(A) Park and Recreation Department. Subject to the legislative, executive, and administrative authority of the City Commission, all other laws and regulations of any other governmental agency having jurisdiction, and the budget of the city therefor, the function of the Parks and Recreation Department shall be to provide public parks, playgrounds, recreational programs, projects, and activities to the citizens and residents of the city through the Park Board established by division (B) below. (Ord. 1-1-86, passed 1- -86)
(B) Park Board.
(1) Pursuant to the authority of KRS 97.550, there is hereby established a Park Board to be known as the Taylor Mill Park Board consisting of five members who shall each be at least 21 years of age and a resident of the city for at least one year prior to the date of the appointment and who shall each subscribe to the oath required by KRS 97.560.
(2) The terms of office of the members of the Park Board shall be for two years and until their successors are appointed and qualified except that three members of the first Board appointed hereby shall be appointed for terms of only one year. The members of the Board shall not receive any salary for their services.
(3) Pursuant to KRS 97.550, the Park Board shall be a corporation with perpetual succession and may, in its corporate name, contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, have and use a corporate seal and alter and renew it at pleasure.
(4) The members of the Park Board shall meet annually and choose a President and a Secretary from among the members, each to serve for a term of one year. The duties of such officers shall be the usual duties incumbent upon such an office and such other duties as the Board prescribes. (KRS 97.570)
(5) The Park Board shall have responsibility for the care, management, and control of all parks and playgrounds within the limits of the city, shall lay out and improve them with walks, drives, roads, and trees, provide appliances and equipment for playgrounds, and provide for the proper lighting of the parks and playgrounds. (KRS 97.580)
(6) The Park Board shall keep a set of books showing the receipts and expenditures of the Board. The books shall, at all times, be subject to examination by the City Commission, either by themselves or by a certified public accountant. The Park Board shall, each January, transmit to the City Commission a full and detailed report and statement of the acts of the Board for the preceding year, with a complete and itemized account of all receipts and disbursements of money, and an itemized estimate of the money needed for park and playground purposes. (KRS 97.600)
(Ord. 3-10-79, passed 10-11-79; Ord. 1-3-82, passed 3- -82)