[Ord. 2-2011, 4/20/2011, § 1]
This Part shall be titled the "Canton Township Parks and Recreation Board Ordinance."
[Ord. 2-2011, 4/20/2011, § 2]
There is hereby created a Park and Recreation Board known as the "Canton Township Park and Recreation Board" ("Board") to facilitate the creation and operation of a public recreation program and to assist in the development of recreation facilities.
[Ord. 2-2011, 4/20/2011, § 3]
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The Board shall be composed of five voting members, to be appointed by the Canton Township Supervisors, with the power to provide and conduct recreation and cultural activities and maintain public recreation areas, facilities, and centers to all responsibilities of the recreation enabling legislation. The Board members shall serve for a term of five years and until their successors are appointed except that the members first appointed shall be so appointed that the term of one member shall expire annually thereafter. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments and for the unexpired term. Members shall serve without pay.
2. 
In addition to the five voting members, a group of volunteer/trainee members of such number as may be determined as beneficial to the Park and Recreation Board in its conducting of activities and programs is hereby authorized. It is the intent of the Supervisors that Board members serve as a volunteer/trainee member for a minimum of six months experience prior to being appointed as voting members.
[Ord. 2-2011, 4/20/2011, § 4]
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All of the members of the Park and Recreation Board shall be residents of Canton Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, at the time of appointment and for the term of the appointment.
2. 
Canton Township recognizes the importance of Park and Recreation Board members having Act 34 and 151 clearance(s). Therefore, it will reimburse members of the Park and Recreation Board for any fees paid by any member to secure said clearance(s) upon receipt by the member of said clearance(s).
[Ord. 2-2011, 4/20/2011, § 5]
Any member of the Park and Recreation Board, once qualified and appointed, may be removed from office for malfeasance, misfeasance or nonfeasance in office for the failure of voting members to participate in more than three consecutive business meetings or for other just cause by a majority vote of the Board of Supervisors aforesaid taken after the member has received 15 days' advance notice of the intent to take such a vote. A hearing shall be held in connection with the vote if the member shall request it in writing. Any appointment to fill a vacancy created by removal shall be only for the unexpired term.
[Ord. 2-2011, 4/20/2011, § 6]
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The Park and Recreation Board shall elect its own Chairman and Vice Chairman and create and fill such other offices as it may determine. Officers shall serve annual terms and may succeed themselves. The Park and Recreation Board may make and alter bylaws and rules and regulations to govern its procedures consistent with the ordinances of Canton Township and the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. All by-laws, rules and regulations must be approved by the Canton Township Board of Supervisors.
2. 
The Park and Recreation Board may make recommendations to the Township Supervisors concerning the operation and conduct of the recreational programs conducted by the Park and Recreation Board. The Supervisors shall review the same and may make resolutions or ordinances concerning them. (See Res. 5-2008[1] as an example).
[1]
Editor's Note: Res. 5-2008 is on file in the Township offices.
[Ord. 2-2011, 4/20/2011, § 7]
The Park and Recreation Board shall advise the Township Board of Supervisors on how to maintain, equip and operate parks and other recreational facilities; develop a program of recreation activities and services designed to meet the various leisure time interests of all residents; evaluate programs, facilities, services and relationships periodically to assure that the Township's goals and objectives are being achieved; review and advise the Township Board of Supervisors of proposed recreation plans and facilities in connection with land development activities and plans; and advise and assist in the development and acquisition of adequate financial support for park and recreation facilities and programs.
[Ord. 2-2011, 4/20/2011, § 8]
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The Board of Supervisors may appropriate funds on an annual basis to support activities of the Board. Expenditures recommended by the Park and Recreation Board shall be on forms provided by the Township, and shall conform to the Township budget, as well as appropriate Township ordinances and resolutions and state and federal laws governing purchasing and expenditures.
2. 
The Park and Recreation Board shall have no authority to enter into any contract or incur any obligation binding upon Canton Township, other than current obligations or contracts to be fully executed within the then current fiscal year, and all within the budget appropriations made by the Board of Supervisors of Canton Township.
3. 
Should a prospective donor desire to donate funds or in-kind services with an actual or estimated value in excess of $1,000, an agreement form (Exhibit A) must be prepared and executed between the donor and the Township Supervisors before the donation can be accepted.
[Ord. 2-2011, 4/20/2011, § 9]
Funds appropriated by the Board of Supervisors of Canton Township and budgeted to the Park and Recreation Board, shall be disbursed by the Secretary/Treasurer of Canton Township upon vouchers issued by the Park and Recreation Board within the budget appropriations made and subject to the approval of the Township Supervisors. Funds received by the Park and Recreation Board from sources other than budget appropriations shall be deposited by the Park and Recreation Board in a Canton Township bank account to the credit and for the use of the said Board, and disbursed as the above budget funds are disbursed, except that funds received by gift, bequest, or otherwise shall be disbursed in accordance with the terms of the acceptance thereof.
[Ord. 2-2011, 4/20/2011, § 10]
The Board shall keep a full record of its business and shall annually make a written report by April 1 of each year of its activities to said Board of Supervisors. Interim reports may be made as often as may be necessary or as requested by the Board of Supervisors. The fiscal year of said Park and Recreation Board shall conform to that of Canton Township.
[Ord. 2-2011, 4/20/2011, § 11]
Such powers that are now or may hereafter be provided by statute of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or by ordinances of Canton Township relating to the development and operation of recreation systems, public parks, and playgrounds, are hereby vested in the Park and Recreation Board, to be exercised by it subject to any and all restrictions contained in such powers and ordinances.