(A) Establishment; position of Director created. Subject to the direct control of the City Council and the general supervision and direction of the City Manager, there is hereby established a Parks and Recreation Department and the position of Director of the Parks and Recreation Department. The Director shall be appointed by the City Manager and shall serve in such a capacity until a successor has been appointed and qualified.
('70 Code, § 17-7)
(B) Director's duties and responsibilities generally.
(1) The Director shall have general supervision, administration and control, under the direction of the City Manager, over all matters pertaining to the development, expansion and maintenance of public play areas, parks and other property owned and leased by the city and utilized for recreational and aesthetic purposes.
(2) The Director shall be vested with the responsibility of supervising the usage of all physical property and equipment that is owned by the city and employed for recreational enjoyment. He shall be held responsible for the employment, condition and custody of all such property and equipment.
(3) The Director shall possess the duty and responsibility to formulate, in compliance with existing city ordinances and established recreation practices, rules, regulations and policies that shall govern the use of each recreation area and that shall also promote the efficient operation of the Parks and Recreation Department.
(4) The Director shall have the authority, subject to the approval of the City Manager and subject to existing fiscal control and limitations, to hire additional employees and fill current vacancies. The Director may also recommend to the City Manager persons whom he feels warrant dismissal.
('70 Code, § 17-8)
(C) Director authorized to accept property. The Director may accept, with the consent of the City Manager, any grant, loan or devise of real estate, any gift or bequest of money or other personal property, or any donation to be applied, principal or income, for either temporary, immediate or permanent recreational use shall be presented directly to the City Manager in the name of the Parks and Recreation Department. If the acceptance of any grant or devise of real estate, or gift or bequest of money or other personal property, subjects the city to expense for improvement or maintenance, the acceptance thereof shall be subject to the approval of the City Council. Lands or devises, gifts or bequests, may be accepted and held subject to the terms under which such land or devise, gift or bequest is made, given or received, all pursuant to the Recreational Enabling Law of 1945, and amendments thereto.
('70 Code, § 17-9)
(D) Powers vested in the Department. Such powers as are now provided by statutes of the state or by ordinance of the city relating to the development and operation of recreation systems, play areas and athletic fields are hereby vested in the Parks and Recreation Department, to be exercised by it subject to any and all restrictions therein contained. (‘70 Code, § 17-9.1)
(Ord. 1973-53, passed 8-6-73; Am. Ord. 1982-27, passed 6-7-82; Am. Ord. 2011-75, passed 11-7-11; Am. Ord. 2018-10, passed 3-5-18)