A municipal department which shall be designated
as the "Board of Recreation Commissioners of the Township of Franklin"
be and the same is hereby established in and for said Township.
[Amended 2-26-2008 by Ord. No. O-3-2008]
A. Said Board
of Recreation Commissioners shall have charge of and conduct all parks,
open places for public rests and recreation, including lakes, which
shall be located within the Township and to which the Township has
acquired or may hereafter acquire title, by conveyance, lease or condemnation,
and shall lay out and maintain the same in the manner which shall
seem best to the Board, under such rules and regulations as the Board
may hereafter adopt. Said Board shall compromise the administrative
and supervisory activities of said Township in connection with the
development, improvement and maintenance of all park, playground,
lake or other recreation facilities now or hereafter established and
located within the boundaries of said Township.
B. Said Board
shall have charge of and supervise all sports leagues and other athletic
organizations, as well as cultural and senior citizen organizations
and events which are sponsored by the Township and/or utilize Township
property or facilities.
The members of the Board shall serve without
compensation, and they shall annually from their own number select
a President, Vice President and Secretary.
Said Board shall meet regularly at least once
each month in connection with the performance of their duties and
for the consideration of the matters affecting public parks, playgrounds,
lake and other recreational facilities in the Township of Franklin.
They shall adopt rules and regulations for the purpose of facilitating
the work of their department and for the purpose of regulating the
conduct of the meetings of said Board.
Said Board of Recreation Commissioners shall
from time to time formulate plans for the development and improvement
of the public park, playground, lake and other recreational facilities
now or hereafter acquired by said Township; shall propose methods
or arrangements for the proper maintenance and care of such lands
and the improvement thereon; shall formulate rules and regulations
for the public use of such park, playground, lake and other recreational
facilities within the Township of Franklin and recommend to the Township
Committee in writing the amounts necessary to be raised for said purpose,
and the Township Committee shall not raise any money for park, playground,
lake or other recreational facilities either by issuance of bonds
or by taxation except upon and after recommendation by said Board
of Recreation Commissioners. All recommendations of said Board involving
the expenditure of moneys shall be submitted to the Township Committee
prior to the introduction and formal consideration of the annual budget.
The sum actually raised by the Township Committee in any year shall
not in any case exceed the sum recommended by the Board, but the Township
Committee may raise any lesser amounts.
[Amended 6-10-1980 by Ord. No. O-14-80]
A. The Board of Recreation Commissioners shall have the
power and authority to arrange and provide for the giving of indoor
and outdoor exhibitions, concerts, games, contests and sporting events
and shall have full control over all public parks, playgrounds, lakes
and other recreation areas acquired or leased by the Township, and
may adopt suitable rules, regulations and bylaws for the use thereof
and the conduct of all persons while on or using the same.
B. Any rules, regulations and bylaws affecting any recreational
facility shall be conspicuously posted, and any person who shall violate
any such rule, regulation or bylaws shall be deemed to have violated
this chapter and, upon conviction thereof, shall, for each offense,
be liable to a fine not exceeding $200 or imprisonment for a term
not exceeding 30 days, or both.
C. The Board
of Recreation Commissioners shall have the power and authority to
review any and all requests to utilize Township property or facilities
by sports leagues or other athletic organizations, by cultural and
senior citizen organizations, and by any outside vendor seeking a
concession contract. Said Board shall be required to give approval
before any alterations shall be made to any Township property or facility
unless such approval is first given by the Superintendent of Public
Works.
[Added 2-26-2008 by Ord. No. O-3-2008]
D. The Board
of Recreation Commissioners shall have the power and authority to
oversee and monitor all sports leagues and other athletic organizations,
as well as cultural and senior citizen organizations, which are sponsored
by the Township and/or utilize Township property; said Board may require
reporting and attendance at Board meetings from representatives of
such leagues/organizations, may review, approve, reject or require
the amendment of the bylaws of each league/organization and may, at
its own discretion, assume control of a league/organization if, after
a Board hearing on notice to those affected, it is determined that
substantial misconduct or misappropriation of money or property has
occurred.
[Added 2-26-2008 by Ord. No. O-3-2008]
The custodians, supervisors and assistants appointed
by the Board shall, while on duty and for the purpose of preserving
order and the observance of the rules, regulations and bylaws of the
Board, have all the power and authority of police officers of the
Township of Franklin.
The Township Committee shall provide a suitable
office for the Board of Recreation Commissioners.
[Amended 2-26-2008 by Ord. No. O-3-2008]
Said Board shall have the full and complete
authority and power, subject to the approval of the Township Committee,
to expend the moneys raised for the park and playground, lake and
other recreational facilities, other than for the acquisition of land,
and all money so raised for such purposes shall be paid out by the
Township Treasurer upon the warrant of the said Board of Recreation
Commissioners, signed by its President and attested by its Secretary,
and approved by the Township Committee. Said Board shall have the
full and complete authority and power, with the approval of the Township
Committee, to expend moneys, at its own discretion, for sports leagues,
athletic organizations, and cultural and senior citizen organizations,
which are sponsored by the Township and/or utilize Township property
and facilities, in the same manner as set forth above. However, said
Board shall not have power or authority to incur any obligation in
the name of or for the account of the Township or Township Committee
except as authorized from time to time by the Township Committee and
the provisions of this chapter.