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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE CREATING A RECREATION COMMISSION FOR THE CITY
OF JACKSONVILLE, PRESCRIBING THE DUTIES OF SAID C0]NISSIONERS
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JACKSONVIT.T
Section 1. There is hereby created a Recreation Commission to be
composed of five citizens who are qualified electors of the City of Jack*
aonville.
Section 2. Said Commissioners shall be appointed by the Mayor
and confirmed by a majority vote of the duly elected and qualified members
of the city council and shall hold office for a term of five years; pro-
vided, however, that those commissioners first appointed and confirmed
after the passage of this ordinance shall serve for terns of one, two,
three, four and five years each, to be designated by the Mayor and City
Council, and thereafter, upon the expiration of their respective terms,,
commissioners appointed by the Mayor and approved by the majority vote
of the City Council shall each be appointed for a term of five years. In
the event of a vacanoy occurring on the commission, it shall be filled by
appointment by the Mayor, subject to the a pproval of a majority vote of the
duly elected and qualified members of the City Council. Each commissioner
shall file the oath required by law in the State of Arkansas of public
officials.
Section 3. Any Commissioner appointed by the provisions of this
statute may be removed for cause upon a two- thirds vote of the duly elected
and qualified members of•the city council. 1
Section 1E. The Commissioners hereinunder appointed shall have
full and complete authority to build, manage, operate, maintain and keep
in a good state of repair any municipal buildings deemed necessary to
carry on a recreation park for said municipality, including the right to
control and permit or refuse to permit such public gatherings or other
meetings or affairs as the Commissioners shall see fit and deem to be to
the best interests of the City. The Commissioners shall have the right
to employ or remove managers, janitors and other employees of whatsoever
nature, kind or character, and to fix, regulate and pay their salaries;
it being the intention of its ordinance to vest in said Commiasioners
authority to build, operate, manage, maintain and control said municipal
recreation park, and to have full and complete charge thereof; provided,
said Commissioners shall not have authority or power to sell, mortgage or
encumber said property unless otherwise authorized by the statutes of
Arkansas.
Section 5. The Commissioners hereunder shall have, in addition
to other powers enumerated herein, the exclusive right and power to make
purchases of all supplies, apparatus and other property and things requi-
site and necessary for the management and operation of said recreational
park, including the construction of same and repairs and additions there-
to*
Section 6. Said Commissioners shall have authority to enter
into contracts with persons, firms or corporations or organizations for
the use of recreational park buildings or parts thereof.
Section 7. The Commissioners shall adopt such rules and reg-
ulations as they may deem necessary and expedient for the proper operation
and management of said municipal recreational park. and shall have author-
ity to alter, change, or amend such rules and regulations at their dis-
cretion.
Section 8. The Commissioners shall submit quarterly reports
beginning three months after they take their oath of office, and each
three months thereafter, reporting in full on the operations, including
an accounting of Receipts and Disbursements, to the Mayor and City
Council and furnish sack other and further reports, data and information
as may be requested by the Mayor and /or City Council. The quarterly
report to the Mayor and City Council with respect to Receipts and Dis-
bursements shall be certified by the Commissioners as correct. The Com-
missioners shall further submit an annual audit of the operations of the
recreational park to the Mayor and City Council.
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Section 9. The Commissioners hereunder appointed shall have the
authority to utilize all revenues derived from the operation of the rec-
reational park in the operation of said recreational park. All funds de-
rived from the use of said recreational park shall be segregated into a
Park Fund, which Fund shall be used exclusively in the Operation of the
recreational park by the Commissioners. Moneys in said Fund shall not
be mingled with other funds of the city and shall be handled exclusively
by the Commissioners. Said Commissioners shall each furnish to the City
a $5,000.00 surety bond that will serve to insure the City against any
misappropriation or mishandling of funds. The surety on said bond shall
be a reputable surety corporation. The premium on said bonds. shall be
paid for from moneys in the said Park Fund. The Commissioners shall re-
ceive no salary for their services, but shall be reimbursed from the Park
Fund for actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
Such Park Fund may also be expended by the Commissioners as they deem best
for the purpose of obtaining attractions to meet on said park.
Section 10. Upon each quarterly report being made to the Mayor
and City Council by the Commissioners, the City Council may appropriate
funds from the General Revenue Fund of the City, or from such other funds
as the City may have available to make yp_ deficits or to provide such
funds as may be necessary to carry on the operations of the said recrea-
tional park. The City Council may at any time other than when said
quarterly report is filed, appropriate such funds as it deems necessary,
from the General Revenue Fund or such other funds that the City may have
available, for the purpose of maintaining and operating the said recreation-
al park.
Section 11. Upon the appointment of the Commissioners as herein
provided, the Mayor and City Council shall execute such instruments and
enact such measures as may be necessary to vest complete charge of said
municipally owned recreational park in the Commissioners hereinunder appoint-
ed.
Section 12. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed,
Section 13. If any secfion or provision of this ordinance shall
be held to be unconstitutional such holding shall not render the remaining
sections or provisions of this ordinance unconstitutional or affect the
validity thereof.
Section 14. Emergency Clause. Whereas, there is need for a
Park Commission in the City of Jacksonville to properly manage and operate
the park and recreational property now owned by the City for the use and
benefit of its ei:titans, its public health,. peace and safety. And this
ordinace being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
peace, health and safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, there-
fore, this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its
passage and a pproval.
APPROVED: A
_ ,J''HAT H. DEN, MAYOR
ATTEST: �r s lj; <: ,, t _ 1 /
FLOY 'AVANTS, CITY CLERK.
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