There is hereby established a Division of Parks and Recreation within the Department of Recreation and Public Engagement. The Division of Parks and Recreation shall be headed by a Recreation Commissioner, a full-time employee, who shall be responsible for its organization and supervision. The Recreation Commissioner shall be appointed by and be answerable to the Mayor.
(a) Duties. The Commissioner shall have charge of all programming within the division and shall supervise the employees of the Division of Parks and Recreation. The Commissioner shall perform such other duties as required and directed by the Director of Recreation and Public Engagement and additionally as set forth in the job description on file within the Office of Director of Human Resources.
(b) Employees. The staffing of the Division of Parks and Recreation is hereby established and is reflected in the organizational chart for the Department of Recreation and Public Engagement contained in Section 145.99(b), which, as it pertains to this Division only, is incorporated herein as if fully rewritten. The Mayor shall establish the compensation of all employees of the Division within the salary ranges established by City Council, to the extent that such compensation is not otherwise established by contract, or federal, state or local law.
(c) Criminal Records Check Required for Contractors of the Division of Parks and Recreation.
(1) All City contractors who, pursuant to contract, provide services directly to children at any of the City's parks or recreation facilities, shall be required to undergo a criminal records check prior to providing any such services. In addition, if any such City contractor employs individuals or subcontracts with individuals who provide services directly to children at any of the City's parks or recreation facilities, then such employees or subcontractors shall likewise be required to undergo criminal records checks prior to providing such services.
(2) City contractors who contract with the City to provide such services to children, or who employ or subcontract with individuals who provide such services to children, shall be required to reimburse the City for the cost the City incurs in conducting any criminal records checks pursuant to the provisions of this section; provided, however, that reimbursement shall be waived for any City contract that involves an expenditure of funds in an amount of three hundred fifty dollars ($350.00) or less.
(Ord. 2022-3. Passed 1-4-22.)