(A) There is hereby created a Park and Recreation Board consisting of five voting members, four to be appointed by the Mayor subject to the approval of the Council by a majority vote of its members. The fifth member may be appointed by the Board of Education of the Tiffin City School District and must be an elector of the City. The other four members appointed by the Mayor shall be electors from each of the four wards of the City.
Terms of members of the Park and Recreation Board shall be for four years, and of the four members appointed by the Mayor initially one shall be for one year, one for two years, one for three years, and one for four years; all subsequent appointments at the conclusion of said terms shall be for a period of four years. The member appointed by the Board of Education shall be for a period of four years. Should the Board of Education fail or refuse to appoint a member to this Board, said appointment shall be made by the Mayor from the electors at large.
In addition to the five voting members, the Mayor and a member of the Council to be appointed annually by the President of Council shall serve as ex-officio and non-voting members of the Park and Recreation Board. The non-voting members shall not be counted in determining quorums or voting majorities required by the Board to take action.
(Amended 11-5-91)
(B) The powers, duties and functions of the Park and Recreation Board shall be provided by this Charter and the ordinances and resolutions of the City, but until such ordinances or resolutions shall be passed, it shall possess powers, duties and functions as are provided by the laws of Ohio, to the extent that such laws do not conflict with the provisions of this Charter. The Park and Recreation Board shall annually hold a public meeting to receive the comments and recommendations of the citizenry of the City concerning the City's Park and Recreation programs.
(Amended 11-8-77.)