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Home My WebLink About2746-06/16/1975 ' Str=227 - • Robert_�:--M c C 4y---------------------- ATE OF IO W A, --- ----- - ` SS Publisher of the WAttl-1o0 patlp QopYttx _,awkCowrtY, printed in the English ��- a daily newspaper p published in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa do solemnly swear that + 4�0 Ordinance #2746 --------------------- Y0 COPY Of----------------------------------------- by � a►. "`�° ' notice was published in the English language only rn Ions GI1N o M poN soh reaet'� part ----- ----for--------------- consecutive---------------- , iar•Dao4 Oaf In once a------------ 19------ p tdv ,bol to --- of ------------------------ *0ca�raby commencing on the_____________ day r� June- 19-L-_1975--------------------------------- ----------�i r in the issues of_ _____ Ia of said newspaper, and --------------------------- --- - -- ----- - --- P yOd OVAL REVG-i that the annexed rate of advertising is the regular legal rate of AND a I said newspaper, and that the following is a correct bill for pub- �" � �az;o' lishing said notice. Y w Printer's Bill $___54 .48------------ the -------------------------------------- 113 ----- •. ave€5 ^"D --------- ---------------- - ---- - - Subscribed and sworn to before me this .....19th ___day preecrlbe In rn and ° area end us aaa bare.^s 19�5-- S0�;�„row 4 June A. D. M far"when ei�, ---------- ---------------------------------- ' y�i�lraac.'. ___________Nota - Pub ij____ r 4, aM . �y�rK 1aC1M1Y•Khe'eot _________ -s+dl nwl v1,Ialien to by a MY �aor „ not - -------- ----- ollars " �a,aan• ,n Received of---- -- --- -- -- ----- - `r OAS of saE aToGD '".. fy,•frrfq�yoife°,;n a, the sum of--------------------------------------------------------------- her D � ;ay,ectfons ,bbU remain in full for publication of the above notice. 'RtR of Vads air, Publisher K are berebY. -___________ '� pTEQ'lyds kM day of ORDINANCE NO. i AN ORDINANCE RE-ESTABLISHING THE BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY UNDER THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF WATERLOO Be it enacted by the City Council of the City of Waterloo, SECTION 1. CREATION; PURPOSE There shall be re-established a Board of Park Commissioners to promote the orderly acquisition, development, preservation, management and control of the park system operation for the inspiration, use and enjoyment of the citizens. SECTION 2, BOARD ORGANIZATION (1) The Board of Park Commissioners shall consist of three (3) members to be appointed by the Mayor with the approval of the Council. The regular, full term of office shall be six (6) years, with one member's term expiring every two years on December 31. The Commissioners shall hold their office until their successors are appointed and qualified. Said appointments to be made upon the expiration of each present elected term of office. (2) Persons Eligible for Membership Qualified electors of the City are eligible to membership on the Board of Park Commissioners. (3) Compensation of Members Each of the Commissioners shall receive such salary as shall be fixed by the City Council, not to exceed in the aggregate annually, ten dollars for each thousand population, or fraction thereof, according to the last federal census, or one thousand dollars, whichever is the smaller, said compensation to be paid out of the Park Commission Budget. (4) Filling Vacancies Vacancies occuring on the Board of Park Commissioners shall be filled by the Mayor in the same manner as regular appointments, which appointment shall be to fill out the unexpired term for which appointment is made. (5) Officers and Duties The officers of the Board shall be Chairman and Secretary. At its first organizational meeting, held in January of each year, the Board of Park Commissioners shall elect a Chairman and Secretary who shall serve for such a term as the Board shall determine. The Chairman shall decide on all points of order and procedure, subject to these rules, unless directed otherwise by a majority of the Commission members in session at the time. The Chairman shall appoint any Committee found necessary to investigate any matter before the Board. The Secretary shall sign all resolutions and legal documents of the Commission. The keeping of minutes may be delegated to the Director of Parks or Park Department office secretary. In the absence of the Chairman, the Secretary shall be the presiding officer. SECTION 3. POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD The Board of Park Commissioners shall have and exercise the following powers: (1) Jurisdiction To have exclusive control of all parks and facilities acquired by it or of any other property owned by the City and set apart for like purposes. (2) General Powers To direct and control all of the affairs of the Park Commission. To employ a Director of Parks and such assistants and employees as may be