[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Hackensack
10-20-2015 by Ord. No. 51-2015. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The City Manager, after certification from the Civil Service
Commission, is authorized to appoint a Cultural Arts Director at an
annual salary not to exceed that which is established in the City
of Hackensack Salary Ordinance.[1]
Under the supervision of the City Manager, the Director of the
Cultural Arts Department shall perform the following duties:
A.
Administer all programs recommended by the Cultural Arts Board and
approved by the City Manager consistent with the policies of the Mayor
and Council.
B.
Supervise and train the staff of the Cultural Arts Department.
C.
Develop a comprehensive program to meet local cultural needs, utilizing
existing resources of the Community and present this program to the
Cultural Arts Board for review and comment.
D.
Attend all meetings of the Cultural Arts Board.
E.
Prepare a budget for review by the Cultural Arts Board and the City
Manager to be presented to the City Council.
F.
Submit on a monthly basis a financial statement to the Cultural Arts
Board and the City Manager of all income and expenditures for the
preceding month.
G.
Maintain suitable and comprehensive reports for a monthly presentation
to the Cultural Arts Board and City Manager. Such report shall reflect
program content, attendance and evaluation.
H.
Maintain an inventory of all equipment and property assigned to the
Cultural Arts Department by the City Manager of the City of Hackensack.
I.
Develop reporting systems, which shall include financial and statistical
data.
J.
Maintain an alert for available grants and aid programs and prepare
for submission proposals to obtain such programs.
K.
Publicize, after obtaining the City Manager's approval of all
notices, fliers and press releases, the various artistic and cultural
activities through a planned year-round public relations program and
utilize all appropriate communications to inform the residents of
the facilities and services of the Cultural Arts Department.
L.
Establish a close liaison with other interested agencies and organizations
involved in artistic and cultural activities.
The Cultural Arts Board shall consist of seven members, at least four of whom shall be citizens and residents of the City of Hackensack. One member shall be a board member of the Main Street Business Alliance established pursuant to § 147-3 of the Code of the City of Hackensack. The members of the Board shall be appointed by the Mayor of the City, with the advice and consent of the City Council.
The Cultural Arts Board members first appointed shall be appointed
for the following terms: one member for five years who must be a Hackensack
resident, one member for four years, two members for three years who
must be Hackensack residents, two members for two years and one member
for one year who must be a Hackensack resident. Following the initial
appointments, all appointments shall be for terms of five years, and
a vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term only. Members shall
serve until their respective successors are appointed and shall qualify.
The members shall receive no compensation for their service. The term
of office of each appointee shall commence on the first day of January
and shall expire on the 31st day of December of the appropriate year.
A.
The Board shall annually organize and elect such officers and adopt
such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary for the faithful
discharge of its responsibility to the Cultural Arts Department.
B.
The Board shall report to the Cultural Arts Director and shall perform
the following duties:
(1)
Conduct regular meetings once a month and report to the City Manager
the names of inactive members to be replaced by the Mayor and Council.
(2)
Review and comment on the objectives and goals of the Cultural Arts
Department.
(3)
Review and comment on the cultural program submitted by the Cultural
Arts Director.
(4)
Review and comment on the annual budget proposal prepared by the
Cultural Arts Director.
(5)
Entertain public proposals and suggestions and articulate same to
the Cultural Arts Director.
All participants in Cultural Arts Department programs and activities
shall comply with the rules and regulations embodied in the Code of
the City of Hackensack. Subject to review of the City Manager and
the approval of the Mayor and Council, the Cultural Arts Director
may impose additional rules and regulations as safety and administrative
needs require.
The City Manager, after certification from the Civil Service
Commission and consultation with the Cultural Arts Director, is authorized
to appoint employees as the City Manager shall deem necessary to carry
out the functions of the Cultural Arts Department.
The City Council shall annually fix, determine and allocate
moneys for the care, custody, policing and maintenance of public cultural
areas and for the expenses of the Cultural Arts Department, which
sum shall be raised by taxation in the same manner as other taxes.
All moneys received by the Cultural Arts Department shall be
paid over to the City Treasurer and shall become part of the general
funds of the City of Hackensack.
The Mayor and Council may appoint honorary Board members to
the Cultural Arts Board in their sole discretion.
