The Recreation Advisory Commission shall have the following duties:
(a) The Commission shall choose from its own group a chairperson and a recording secretary. Minutes shall be kept of each meeting and filed with the Clerk of the Village.
(b) The Commission shall meet at least once a month from March until August, and at least once every two months for the balance of the year. The first meeting of each year shall be an organizational meeting held with the Mayor and the Lands and Buildings Committee.
(c) To study and make plans for the initial development of the cultural and recreational program most beneficial to the Municipality and its inhabitants during the present year and report the results of the study to Council.
(d) It shall prepare a long-range program designed to meet such needs in the future through an orderly progression of an increasing recreational program necessary to health, education and welfare of the residents of the Municipality.
(e) The Commission shall recommend and adopt as its recommendation to Council a financial program so designed as to remain within the budget provided by Council for its annual appropriated moneys for recreational purposes. Along these lines, the Commission may make recommendations to Council relative to finances of the park and fees to be charged. However, the decision on the amount of fees to be charged to residents for use of the park and the amount of money to be spent on salaries and staff at a park is totally within the discretion of Council.
(Ord. 2014-5-16. Passed 5-13-14.)