The city owns and operates the municipal parks and other recreational areas through the Board of Park Commissioners (hereinafter “Park Board"). The Park Board shall be appointed by the governing body and shall consist of no less than seven members, each of whom shall be residents of the 68771 zip code. Each Park Board member shall serve a three-year term unless reappointed. All Park Board members shall serve without compensation. The governing body, for the purpose of defraying the cost of the care, management, and maintenance of the municipal parks, may each year levy a tax not exceeding the maximum limit prescribed by state law on the actual valuation of all real estate and personal property within the corporate limits that is subject to taxation. The necessary revenue from the said tax shall be allocated to a specific fund within the city, which fund shall be known as the Park Fund and shall remain the custody of the City Treasurer. The Park Board shall monitor the needs of the premises of the municipal parks and shall submit budgetary requests to the governing body for items necessary for the repair, maintenance, and upkeep of the park premises. The Park Board shall not enter into a contract of any nature which involves an expenditure of funds, unless the contract has been approved by resolution of the majority of the members of the governing body prior to the contractual agreement.
(Prior Code, § 2-203) (Ord. 672, passed 10-7-2015; Ord. 723, passed 2-2-2022)
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Generally, see Neb. RS 17-948 through 17-952