided for the redesignation
of former Subsection B as Subsection C.
C.
Any
member who does not attend three consecutive meetings without good
cause may be discharged from the Board by resolution of the Township
Committee and in such event a successor shall be appointed to serve
for his unexpired term. Any member proposed to be so discharged shall
be entitled to a hearing before the governing body if he requests
it.
[Amended by Ord. No. 2007-07]
A.
The
members of the Board shall annually elect from their own numbers a
president, vice president, and secretary. The Board Secretary may
be compensated for his or her services in that office, at a rate and
with such benefits as may be established by the Township Committee.
B.
The
Board of Recreation Commissioners shall meet regularly at least once
each month in connection with the performance of their duties and
for the consideration of matters affecting public parks in the Township.
They shall adopt rules and regulations for the purpose of facilitating
the work of their department and for the purpose of regulating the
conduct of the meetings of the Commission.
A.
From
time to time the Commissioners shall formulate plans for the development
and improvement of the public park and playground land now or hereafter
owned by the Township; propose methods or arrangements for the proper
maintenance and care of such lands and the improvement thereof, formulate
rules and regulations for the public use of park and playground lands
and improvement thereof, determine annually what sums may be necessary
for the improvement, care and maintenance of the public park and playground
lands within the Township and recommend to the Township Committee
in writing the amounts necessary to be raised for that purpose. All
recommendations of the Commissioners involving the expenditure of
moneys shall be submitted to the Township committee prior to the introduction
and formal consideration of the annual budget. The sum actually appropriated
by the Township Committee in any year shall not, in any case, exceed
the sum recommended by the Commissioners, but the Township Committee
may appropriate any lesser amount.
B.
The
Board of Recreation Commissioners shall have the powers conferred
upon them by N.J.S.A. 40:12-1 to 40:12-15, inclusive. The Board shall
also have the full and complete authority and power, exclusive of
the Township Committee, to expend the moneys raised for park and playground
purposes, other than for the acquisition of land, and all moneys so
raised for such purposes shall be paid out by the Township Treasurer
upon the warrant of the Board of Recreation Commissioners, signed
by its President and attested by its Secretary, and not otherwise;
provided, however, that the Commissioners shall not have the power
and authority to incur any obligation in the name of or for the account
of the Township except as authorized from time to time by the Township
Committee and the provisions of this section.
