HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 568OPdDINANCE NO. 568
AN ORDINANCE CREATING A BAND AND CIVIC
CHORUS BOARD FOR THE CITY OF COLUMBIA
HEIGHTS AND PRESCRIBING CERTAIN DUTIES AND
FUNCTIONS.
THE CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS DOES ORDAIN: ~
Section 1. That there is hereby established for the City
of Columbia Heights, a Band and Civic Chorus Board to be known as
the Columbia Heights Band and Civic Chorus Board.
Section 2. Appointment and Personnel. The said Columbia
Heights Band and Civic Chorus Board shall consist of 6 members.
The Band Director, the Choir Director, the High School Principal
and three additional members, to be chosen by the City Council for
the terms of one, two, and three years respectively, and thereafter
for three year terms, all of whom shall be residents of the City
of Columbia Heights and serve without compensation. Vacancies created
by termination of office, removal from the City, resignation or
otherwise shall also be filled by the City Council.
Section 3. The Band and Civic Chorus Board may acquire and
hold property subject to the approval of the City Council. Said
Municipal Band and Civic Chorus Board shall be authorized and em-
powered, for and on behalf of and in the name of the City of
Columbia Heights~ to acquire by gift, purchase or lease, musical
instruments, publications, books, music, uniforms and other materials
incidental to the Municipal Band and Civic Chorus.
Section 4. Powers and Duties. The said Board shall have
exclusive control and supervision over all equipment and property
used by the Band and Civic Chor~s. It shall recommend to the City
Council the purchase of new equipment. It shall have exclusive
control and supervision over the training and operation of the
Municipal Band and Civic Chorus. It shall make such reasonable
rules and regulations as it may deem proper and set up qualifications
for the members of the Municipal Band and Civic Chorus. It shall
have authority to appoint such new members as it may deem fit, and
it may discharge or suspend such members as it deems unqualified or
unfit for membership in the Band or Civic Chorus. It shall be
charged with the responsibility for the conduct of the members of
the Band and Civic Chorus during the times in which the said Band
and Civic Chorus performs.
Section 5. Receipts to be turned over to the City Treasurer.
All moneys received by the Band and Civic Chorus Board or its members
in its administration of any of the property or equipment under its
jurisdiction shall be turned over to the City Treasurer at least once
a year, and shall be placed by said City Treasurer in the Band and Civic
Chorus Fund and no moneys placed in said Band and Civic Chorus Fund
shall be transferred to any other Fund by the City Council.
Section 6. Annual Audit and Budget. The Band and Civic
Chorus Board shall keep such books and records of accounts as are
necessary for the proper recording of its financial activities, tt
shall cause an audit of its accounts and records to be made at the
same time as the City Audit which audit shall be submitted to the
City Council. During the month of July of each year said Band
and Civic Chorus Board shall submit:to the City Council at a
regular meeting thereof, a proposed budget showing its estimated
financial requirements for the ensuing fiscal year.
Section 7. Fayments of Claims. Ai~ claims and all bills
incurred by the said Band and Civic Chorus Board when en-dorsed as
hereinafter provided shall be presented to the City Council for
payment and be paid in the same manner as other claims against the
City are paid.
Section S. This ordinance does repeal a resolution dated
June 26, 1945, and shall be in full force and take effect from
and after thirty (30) days after its passage.
First Reading - October 14, 1963
Second reading - October 28, 1963
Offered by -
~econded by -
Roll Call -
Nawrocki
Orendorff
Ail Ayes.
Secretary t~' city CoUnc~ii~/~)