[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Genesee 3-9-1998 by Ord. No.
98-1. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Parks and recreation — See Ch. 428.
A Park Board is hereby created which shall have the powers as
shall be granted herein pursuant to the authority granted in §§ 27.08
and 27.13, Wis. Stats.
The purpose of the Park Board shall be to plan, implement and
supervise the park and recreational needs of the Town of Genesee.
The Board will provide for the park and recreation programs for the
citizens of the Town of Genesee within the limitations of the funds
made available therefor by the Town Board.
The Board shall consist of seven members. The Board shall be
comprised of seven resident elector citizen members. The Board members
shall be appointed by the Town Chairman, subject to confirmation by
the Town Board. The seven citizen members' terms shall be staggered
terms of seven years beginning on the first Monday in May of each
year. A Town Supervisor shall serve as an ex officio member for a
one-year term beginning on the first Monday in May of each year and
shall act as a liaison between the Town and the Board. The Town Supervisor
member shall not have voting rights. The Town Chairman, subject to
confirmation of the Town Board, may appoint one alternate resident
elector citizen member who shall be asked to attend all Park Board
meetings but who shall only have voting rights if one regular citizen
member is not present or does not vote. The alternate citizen member's
term shall be for one year beginning on the first Monday in May of
each year.
A.
Officers. The Board shall elect a Chairman and a Vice Chairman. The
Town Clerk or Town Clerk's designee shall act as secretary and
record minutes of the Board meetings.
C.
Vacancies. Vacancies on the Board shall be filled by appointment
by the Town Chairman and confirmed by the Town Board. Such an appointee
shall serve the balance of the term of the member that the appointee
replaces.
The Board may make such other bylaws and regulations for its
own government not inconsistent with this chapter as it may deem necessary.
Meetings shall be held monthly and at the call of the Chairman and
shall be open to the public. Minutes shall be kept showing all actions
taken and a copy shall be filed with the Town Clerk as a public record.
A quorum shall be four members. All actions shall be by majority vote.
Minutes of each Park Board meeting shall be available within 10 days
of each meeting.
The Board shall have only the following powers:
A.
To recommend to the Town Board the purchase, lease, sale or exchange
of park or recreation lands, facilities and equipment.
B.
To recommend to the Town Board the acquisition of any park or recreation
lands or facilities or equipment, or any other interest, right or
privilege in real or personal property, whether by gift, grant, devise,
bequest or condemnation.
C.
To govern, manage and control the use of all public parks or recreational
lands and recreational activities of the Town and to adopt the necessary
rules and regulations for this purpose. All rules and regulations
so adopted shall be subject to approval of the Town Board, and, if
necessary, enforcement ordinances shall be adopted by the Town Board.
D.
To employ, with the agreement of the Town Board, all staff and personnel
necessary to conduct the recreational programs, subject to such limitations
as may be set for the appropriations made by the Town Board.
E.
Additional powers as may be assigned by the Town Board.
The Board shall have the following duties:
A.
To plan for the location, layout and equipping of all parks and recreational
lands.
B.
To recommend to the Town Board all recreational equipment needed
to equip said parks and recreational lands.
C.
To plan for, implement and manage all recreational activities of
the Town of Genesee as may be assigned to the Board and to hire and
supervise all personnel necessary to carry out the recreational programs
of the Town in coordination with the Town Board, including a Recreation
Director who may, but need not, be a member of the Board.
D.
To recommend to the Town Board any purchases necessary unless the
Town Board has approved said purchase in the budget.
E.
To spend only within the budget limits set by the Town Board. No
budgetary amount shall be exceeded unless specifically authorized
by the Town Board.
F.
To recommend to the Town Board all contracts necessary to make capital
improvements, maintenance and repair to the parks, park equipment,
recreational lands and recreational equipment.
G.
To maintain records of all Board meetings and to keep accurate records
and accounts of recreation program costs and income and to segregate
those expenses and funds from those of other departments. Said records
shall be filed with the Town Clerk on a regular basis.
The Board shall submit to the Town Board by October 1 of each
year a proposed program and budget for the ensuing year, and a representative
of the Board shall be present at the budget hearing to provide the
Town electors and Town Board any information requested. The Park Board
shall not contract any liability in excess of the budget appropriated
unless specifically authorized by the Town Board. All moneys received
for the purpose of the Board, whether from the general fund or from
approved donation, or from such reasonable fees as may be charged
for activities, facilities or services, shall be deposited in the
general fund of the Town and segregated on the books of the Town.
The Town Treasurer shall act as treasurer of the Board without additional
compensation. All expenditures shall be made only upon approval of
the Town Board and by the issuance of an order for the expenditure
by the Town Clerk.
The Board shall issue an annual written report of its findings
and activities and an inventory of all its public parks, recreational
lands, facilities and equipment to the Town Board by at least 30 days
prior to the Annual Meeting.
The Board shall be subject to a yearly audit.
