(A) The Town Council is hereby designated the Park Authority under I.C. 36-10-5-2(b)(1). Accordingly, the members of the municipal legislative body of the town shall hereafter serve as ex officio members of the Town Park Authority. The Town Park Authority, as restructured hereunder, shall have and maintain all authority and responsibility over the operation and maintenance of the town’s park system, including, but not limited to, all property, facilities, programs, personnel, and rules and regulations of the town’s park system, as may be permitted by state law.
(B) The State Parks Authority may, from time to time, establish advisory committees interested in the town, public parks, playgrounds, recreational facilities, programs, and properties, having authority and responsibility as directed by the Town Parks Authority.
(C) It is the intent of the town that this section and the acts hereunder not abrogate or alter the prior and currently applicable rules and regulations relating to the town’s system, subject only to the transfer of functions attendant to the restructuring of the town’s authority as set forth herein. To that end, all prior rules and regulations of the town’s system are ratified and reaffirmed until such other time as the reconstituted Town Park Authority determines otherwise.
(Ord. 2019-4, passed 9-10-2019)