(A) The governing body shall appoint the Board of Park Commissioners. The Board shall consist of not less than three members, who shall be resident freeholders in the municipality. However, one of the members may be a resident of the area over which the municipality is authorized to exercise extraterritorial zoning and subdivision regulation. The members of the Board shall serve a one-year term of office unless reappointed. The Board 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 its 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 two of the Board members. It shall be the duty of the Board to take the immediate charge of all parks and recreational facilities belonging to the municipality. The Board shall establish appropriate rules and regulations for the management, use, and operation of the same. All employees of the municipality doing work in or for the municipal park shall be under the supervision and direction of the Board. All actions of the Board shall be subject to the review and control of the governing body. The Board shall be responsible for making such reports and performing such other duties as the governing body may, from time to time, designate. No member of the governing body shall serve as a member of the Park Commission while serving a term of office as a member of the governing body. No member of the Park Commission shall serve in the capacity of both the Chairperson and Secretary of the Board.
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(B) The Chairperson and Board of Trustees are hereby authorized and empowered to receive by gift or devise and to purchase real estate within the corporate limits of this village, or within five miles thereof, for parks or public grounds for either recreational or conservational purposes and to maintain and improve the same.
(C) The Park Board may, upon obtaining approval of the Board of Trustees, employ attendants and workers to beautify and maintain the parks and property under their control.
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(D) There shall be annually levied for the support of the parks owned by the village, a tax not to exceed the amount authorized to be levied by the statutes of the State of Nebraska for municipal parks for the year said levy is made, the same to be collected, expended, and known as the Park Fund, and the funds so levied and collected shall be used for amusements, for laying out improvements and beautifying such parks and any swimming pool owned and operated by the village and for the payment of salaries and wages of persons employed in the performance of such labor.
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(E) All claims against said Park Fund shall be filed with the Village Clerk, verified by oath of the claimant, audited and allowed by action of the Chairperson and Board of Trustees at the regular meeting or special meetings of the Board of Trustees, and warrants drawn against the park funds, shall be paid by the Village Treasurer out of the Park Fund.
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(F) The Park Board shall annually, on or before the regular meeting of the Board of Trustees in May of each year, make to the Chairperson and Board of Trustees and file with the Village Clerk a report of its activities for the past year.
(G) Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this section or who shall willfully destroy, mutilate, deface, or injure any property or other thing of value belonging to the village parks shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine in any sum not exceeding $100 and cost of prosecution.
(1991 Code, §§ 2-204, 2-204.01, 2-204.02, 2-204.03, 2-204.04, 2-204.05, 2-204.06) (Ord. 2022-4, passed 12-19-2022) Penalty, see § 34.99