[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of the Town of Belvidere 11-8-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-08. Amendments noted where applicable.]
There is hereby established the Swimming Pool Advisory Committee
of the Town of Belvidere.
The Committee shall consist of one member of the Town Council,
three members of the general populace who shall be residents of the
Town of Belvidere, and the Mayor or the Mayor's designee. The
Committee member shall be appointed for terms of two years, except
the Council member and Mayor, who shall be appointed annually for
one-year terms. There shall be allowed up to two alternate members
appointed at large. All members shall be appointed or removed by the
Mayor with the advice and consent of the Council.
A.Â
The members of the Swimming Pool Advisory Committee shall choose
annually from among its members a Chairman and such other officers
as they may deem necessary. The Chairman and other officers shall
be chosen at the first meeting of the Committee to be held in January
of each year. The Committee shall also select a secretary who may
be a member (either regular or alternate) or a municipal employee.
B.Â
Alternate members may participate in discussions of the proceeding
but may not vote except in the absence or disqualification of a regular
member. Three members shall constitute a quorum, and a majority vote
of the members present shall determine the outcome of Committee business.
An alternate member may be utilized to establish a quorum and, in
that event, shall be permitted to vote.
The Swimming Pool Advisory Committee shall have the following
powers and duties:
B.Â
Publicize the extent, advantages and utility of vacant land in the
Town which is zoned for commercial or industrial purposes.
C.Â
To propose plans for the development and improvements of the facility.
D.Â
To propose methods or arrangements for the proper maintenance of
the facility.
E.Â
To formulate proposed rules, regulations, fees, rents or other charges
for the admission to, use or enjoyment of the facility.
F.Â
To carry out the administrative, supervisory authority to implement
the plans, methods, arrangements, rules, regulations, fees, rents
and other charges as approved and authorized by the Mayor and Town
Council of the Town of Belvidere.
The Swimming Pool Advisory Committee shall meet at least monthly
and at the call of the Chairman. Meetings shall be open to the public.
A.Â
The Town Council shall provide for the Committee in its budget and
shall appropriate such funds for the expenses of the Committee as
the Town Council, in its sole discretion, shall determine. The Committee
shall employ, contract for and fix the compensation of experts and
other staff and services as it shall deem necessary, except that the
Committee shall obtain legal counsel from the Town Attorney at the
rate of compensation determined by the Town Council unless the Town
Council, by appropriation, provides for separate legal counsel for
the Committee. Expenditures pursuant to this subsection shall not
exceed, exclusive of gifts or grants, the amount appropriated by the
Town Council for the Committee's use.
B.Â
The Committee shall not maintain a separate bank account. All gifts,
grants and funds appropriated by the Town Council shall be maintained
by the Town's Chief Financial Officer and Auditor. All disbursements
shall be vouchered.