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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 867ORDINANCE NO. 867 BEING A~ ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 309 AA'D AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 853, CITY CODE OF 1977 The City of Columbia Heights does ordain: SECTION 1: ORDINANCE No. 309, BEING A~ ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A PUBLIC RECREATION CO.WtMISSION, PURSUANT TO CHA~TER 233, LAWS OF 1937, AS AMEb~ED, passed April 28, 1953, is berewith repealed. SECTION 2: Section 3.311 of Ordinance 853 of the City Code of 1977, which is currently reserved, is amended to read as follows: 3.311(1) ]"he Columbia Beigbts and District ~13 Recreation and Co~-mmunity Services Commission is hereby establisbed pursuant to agreement between tbe City and Independent School District ~13. Tbe Commission may be known in this Code by the short title, "Recreation Co~ssion". 3.311(2) The Recreation Com~/ssion shall consist of six (6) members who shall each serve terms of three (3) years. The School shall appoint one (1) member of the Commission from amongst the members of the Board of Education, one (1) member of the Commission from the Community Education Advisory Council, and one (1) member of the Commission at large from amongst the residents of the School District. At ]east one of the members appointed by the Scbool shall be a resident of the City of Columbia Heights. The City shall appoint one (1) member of the Commission from amongst the membership of the City Council, one (1) member from amongst the membership of the Park Board, and one (1) member at large from amongst the residents of the City. Any member of the Recreation Comr~/ssion may be removed with or witbout cause by the appointing autbority, and the appointing autbority may appoint another eligible person to fill the u~expired term of any member who has resigned or been removed prior to completion of his term. The appointing authority mmy set the commencement date of each'member's term; provided, however, that the appointing authority must set terms so that the expiration date of each term shall be in three consecutive one year intervals. The School Board and the City Council may appoint persons from amongst tbeir membership to serve less than a full three year term so long as a successor is named by the appointing authority to fill the unexpired portion of any term after an appointment has lapsed. ?rovJded, furtber, that the appointing autborlty may fix the terms of its first appointees at terms of ]ess than three years so long as the terms expire in three consecutive one year intervals. The Recreation Com- mission shall promptly inform the part~es to the agr(ement when a commis- sion member's term has expired or when a resignation has taken place so that a new member might be promptly appointed by the proper party. 3.311(3) 3.311(4) 3.311(5) Ail programs shall be in accordance with the policies approved by the School and City, and jointly amended from time to time. The Recreation Commission shall have broad programming latitude in the implementation of those policies, including programming ideas, development, and func- tions. Program policy shall not be set by one party to the agreement to the exclusion of the other. The said Recreation Commission shall conduct and supervise recreation ser- vices and programs for public recreation in its broadest sense, including playgrounds, parks, playfields, swimming pools, beaches, camps, indoor rec- reation centers, and any and all other recreation activities. Said Com- mission shall have power to conduct activities and to pay for the necessary supervision incidental thereto on the grounds and properties owned, leased or controlled by the City of Columbia Heights and the Board of Education or their departments, or on other properties with the consent of the owner or authorities who control the property. Nothing in this act shall be con- strued to abridge or delegate those powers and authorities reserved to the Board of Education by law and reserved to the City Council by Minnesota sta- tute, charter, or other provisions of this Code, specifically including but not limited to expenditures of money and establishment of salaries. The Recreation Commission shall operate the Community Service program which shall direct and coordinate community education programs and services. Said Commission shall have the power to employ a person trained and qualified in the f~eld of recreation as Recreatiom Director amd such other ex- pert assistants, supervisors, dir=c[ors, play leaders and other employees as may be here necessary in its judgment for the efficient administration of programs and provided for in the budgets of the City of Columbia Heights and the Board of Education and the various departments and divisions of the municipal administration brought at any time within its operations as afore- said and provided. Said Recreation Director shal] serve said Com- mission as its executive officer, and may act as its secretary, in a relation similar to that of the Superintendent of Schools to the Board of Education. The Recreation Director shall be selected by joint agreement of the City and School, which parties shall consider the recommendations of the Recreation Commission. The salary of the Recreation Director shall be established by joint agreement of the School and City, evidenced by resolution of the City Council and affirmative vote of the members of the School Board. In establish- ing said salary, the recommendations of the Recreation Commission shall be con- sidered. Other employees of the Recreation Commission shall be subordinate to the Re- creation Director. Salaries of subordinate officers and employees shall be set by the Recreation Commission, subject to approval by the School and City. Said Commission shall render annually a full report to the Columbia Heights City Council, the Board of Education and the Park Board covering its opera- tions for the year closing, together with a detailed account of its recom- mendations and estimated funds required for its work for the ensuing year. -2- 3. 311 (6) 3.311(7) 3.311(8) 3.311(9) SECTION 3: Said Commission shall also, at its discretion, report advisory recommenda- tions and estimates covering the whole field of its operations and responsi- bilities, as regards related divisions and departments of said City, to the respective departments or boards concerned, as indicated. It shall render also such other regular and special reports and make such investigations as may be required by the City Council and the Board of Education and the Park Board and such reports and investigations in addition as it may itself deem necessary or expedient. Said Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to use without charge such public buildings, grounds and facilities as may be available and adaptable to the purpose of this Commission with the consent of the authorities control- ling these facilities. The necessary expenses and operational budget for the purposes of this Com- mission shall be provided from the funds of the City of Columbia Heights and Independent School District #13. Participation in such budget shall be equal as between the City and the School District. Said Commission is empowered and .authorized to solicit and receive gifts, be- quests, or endowments of money or property as donations or grants from per- sons, firms or corporations including governmental agencies and to adminis- ter their funds for public recreation purposes. Should any of the provisions of this section be in conflict with the agree- ment referred to in Section 3.311(1), the provisions of the said agreement shall prevail. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after thirty (30) days after its passage. First Reading: 7/25/77 Second Reading: 4/25/78 Date of Passage: 4/25/78 Offered by: Seconded by: Roll Call: Hentges Logacz Logacz, Hentges, Nawrocki - Heintz, Norberg - Nay Aye ~ /~ ~/ Bruce G. Nawrocki, Mayor Laurie Houk, Secretary to the Council - 3-