The Playground and Recreation Board shall exercise all the powers and responsibilities, not reserved to the Council, as set forth in the 65 ILCS 5/11-95-1 to 11-95-10, inclusive. The object in exercise of the powers and responsibilities of the above statute shall be achieved so far as possible by providing a staff of employees trained in public recreation and leisure-time activities for children, young people, men and women in all walks of life; conducting a program, making use of the physical properties available in the community and surrounding territory; offering leadership in coordinating and correlating all those activities of a similar nature in the community to obtain maximum benefit to the citizens of the city; building the public recreation program into and about the public schools and public parks and by identifying it with all public and private organizations having to do with public welfare, education, family relations and juvenile delinquency; focusing public attention, constantly upon the need of adequate provision for year-round healthful recreation of all; solicitation and encouragement of gifts of money and property for the benefit of the community recreation program, but if the acceptance thereof for such purposes shall subject the city to expense for improvements, maintenance or renewals, the acceptance of any grant or devise of real estate shall be subject to the approval of the Council.
(1960 Code, § 3.27) (Ord. 3823, passed 9-8-1981)