(A) The governing body shall appoint the Board of Park Commissioners. The Board shall consist of not less than six members, who shall be resident freeholders in the municipality. The members of the Board shall serve a three-year term of office. Two members shall be appointed originally for a term of one year; two members for a term of two years; and two members for a term of three years. Board members shall serve without compensation and may be required, in the discretion of the governing body to give a bond in a sum set by resolution of the governing body, and conditioned upon the faithful performance of their duties. At the time of the Board’s first meeting in June of each year, the Board shall organize by selecting from their number a Chairperson and Secretary. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to keep the full and correct minutes and records of all meetings, and to file the same with the Municipal Clerk where they shall be available for public inspection at any reasonable time. A majority of the Board members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The Board shall meet at such times as the governing body may designate. Special meetings may be held upon the call of the Chairperson or any four of the Board Members. The Board shall provide the general care, management and supervision of all parks and recreational facilities, but excluding baseball and softball fields, and supervision of the municipal cemetery. The Board shall have the power and authority to limit and regulate the number of cemetery lots that may be owned by the same person in the municipal cemetery, to prescribed rules for enclosing, adorning and erecting monuments and tombstones on cemetery lots and to prohibit any diverse or improper use of the municipal cemetery; provided that, no religious tests shall be made as to the ownership of lots, the burial therein and the ornamentation of graves. The Board shall use all the revenue received from the sale of cemetery lots, gifts to the cemetery or other income to the cemetery for the care, management and administration of the municipal cemetery. All actions of the Board shall be subject to the review and supervision of the governing body, and the Board shall be responsible for making such reports and performing such additional duties as the governing body may designate. No member of the governing body shall serve as a member of the Board of Park Commissioners while serving a term of office as a member of the governing body. No member of the Board of Park Commissioners shall serve in the capacity of both the Chairperson and Secretary of the Board.
(B) The governing body shall appoint as a sub-committee of the Board of Park Commissioners, a Baseball/Softball Committee consisting of six members who shall be resident freeholders in the municipality. Each member shall serve a one-year term and will serve without compensation. The Baseball/Softball Committee shall be responsible for the management and supervision of all baseball and softball leagues within the municipality. All actions of the Baseball/Softball Committee shall be subject to the review and supervision of the governing body and said Committee shall be responsible for making such reports and performing such additional duties as the Board of Park Commissioners and the governing body shall require. The city shall be responsible for the general care and management of all baseball and softball facilities and for allocating maintenance responsibilities for those facilities.
(1976 Code, § 2-108) (Ord. 662, passed 6-4-1981; Ord. 1035, passed 6-17-1991; Ord. 1090, passed 7-12-1993; Ord. 1451, passed 3- -2014)