[Ord. No. 1115 §1, 8-26-1976; Ord. No. 2000 §§1 — 2, 10-14-2009]
A.
Under
authority of the State laws of Missouri, Sections 90.500 to 90.570,
RSMo., 1959, there is hereby created a Park and Recreation Board in
the City of Plattsburg, the Directors of which shall be appointed
by the Mayor, subject to the consent of the Board of Aldermen, and
shall consist of five (5) members. Directors appointed to the Park
and Recreation Board must be citizens. No member of the Municipal
Government shall be a member of said Board.
B.
The Parks and Recreation Board shall continue with its current membership and numbers until such time as terms expire or current members resign or are removed until the membership is reduced to five (5) members. Upon reaching a membership of five (5) members, terms and vacancies shall be in accordance with Sections 115.150 through 115.170 of the City Code.
[Ord. No. 1115 §2, 8-26-1976; Ord. No. 1304 §4, 4-12-1993]
A.
Such
members shall hold their respective offices from the time of their
appointment. They shall be appointed for a term of three (3) years,
except that those appointed at the first meeting shall cast lots for
their respective terms, three (3) Directors to serve three (3) years,
three (3) Directors to serve two (2) years, and three (3) Directors
to serve one (1) year. All initial terms of office shall be retroactive
to June 1, 1976. Annually thereafter, on or before the first meeting
in June, the Mayor shall, by and with the consent of the Board of
Aldermen, appoint three (3) Directors, who shall hold office for three
(3) years.
[Ord. No. 2147 §2, 3-14-2013]
B.
The
Mayor may, by and with the consent of the Board of Aldermen remove
any member of the Park and Recreation Board for misconduct or neglect
of duty.
C.
Vacancies
occasioned by removal, resignation or otherwise, shall be reported
to the Board of Aldermen, and shall be filled in like manner as original
appointments, except that the term of office is restricted to the
unexpired term of office. No Director of the Park and Recreation Board
shall receive compensation as such.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection (D), which immediately followed
and required that one member of the Park and Recreation board also
be a member of the Board of Education of the Reorganized School District
of Clinton County, R-III School, was repealed by Ord. No. 2147 §1,
3-14-2013.
[Ord. No. 1115 §3, 8-26-1976]
The Park and Recreation Board shall, immediately after the appointment
of Directors, meet and organize by the election of one (1) member
as President, a Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer. The Board
shall make and adopt such by-laws, rules and regulations for its own
guidance and proceedings as may be expedient, and not inconsistent
with this Article and with Sections 90.500 to 90.570, RSMo., 1959.
[Ord. No. 1115 §4, 8-26-1976]
A.
The
Park and Recreation Board shall:
1.
Survey and make plans for the development and maintenance of facilities
and activities for an adequate Municipal Park System.
2.
The Board shall have exclusive control of the expenditures of all
money collected to the credit of the Park Fund, and of the supervision,
improvement, care, acquisition and custody of the parks.
3.
All monies received for such parks shall be deposited in the Treasury
of Plattsburg, Missouri, to the credit of the Park Fund and shall
be kept separate and apart from all other monies and accounts of the
City of Plattsburg, Missouri, and be drawn upon by the proper officers
of the City of Plattsburg, Missouri, upon the properly authenticated
vouchers of the Park and Recreation Board.
4.
The Park and Recreation Board shall have power to appoint a suitable
person to take charge of said parks and necessary assistants, if required
for said person, and to fix their compensation. The Board shall also
have power to remove such appointees for misconduct or neglect of
duty, and shall, in general carry out the spirit and intent of Sections
90.500 to 90.570, RSMo., in establishing and maintaining Public Parks.
[Ord. No. 1115 §5, 8-26-1976]
A.
The
President of the Park and Recreation Board shall present to the Board
of Aldermen an Annual Report. Such report shall be presented at the
first (1st) Board meeting in June of each year and shall consist of:
1.
The condition of their trust as of the first (1st) day of May of
that year.
2.
The various sums of money received from the Park Fund, and other
sources.
3.
The sums of money expended by the Board and for what purposes.
4.
Such other statistics, information and suggestions as the Board may
deem to be of general interest.
5.
Submit a proposed park and recreation budget for the coming year.
6.
Make recommendations for improving the park and recreation program
and facilities.
7.
Submit an annual planned program for the use of the parks, recreation
facilities and areas.
8.
All such portions of said Report as related to the receipts and expenditures
of money shall be verified by affidavits.
[Ord. No. 1115 §6, 8-26-1976]
The Park and Recreation Board shall be held as special trustees
for all donations of money, personal property or real estate for the
benefit of such park, whenever such donations are accepted according
to the terms of the deed, gift, devise or bequest of such property.
