(A) The Parks and Recreation Board shall prepare and submit an annual budget in the same manner as other departments of city government as prescribed by the State Board of Accounts. The Board may accept gifts, donations, and subsidies for park and recreation purposes.
(B) The budget shall be subject to review and to change by the Common Council in the same manner as other departmental budgets of the city are now reviewed.
(C) Thereafter, the Common Council shall, in their regular budget ordinance, set out the fund known as “Recreation Fund” in an amount necessary to raise such money as Council deems necessary for the ensuing year. The Board shall be authorized to expend during the next budget year any funds in the various items of the Recreation Fund as has been previously approved by the Common Council, the County Tax Adjustment Board, and the State Board of Tax Commissioners.
(D) All money expended from the Recreation Fund shall first be approved by the Board of Parks and Recreation, who in turn shall certify the claim vouchers to the Clerk-Treasurer, who shall in turn submit the claim vouchers to the Board of Public Works and Safety for their action thereon. If the approvals are forthcoming, the Clerk-Treasurer shall be authorized to write checks and pay, out of the Recreation Fund, the various claimants whose vouchers have been approved in the above manner.
(E) The Recreation Fund shall be a continuing fund, and any balance remaining therein at the end of any calendar year shall not revert to the General Fund of the city, but shall continue to be subject to expenditure in like manner as hereinabove set out.
(1980 Code, § 32.03) (Ord. 569, passed 6-25-1968; Am. Ord. 765, passed 8-9-1983; Am. Ord. 2001-18, passed 11-27-2001)