Ordinance 1977-03 FHD:GKH
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE UNITED CITY OF THE
VILLAGE OF YORKVILLE, KENDALL COUNTY,
ILLINOIS TO ESTABLISH A PARK COMMISSION
AS AN ADVISORY BOARD TO THE CITY COUNCIL
THEREOF
WHEREAS, the UNITED CITY OF THE VILLAGE OF
YORKVILLE has considered the advisability of establishing
a Park Commission as an advisory board to organize,
promote and to help supervise and regulate park programs;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the UNITED CITY
OF THE VILLAGE OF YORKVILLE has considered the establishment
of such a Park Commission to be in the best interests
of the said City and of the residents thereof.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City
Council of the UNITED CITY OF THE VILLAGE OF YORKVILLE
as follows :
SECTION l : Creation.
There is hereby created a Park Commission,
consisting of five members appointed by the Mayor with
the consent of the City Council for a three-year term.
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The Mayor and Aldermen serving as Trees and Parks
Committee Chairmen shall be ex officio members of the
Park Commission. Not more than one voting member
of the Park Commission created hereby shall be a member
of the City Council of the UNITED CITY OF THE VILLAGE
OF YORKVILLE. The initial term of members of the Park
Commission so appointed shall be as follows :
1 member, 1 year
2 members, 2 years
2 members, 3 years
Thereafter, all appointments to the Park Commission
shall be for a three-year term.
SECTION 2 : Organization.
The Mayor, with the advice and consent of
the City Council, shall select one of the Commission' s
number to act as Chairman and one to act as Secretary.
The Commission shall keep a correct record of its
proceedings and shall meet at such times as it may
determine. All meetings of the Park Commission shall
be open to the public, excepting only those meetings
concerning litigation involving the City and those
dealing with personnel policies, problems and wages.
SECTION 3 : Duties.
The Park Commission shall investigate, hear
and advise the City Council on all matters relating
to the control and use of all public parks and any
other lands or lots heretofore or hereafter devised
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and bequeathed to the City for recreational or park
purposes; it shall advise the City Council concerning
the ornamentation and the laying out and improving
of the grounds of the parks , and for that purpose,
may recommend the employment of such workmen and shall
recommend to the City Council such purchases or contracts
for materials as the Commission may deem necessary,
provided that in no case shall the Commission enter into
a contract and in no case shall incur liability for and
on behalf of the City.
The Commission shall further, as a permanent
standing committee of the UNITED CITY OF THE VILLAGE
OF YORKVILLE, investigate the advisability and needs,
as well as the suitability of sites for park purposes,
shall recommend to the City Council, and shall promote
and provide advisory opinions concerning the organization
and promotion of adult and children' s recreational
programs in the City. It shall also hear reports
from all personnel and shall report periodically concerning
the activities of employees to the City Council, and
shall investigate the advisability and need for expen-
ditures for and on behalf of existing parks generally
within the City to the City Council .
SECTION 4 : Recreation Director.
The Commission may advertise and interview
for employment of a part-time Recreation Director
and such other park personnel as the Commission deems
advisable, and shall define the duties of the Recreation
Director and Park employees . The Park Commission shall
not hire the Recreation Director or any other Park employees ,
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but shall make recommendations concerning employment
of such personnel to the City Council, which shall
set the salary of such personnel as the City Council
may hire . The Recreation Director shall be appointed
by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the City
Council .
SECTION 5 : Receipts, Donations and Disposition.
All receipts on account of the City Parks,
whether arising from rentals, donations, sales of any
part thereof, or of any lands so willed and devised
by any person to the City, shall be exclusively expended
and applied under the direction and control of the City
Council of the UNITED CITY OF THE VILLAGE OF YORKVILLE
with the advice and recommendations of the Park Commission.
SECTION 6 : Compensation.
The Commission and its members shall not be
compensated for their services.
This Ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after its passage and approval according
to law.
PASSED this rf day of ,
1977.
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Ci y erk
SIGNED and APPROVED this day
1977 .
Mayor