HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #539 ORDINANCE NO. 539
AN ORDINANCE CREATING A PUBLIC
RECREATION COMMISSION, PRESCRIB-
ING TERMS OF MEMBERS ORGANIZATION
AND POWERS AND DUT IE9.
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach
does ordain as follows:
Section 1:. There is hereby established a Depart-
ment of Public Recreation hereinafter referred to as
"The Department", which shall operate in and for the
City of Huntington Beach, County of Orange, State of
California, hereinafter referred to as "The City".
The Department shall be under the control and
management of the Public Recreation Commission, here-
inafter referred to as "The Commission", which com-
mission shall be composed of five members who shall
be appointed from time to time by the Mayor of the
City of Huntington Beach with the approval of the
City Council by a majority vote. The first members
appointed hereunder shall be appointed for the
following terms: One shall serve in office for a
period of two years ; ;two shall serve in office for a
period of four years, and two shall serve in office for
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a period of five years. Thereafter, each member.
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appointed shall serve in office for a term of five
years, the method of appointment to remain the same.
The term or terms of office specified herein shall not
be deemed arbitrary and should, by majority vote after
a fair hearing has been conducted thereon, the Mayor with
the approval of the City Council, determine that' it would
be for the best interests of the Department that a member
be retired, he may so order and appoint a successor for
the unexpired term ofctfice of such retired member. Further,
members shall be privileged to voluntarily retire from the
Commission at any time, successors to be appointed in such
case, and also in the event of other occurring vacancies
from whatever cause, by the Mayor,, with the approval of
the City Council by a majority vote for the unexpired
terms of office. Members may be reappointed by the Mayor
with the approval of the City Council for as many terms
of office as is desirable. The Mayor shall be ex-officio
member of said Commission. All members of such Commission
shall serve without compensation.
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Section 2: The commission shall have the power to
adopt rules and regulations and for the proper conduct
of public .recreation of the City. Within .fifteen days
after the appointment ' of the members of the Commission
it shall meet and appoint a temporary chairman who shall
preside over such meeting. At such meeting the Commission
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shall elect by a majority vote three officers, a chairman,
a vice-chairman and a treasurer, which officers shall serve
for periods of one year in such capacity subject to re-
election. Regular and special meetings shall be open
to the public.
Section 3: The duties of the various officers of
the Commission shall be as follows:
(a) The chairman shall preside at all meetings, submit
all motions to vote, and in general do all things ordinarily
required of Commission Chairman. .
(b) The Vice-chairman shall assume the duties of
the chairman in his absence.
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(c)' The Treasurer shall prepare an annual report
on activities of the Commission to the City Council prior
to the beginning of each fiscal year, in which report shall
be included an annual departmental budget covering the
expenditures of the Department for the succeeding year,
and shall issue all warrants drawn against the Special
Recreation Fund hereafter provided for, the same to be
countersigned by the Mayor and City Clerk.
All such officers shall have the right to vote on
all submitted motions at meetings.
Section 4: The general objective of the Department
shall be to encourage, foster, facilitate, establish and
maintain a systemized program of recreation to be made
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available to residents and visitors of the City on any
of the properties owned or controlled by the City, or
on other properties, with the consent of the owners and
authorities thereof.
Section 5: To achieve the objective of the Depart-
ment, the following shall be the powers and duties of
the Commission:
(a) To establish an adequate system of recreation,
to equip and maintain such recreation facilities and to
provide the personnel required by such facilities.
(b) The Commission may with the consent of the City
Council by majority vote use City lands or buildings or
both for recreation centers and may use school board
property with the consent of the governing bodies of said
board or boards.
(c) The Commission may with the consent of the City
Council by majority vote acquire in the name of the City
by gift or purchase such real or personal property as
is deemed necessary to effect the desired objectives.
(d) The Commission may, with the consent of the
City Council by majority vote enter into any contracts
and do any and all things necessary and proper for the
establishment, development and maintenance of a well
rounded recreation program.
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Section 6: The Department may accept all gifts,
devises, legacies or bequests, either real or personal
property ,from any source, public or private. All moneys
so obtained by the Department shall be deposited by the
Department in the Treasury of the City in a Special
Recreation Fund, which fund shall .be exclusively for the
purposes of the Department and shall be paid out by the
CityCouncil u demands audited and on p approved by the
Commission and the City.
Section 7: The City Council shall annually establish
a recreation budget to supplement the Special Recreation
Fund, and may transfer such moneys to said fund as may
be required.
Section 8: The City Clerk shall certify to the
passage and adoption of this ordinance and shall cause
the same to be published by one insertion in the Hunting-
ton Beach News, a weekly newspaper, printed, published and
circulated in the City of Huntington Beach, California,
and thirty (30) days after the adoption hereof the same
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shall take effect and be in force.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California, this _Ith day of Mareh ,
1949.
ATTEST : Acsze
/ MAYOR
City Clerk.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
County of Orange ) ss
City of Huntington Beach )
I, JOHN L. HENRICKSEN, the duly .elected, qualified
and acting City Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach and
ex-officio Clerk of the City. Council of said City of
Huntington Beach, do hereby certify that the whole number
of members of the City Council of the City of Huntington
Beach is five, that the foregoing Ordinance was first
read to said City Council at a regular meeting thereof
held on the 7th day of February, 1949, and was again read
to said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held
on the 7th day of Maroh , 1949, and was passed
and adopted by the affirmative vote of more than a
majority of all the members of said City Council as follows:
AYES: Councilmens
LeBard, Terry, Seabridge, Langenbeok, Greer,,
NOES: Councilmen:
None,
ABSENT : Councilmen:
None,
City Clerk and officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California.
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