(A) Composition. The Board of Park Commissioners shall be composed of four members but not more than two members shall be of the same political party. ('75 Code, § 17-24)
(B) Appointment. The members of the Board of Park Commissioners shall be appointed by the Mayor. ('75 Code, § 17-25)
(C) Term of office. The members of the Board of Park Commissioners shall serve for a term of four years and until their respective successors in office are elected and qualified. ('75 Code, § 17-26)
(D) Oath. Each member of the Board of Park Commissioners before entering on his duties shall take and subscribe the usual oath of office, to be indorsed on the certificate of his appointment, and shall cause the same to be filed with the City Clerk. Any person who shall not file such oath with the City Clerk within 30 days after the beginning of the term for which he has been appointed, or at the date of his appointment, if appointed after the beginning of such term, shall be deemed to have refused to serve and the office shall become vacant. ('75 Code, § 17-27)
(E) Removal of members. The Mayor may remove any member of the Board of Park Commissioners from office on filing in writing with the City Clerk his reasons for such removal. ('75 Code, § 17-28)
(F) Filling vacancies. If any vacancy should occur on the Board of Park Commissioners by resignation or otherwise, the Mayor shall appoint a commissioner for the residue of that term.
('75 Code, § 17-29)
(G) Officers. The Board of Park Commissioners shall choose, annually, at its first regular meeting in January, one of its members president, and another of its members vice-president, who shall perform the duties of the president during the absence or disability of the president. ('75 Code, § 17-30)
(H) Compensation. Except as otherwise provided by state law, the members of the Board of Park Commissioners shall serve without compensation. ('75 Code, § 17-31)
(I) Public meetings. All meetings of the Board of Park Commissioners shall be open to the public. ('75 Code, § 17-32)
(J) Regular meetings. The Board of Park Commissioners shall fix a time for its regular meetings. ('75 Code, § 17-33)
(K) Special meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Park Commissioners may be called at any time by its president, or by any two of its members, on a written request to the secretary. Whenever in the opinion of the president, or of any two members, a special meeting is necessary or advisable, he, or they shall cause the secretary to notify the members by mailing written notice of the time of such meeting, at least one day before such meeting. Any member may waive such notice in writing and the presence of any member at a special meeting shall be deemed a waiver of such notice. ('75 Code, § 17-34)
(L) Quorum. A majority of the members of the Board of Park Commissioners shall constitute a quorum, but no action of the Board shall be binding unless authorized by a majority of its members. ('75 Code, § 17-35)
(M) Voting by Mayor. In the case of a tie vote by the members of the Board of Park Commissioners on any issue, the Mayor shall cast the deciding vote. ('75 Code, § 17-36)
Cross-reference:
Department of Parks and Recreation, see § 30.17
Statutory reference:
Board of Park Commissioners, see IC 36-10-3-1 et seq.