[Adopted 4-17-1962; amended 5-15-1972; 3-30-1982; 3-28-1996]
A. 
There is created in the Town of Colchester a Parks and Recreation Commission which shall consist of eight members and two alternates appointed by the Board of Selectmen.
B. 
Members shall serve for terms of four years. Members first appointed shall serve as follows. Alternates shall serve for terms of three years.
[Amended 3-2-1998]
(1) 
Two members for terms of one year.
(2) 
Two members for terms of two years.
(3) 
Two members for terms of three years.
(4) 
Two members for terms of four years.
(5) 
Two alternates for terms of three years.
C. 
Thereafter, members shall be appointed annually to serve for four years. In the event of any vacancy, the Board of Selectmen shall fill the vacancy for the unexpired portion of the term. Members of the Board of Selectmen and the Superintendent of Schools shall be ex-officio members of the Commission.
D. 
Terms of present Board. The terms of all of the present Board members shall expire on the first Wednesday after the first Monday of November 1972.
E. 
Initial appointments. The Board of Selectmen at some time prior to the first Wednesday after the first Monday of November 1972 shall appoint the members of said Commission.
[Amended 6-1-2017]
A. 
The Parks and Recreation Commission:
(1) 
Shall have the power to equip, operate, supervise and maintain parks, playgrounds, gymnasiums, public baths, swimming pools or recreation centers on or in a public ground or building in said town which the Board of Selectmen may, from time to time, provide, acquire, authorize, offer, designate or set apart for such use and, with the consent of the Board of Education, to establish and carry on playgrounds and recreation activities on the school grounds and in the school building of said town.
(2) 
May take charge of and use any grounds, places, buildings or facilities which may be offered either temporarily or permanently by individuals or corporations for playground or recreational purposes.
(3) 
May receive, on behalf of the Town, donations and gifts from individuals, corporations or others for the equipment, improvements, maintenance or supervision of those facilities as described in Subsection A above.
(4) 
May establish and provide for the collection of fees for the use of those facilities as described in Subsection A above, as authorized and approved by the Board of Selectmen.
B. 
Any funds that may be received as described in Subsection A(3) or (4) above shall be deposited in bank accounts maintained by the Town, and recorded and accounted for in separate and distinct accounts within the Capital Fund of the Town. Such funds may not be used to support the annual operating budget of the Town.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: An unnumbered paragraph providing for the amendment of the ordinance to change "Board" to "Commission" and "Board of Recreation" to "Parks and Recreation Commission," which immediately followed this section, was repealed 4-12-2001.
[Amended 6-1-2017]
The expenses incurred for equipment and improvements of such facilities as described in § 18-10A(1) shall be payable from users' fees, private gifts or from such appropriations as may be made by the proper municipal authority from the current funds of the Town of Colchester. The funds so received or appropriated shall be recorded and accounted for in separate and distinct accounts within the Capital Fund of the Town to be expended for the purposes herein enumerated.
A. 
Terms shall commence on the date of appointment.
B. 
All Commission members shall be resident electors of Colchester at the time of appointment. The establishment of residence outside of Colchester automatically terminates said appointment.
C. 
All Commission members shall serve without compensation, unless otherwise provided herein.
D. 
All Commission members shall serve full terms or until their successors shall have been appointed and qualified.
E. 
The Commission shall meet at least once a month.
F. 
A majority of Commission members shall constitute a quorum; however, no business may be transacted unless a majority of the entire membership approves.
G. 
Any Commission members may be removed only for malfeasance in office, neglect of duty, incompetency or other just cause, but shall not be removed upon any charge preferred against the member without due notice and hearing by the Board of Selectmen. When any such charge shall have been preferred, the Commission members complained of shall have a right to be heard, with witnesses and by counsel, and such hearing may be adjourned from time to time as said Board of Selectmen may direct.
H. 
Unless otherwise stated herein, the Commission shall elect its presiding officers.
I. 
Special meetings of the Commission may be called by its presiding officer at any time upon reasonable notice to the members and shall be called at any time upon written request of a majority of the members of said Commission.
J. 
The duties of each Commission member shall be those prescribed by charter, ordinance and statute.