Ordinance - 1975 - 22 - Create Parks And Recreation Commission - 11/17/1975ORDINANCE NO ,O
AN ORDINANCE CREATING A PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION, ITS
ORGANIZATION, DUTIES, PERSONNEL, BUDGET; SOLICITATION
AND REPORTS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EAGLE,
ADA COUNTY, IDAHO, THAT:
Section 1. There is hereby established a Parks
and Recreation Commission. This Commission shall
consist of five (5) members, serving without pay. They shall
be appointed by the Mayor, with the consent and approval of
the City Council. One member thereof may be a member of the
City Council. The members thereof may be chosen by the Mayor
from the residents of the City at large. The term of office
of the Commission members chosen from the residents of the
City at large shall be three (3) years, or until their
successors are appointed and qualified, except that the
members of such Commission first appointed shall be ap-
pointed for such terms that the term of one member shall
expire annually thereafter. Vacancies in such Commission,
occuring otherwise than by expiration of term, shall be
filled by the Mayor for the unexpired term.
Section 2. Immediately after the appointment of the
members of the Commission they shall meet and organize
by electing one of their members President and such other
officers as may be necessary. The Commission shall have the
power to adopt by-laws, rules and regulations for the proper
conduct of the Parks and Recreation Commission. Said by-
laws, rules and regulations are subject to approval by the
Mayor and Council.
Section 3. The Parks and Recreation Commission
shall advise the Mayor and Council on all matters
pertaining to the supervision of public playgrounds, athletic
fields, recreation centers, recreation facilities and other
recreation activities on any properties owned or controlled
by the City, or on other properties with consent of the
owners or occupants thereof. It shall review and recommend
to the City Council on all matters concerning the conduct
of recreation and cultural activities that will employ the
leisure time of the people in a constructive and wholesome
manner. The Commission shall plan and recommend short and
long term improvements, which will provide for the recreation
and cultural needs of the people and the Parks and Recreation
Commission shall have the authority to make policy decisions
reguarding the Parks and Recreation programs.
Section 4. Annually the Parks and Recreation
Commission shall submit a budget to the Mayor
and Council of the City for their approval. The Commission
may also solicit or receive any gifts or bequests of money,
or other personal property, or any donation, principal or
income, for either temporary or permanent use forlaygrounds
or other recreational purposes; said property and/or gifts,
however, to be and remain the property of the City.
Section 5, The Parks and Recreation Commission shall
make full and complete quarterly and annual reports
to the Mayor and Council of the City, and other reports, from
time to time, as requested by the Mayor and/or the Council.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Eagle,
Ada County, Idaho, on the day of
- , 1975.
(CORPORATE SEAL)
TEST:
C ty Clerk-
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CITY OF EAGLE, IDAHO
ORDINANCE Nb. 22
AN ORDINANCE CREATING A PARKS
AND RECREATION COMMISSION, ITS
ORGANIZATION, DUTIES, PERSON-
NEL, BUDGET: SOLICITATION AND
REPORTS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR
AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EAGLE, ADA COUNTY, IDAHO, THAT:
Section 1. There is hereby established
a Parks and Recreation Commission.
This Commission shall consist of five (5)
members, serving without pay. They
shall be appointed by the Mayor, with the
consent and approval of the City Council.
One member thereof may be a member of
the City Council. The members thereof
may be chosen by the Mayor from the
residents of the City at large. The term of
office of the Commission members
chosen from the residents of the City at
large shall be three (3) years, or until
their successors are appointed and
qualified, except that the members of
such Commission first appointed shall be
appointed for such terms that the term of
one member shall expire annually there-
after. Vacancies in such Commission,
occuring otherwise than by expiration of
term, shall be filled by the Mayor for the
unexpired term.
Section 2. Immediately after the
appointment of the members of the
commission they shall meet and organize
by electing one of their members
President and such other officers as may
be necessary. The Commission shall have
the power to adopt by-laws, rules and
regulations for the proper conduct of the
Parks and Recreation Commission. Said
by-laws, rules and regulations are subject
to approval by the Mayor and Council.
Section 3. The Parks and Recreation
Commission shall advise the Mayor and
Council on all matters pertaining to the
supervision of public playgrounds, athle
tic fields, recreation centers, recreation
facilities and other recreation activities
on any properties owned or controlled by
the City, or on other properties with
consent of the owners or occupants
thereof. It shall review and recommend to
the City Council on all matters concerning
the conduct of recreation and cultural
activities that will employ the leisure
time of the people in a constructive and
wholesome manner. the Commission
shall plan and recommend short and long
term improvements, which will provide
for the recreation and cultural needs of
the people and the Parks and Recrea-
Commission shall have the authority to
make policy decisions regarding the
Parks and Recreation Programs.
Section 4. Annually the Parks and
Recreation Commission shall submit a
budget to the Mayor and Council of the
City for their approval. The Commission
may also solicit or receive any gifts or
bequests of money, or other personal
property, or any donation, principal or
income, for either temporary or perman-
ent use for playgrounds or other
recreational purposes; said property and
or gifts, however, to be and remain the
property of the City.
Section 5. The Parks and Recreation
Commission shall make full and complete
quarterly and annual reports to the Mayor
and Council of the City, and other reports,
from time to time, as requested by the
Mayor and or the Council.
PASSED by the City Council of the
City of Eagle, Ada County, Idaho, on the
5th day of February, 1975.
J. Marvin Adams
Mayor
Attest:
Judith A. Mendiola
City Clerk
PROOF OF PUBLICATION
State of Idaho,
County of Ada
ss.
Suzanne Allen , being first duly
sworn, depose and say, that I am over twenty-one years of
age, and Chief Clerk of VALLEY NEWS -TIMES, a weekly
newspaper of general circulation, published at Meridian,
County of Ada, State of Idaho, and that the annexed
notice was published in said paper once each week for
one consecutiveweeks, the first publi tion being on
-Tth ebruary
the day of 19 7, and the last
— — -
27th -February
publication being on the _.___ _ day of ,
19...
That said notice was published in the newspaper
proper and not in a supplement. That said newspaper had
been continuously and uninterruptedly published in said
county for a period of 78 consecutive weeks prior to the
first publication of this notice, and is a newspaper within
the meaning of the Idaho
statutes.
Chief Clerk
Subscribed and sworn to before me this _27th day
of February , 1975 —.9
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Notary Public in and for Idaho
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Residence or Postoffice Address
Meridian , Idaho.