(A) Former Park and Recreation Committee. The Park and Recreation Committee previously established is hereby dissolved.
(B) Committee reconstituted. A Park and Recreation Committee (“Committee”) is hereby reconstituted to advise the village with respect to matters concerning maintaining and operating a park and recreation system in any public park of the municipality or in any land or building dedicated or set apart by the municipality for the use as a playground or recreation center. At all times, the Committee shall act as an advisory body for the corporate authorities, without the authority to independently make, adopt or change the policies of the village.
(C) Membership.
(1) Residency requirements. All members of the Committee shall reside within the village or within territory contiguous to the village, but not more than one and one-half miles beyond the corporate limits and not included within any other municipality.
(2) Number. The Committee shall consist of five members unless otherwise modified by the corporate authorities.
(3) Appointment. Except as otherwise provided herein, the members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Village President with the advice and consent of the Board of Trustees.
(4) Term.
(a) Except as otherwise provided herein, the terms for members of the Committee shall be for four years; however, the initial appointments shall be for the terms set forth below:
1. One member shall serve a two-year term;
2. Two members shall serve a three-year term;
3. Two members shall serve a four-year term.
(b) All members shall serve until their successors are appointed and have qualified.
(5) Resignation. A member of the Committee may resign at any time by giving written notice to the member(s) and corporate authorities. The resignation of the member shall take effect upon receipt of notice thereof or at a later time as shall be specified in the notice; and, unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of the resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
(6) Removal of members. The Village President may remove any member of the Committee, with the advice and consent of the Village Board of Trustees whenever the best interests of the village shall be served thereby.
(7) Vacancies. A member appointed to fill a vacancy shall be appointed for the unexpired term of his or her predecessor in office and shall hold office until the expiration of the term or until a successor shall be appointed and shall qualify until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal.
(D) Committee powers.
(1) The Committee is authorized to recommend to and advise the President and Board of Trustees with respect to establishing, conducting and maintaining the park and recreation system.
(2) The Committee is specifically authorized to establish subcommittees to assist the Committee.
(3) The Committee is authorized to recommend recreational programs for the disabled, including both mentally and physically disabled and to make recommendations for transporting the disabled to and from the programs.
(E) Finances, assets and facilities. The corporate authorities shall retain the sole authority for all decisions including but not limited to:
(1) The authority to establish and appropriate charges and to implement collection of the reasonable fees, if any for the use of the park and recreation system; the right or ability to acquire or lease playground or recreation centers; and all rights to appropriate funds to acquire, equip, maintain and conduct a playground or recreation center.
(2) The authority to accept any grant or legacy of real estate, any gift or legacy of money or other personal property or donation, the principal and income of which is to be applied for either temporary or permanent use for park or recreation purposes shall be reserved to the corporate authorities.
(3) The authority and duty to charge and collect fees for participating in park and recreation programs. The fees charged, including but not limited to the costs associated with transportation and supervision furnished to the handicapped, to non-residents of the village may not be the same or less than those charged to village residents.
(4) Money received for recreation purposes, unless otherwise provided by the terms of a grant, legacy, gift or donation, shall be deposited with the Municipal Treasurer under the general use municipal treasury. The withdrawal and expenditure of any sums for recreational facilities and programs and the acceptance of any grant, legacy, gift or donation of real estate, money or other personal property shall be the sole province of the corporate authorities.
(F) Adoption of rules of governance. As a public body, the Committee and any sub- committee shall comply with the Open Meetings Act (ILCS Ch. 5, Act 120, § 2.06) and any other applicable statutory requirement. The Committee may adopt other rules of governance within the authority granted herein, provided that approval is first obtained from the corporate authorities.
(G) Compensation. Each member of the Committee shall be paid an amount not to exceed $600 per year at the rate of $50 for each Regular or Special meeting which the member attends.
(Ord. 908, passed 4-16-2008; Am. Ord. 1074, passed 7-5-2017)