(A) There is hereby created and established as a part of the governmental organization of the town a single Department of Parks and Recreation to be composed of a Board of Parks and Recreation to be known and legally designated as the “Park and Recreation Board”, and shall have a superintendent and other personnel as may be authorized by law, and the Department and Board shall have all the powers, duties, and responsibilities of these type of boards and departments under I.C. 36-10-3-1 et seq. and I.C. 36-10-3-10.
(B) The Park and Recreation Board shall consist of four members to be selected by the Town Council, as hereinafter provided, not more than two of whom shall be members of the same political party, and one ex officio member, who shall be appointed by the Board of Trustees of the Town Central School Corporation. The ex officio member shall have all the rights and privileges authorized by I.C. 36-10-3-1 et seq. The term of the members initially appointed shall be four years. All terms shall expire on the first Monday in January, but an appointee shall continue in office until his or her successor is appointed.
(C) The Department of Parks and Recreation and the Park and Recreation Board shall each have, and each is hereby expressly vested with, all the powers, duties, responsibilities, and privileges of the departments and boards as outlined in I.C. 36-10-3-1 et seq., as now in force or as may hereafter be amended.
(2011 Code, § 30.02) (Ord. 239, passed 12-3-1973; Ord. 1976-3, passed 8-9-1976)
Cross-reference:
Park Cumulative Capital Fund, see § 31.18
Pool Cumulative Capital Fund, see § 31.19