The Parks and Recreation Commission shall consist of six (6) members who shall serve without compensation. The Mayor, subject to confirmation by Council, shall appoint two (2) members who are qualified electors and residents of North Olmsted and who do not hold any other elected or appointed public office and are not employees of the City. Council shall appoint one (1) member who shall be a member of Council and one (1) member who shall be a qualified elector and resident of North Olmsted and who does not hold any other elected or appointed public office and is not an employee of the City.
The North Olmsted City School District Board of Education shall appoint one (1) member who shall be a member of such Board of Education and one (1) member who shall be a qualified elector and resident of North Olmsted and who does not hold any other elected or appointed public office and is not an employee of the School District. Each of the appointed members of said Commission shall be appointed for a term of five (5) years, except that of the six (6) members appointed for the term beginning January 1, 1971, the City Council shall appoint one (1) member for a term of one (1) year and one (1) member for a term of four (4) years, the Board of Education shall appoint one (1) member for a term of two (2) years and one (1) member for a term of five (5) years. In the event that a Board of Education member or Council member, who has been appointed to the Parks and Recreation Commission, ceases to be a member of the Board of Education or Council for any reason, then such appointee's membership on the Parks and Recreation Commission shall terminate forthwith. A vacancy occurring during the term of any member of the Parks and Recreation Commission shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term in the manner authorized for the original appointment. The terms of the members of the present Recreation Commission shall expire at the end of the organizational meeting of the Parks and Recreation Commission in January 1971. The powers and duties of the Parks and Recreation Commission shall be:
(a) Develop and approve all recreation programs under the control of the City of North Olmsted.
(b) Prepare and recommend to Council all budgets for the Division of Parks and Recreation.
(c) Approve, for implementation, all City park maintenance, capital improvements and development projects within the budgets approved by Council.
(d) Establish employment policy for the Division of Parks and Recreation.
(e) Such other duties as may be provided by ordinance of Council.
(Amended 5-2-06; 8-2-11.)