deemed necessary for the proper management of the park system. (3) Acquisition and Sale of Real Estate To have the power to acquire real estate, within or without the City, for park purposes, by donation, lease, purchase or condemnation, take title to real estate in the name of the City of Waterloo in trust for public park purposes and hold it exempt from taxation. -2- To sell, subject to the approval of the City Council, exchange or lease any real estate acquired by it which shall be found unfit or not desirable, unnecessary or not required for park purposes. (4) Leasing to Organizations To lease, under reasonable rules and requirements, a particular park, or portion thereof, under their jurisdiction, for a period not in excess of fourteen (14) days to charitable, fraternal and patriotic organizations to conduct celebrations, anniversaries and entertainment. To lease, under reasonable rules and requirements, a portion of any park under their jurisdiction for such time or times, not to exceed six (6) consecutive months, as the Board shall deem proper, for the purpose of permitting the playing of professional baseball or other professional games and under such conditions as to charging a fee for the use of the same as the Board shall determine. (5) Board Meetings Regular meetings of the Board of Park Commissioners shall be held bi-monthly on the first and third Wednesday of each month in the offices of the Board. Special meetings of the Board may be called by the Chairman. All meetings shall be open to the public. A quorum shall consist of a majority of the Commissioners. The business of regular meetings shall consist of (a) approval of the minutes of preceding meeting; (b) reports; (c) unfinished business; (d) new business; (e) approval of bills. (6) Condemnation of Property If the Board of Park Commissioners and the owners of any property desired by it for park purposes cannot agree as to the price to be paid therefor, it may cause the same to be condemned in the manner provided for taking land for municipal purposes. (7) City Engineer - Poles and Wires The Board shall be entitled to the services of the City Engineer, when requested, without expense to it. It shall have the power to regulate or forbid the erection of poles, or the stretching of wire for electric light, street, railway, or other corporations or persons in such parks, or in or along streets or highways or over public places laid out or controlled by it. SECTION 4. CONTROL AND DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS The Board shall have the power to establish charges and disburse moneys received. The Council may annually appropriate a sum of money from the general funds for the payment of the expense of such commission. (1) Expenditure of Funds The Commission shall have full, complete and exclusive authority to expend for and on behalf of such municipality all sums of money so appropriated. (2) Grants, Gifts and Donations All grants, gifts, donations or payments whatsoever which are received by such municipality for Board of Park Commission purposes shall be placed in the Board of Park Commission fund, to be used by said Commission in the manner and for the purposes designated by this ordinance. (3) Debt-Contracting Powers The Commission shall have no power to contract debts beyond the amount of its income for the current year. SECTION 5. RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS AND ANNUAL REPORT The Board of Park Commissioners shall keep a record of its proceedings. Furthermore, the Board shall make an annual, detailed report to the City Council immediately after the close of each municipal fiscal year of the amounts of money expended and the purposes for which used, and such annual statement shall be published as part of the annual municipal report. -3- SECTION 6. RULES AND REGULATIONS The Board may, in writing, prescribe rules and regulations for the government of parks, park facilities and public grounds under their jurisdiction and persons resorting thereto, which rules and regulations shall be in force when entered in the record of the proceedings of the Board and posted at the principal entrance to any such park, park facility, or public grounds, and a willful violation thereof shall be a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding thirty (30) days. SECTION 7. SEVERABILITY In the event that a section or subsection of this ordinance is declared unconstitutional or invalid, all other sections and subsections shall remain applicable. SECTION 8. REPEALER All ordinances and amendments or parts thereof which are in conflict with any section of this ordinance are hereby repealed. PASSED AND ADOPTED this J6 Z:4 - day of , 1975. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk i yyyn R H n H iOC z OU En MHz n ozz'�' �i tin n z 0 got�o za Cj V] N H 1 Z� V na En - H H Z Un 0Hx H En H yyz OH H �Hx tu c r� yQ a Pzd on o�4 o zb da r3l � px