A. Organization:
There shall be a Parks and Recreation Board composed of five (5) electors appointed by the Mayor and approved by a majority of City Council to serve without compensation for non- concurrent terms of five (5) years.
The five original members shall be appointed as follows: one (1) for a one (1) year term; one (1) for a two (2) year term; one (1) for a three (3) year term; one (1) for a four (4) year term; and one (1) for a five (5) year term. Thereafter all members shall serve for a full term.
B. Powers and Duties:
1. This Board shall promulgate rules, regulations and policies regarding the use of parks and recreation areas.
2. This Board shall accept financial and land donations designated for parks and recreation use.
3. This Board shall have such other powers and duties relative to the use and maintenance of parks and recreation areas as conferred upon it by the Ohio Revised Code.
C. Employees:
Employees necessary to maintain the parks and other recreational facilities of the City shall be hired in accordance with positions created by Council as part of the table of organization of the City. A Recreation Director may be appointed by the Recreation Board subject to approval by the City Manager. Should a Recreation Director be appointed, those employees assigned to parks and recreation facilities shall be under the direction and supervision of the Director, otherwise under the direction and supervision of whomever is designated by the City Manager and if no designated Director, the City Manager.
D. Appeals:
Any citizen may petition any action of the Parks and Recreation Board by obtaining no less than two hundred (200) valid signatures of qualified electors of the City of Steubenville and presenting the said petition with the signatures, thereon, to the Steubenville City Council no later than twenty-one (21) days after the action by the Parks and Recreation Board. City Council by a vote of at least five (5) members of the Council shall override the action of the Parks and Recreation Board and shall make that action by the Parks and Recreation Board null and void. (Amended 11-3-87; 11-3-92; 11-4-14)