(a) Organization.
(1) There shall be a Department of Parks and Recreation which shall be under the direction of a Director of Parks and Recreation.
(2) The Director of Parks and Recreation shall be appointed by the Mayor with the approval of a majority of Council. Disapproval of an appointee by Council shall be accompanied by a public statement of the reasons for disapproval.
(3) Subject to the other provisions of the Charter and the ordinances promulgated thereunder, the Director of Parks and Recreation shall have the control and management of parks, park entrances, parkways, children’s playgrounds, public recreation facilities, gymnasiums, swimming pools, playfields, or indoor recreational centers, and any lands or buildings set aside for park or recreational use by the public, and the acquisition, construction, repair, and maintenance thereof. Subject to the Charter, the Director of Parks and Recreation shall have the responsibility for expenditures of all monies appropriated by the legislative authority of the City or received from any other source for the purchase, acquisition, improvement, maintenance, equipment, or enjoyment of all property under his control, but no liability shall be incurred or expenditure made unless the money required therefor is duly appropriated.
The Director of Parks and Recreation may recommend and the Mayor may employ recreational supervisors, engineers, clerks, and other necessary employees for carrying into effect the purposes of the Department, and the Council shall fix the compensation and term of service of such employees within its appropriation.
(4) The Director shall be required and shall have the power to schedule and regulate the use of the facilities in the City in all areas of recreation. The Director shall give first preference to the citizens and organizations of Broadview Heights in the scheduling of the use of any recreational facilities.
(5) The Director, with the approval of the Mayor, shall prepare a set of rules governing the use of recreational facilities and the supervision of personnel used in conjunction therewith, and shall make the same as a public record.
(6) The Director shall create and administer all recreational programs for the City of Broadview Heights.
(b) Parks and Recreation Advisory Board.
(1) Effective with this Charter Amendment, the term of each member of the current Board of Recreation and Activities shall terminate.
(2) The Mayor shall appoint a Parks and Recreation Advisory Board of five (5) members with the approval of a majority of Council and the Mayor shall consult with the Director as to the Director’s recommendations prior to appointing said Board.
(3) All members of the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board shall serve without compensation and no member shall hold any other Municipal office or appointment in the City of Broadview Heights.
(4) Within thirty (30) days of the effective date of this provision, three (3) members of the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board shall be appointed for a term of four (4) years and two (2) members shall be appointed for a term of two (2) years. Thereafter, all persons appointed to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board shall serve for a term of four (4) years.
(5) Any vacancy occurring during the unexpired term of any of the members shall be filled by the Mayor with the approval of a majority of Council and said appointee shall conclude the term of the member whom he has succeeded.
(6) The Parks and Recreation Advisory Board shall hold meetings at least once per calendar quarter or from time to time as the Director may require.
(7) The Mayor may at any time remove any member of inefficiency, neglect of duty, malfeasance, misfeasance or nonfeasance in office, incapacity or incompetency, provided however, that such removal shall not become final without the concurrence of at least two thirds (2/3) of the members of Council.
(8) The Parks and Recreation Advisory Board shall review and make recommendations on pertinent parks and recreation issues, on behalf of all of the City’s residents, in order to improve the quality of life and benefit all City residents.
(Approve Nov. 3, 1998; Nov. 7, 2006)