There hereby is created for the city a Recreation Board of 5 persons, to be appointed by the Mayor with the consent of the City Council. The Board must serve without compensation of any kind or nature. The Council delegate to said Recreation Board, shall not have the right to vote and shall attend merely in his or her capacity as representative from said Council. All such Board members shall be appointed for a term of 5 years, except that the members of the Board first appointed under this subchapter shall be appointed for such terms, that the term of 1 member shall expire annually thereafter. If a vacancy occurs in the office of any Board member, the Mayor shall appoint a successor to serve for the unexpired term. Immediately after the initial appointment under this subchapter, the Board so chosen by the Mayor and approved by the City Council shall meet and organize by electing 1 of their members chairperson and such other officers as they may deem necessary. For purposes of the initial appointment hereunder and to insure compliance with the State Statutes in such case made and provided, the Mayor upon appointment of the 5 members shall designate the number of years they shall serve.
(Ord. 856, passed 11-4-1974)