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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 5113 ORDINANCE No. OFFICIAL RECORD AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR ESTABITMENT OF A CITY SECRETARY PAFK AND RECREATION BOARD AND PARK AND RECREATION DEPA �l°9 APPOINTING DECE RS MF; PRO- L.FT_ DRTH, T11 VJCDING FOR TERMS OF OFFICE; PROVIDING FOR REMVAL OF HERS FOR CAUSE; PROVIDING FOR TELE FILLING OF "QAC .NCIES; PROVIDING FOR ORGANIZATION; PRESCRIBING RISDICTION AND SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES OF SUCH BOARD; PROVIDING FOR, TUE APPOI1,04ENT OF A DIRECTOR; PRE- SCRIBING RULES AND RE GDT AT,IONS FOR PARK AND RECREATION OFFICERS AND IAYEES OF THE PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTbW111; PROVIDING FOR THE APPROPRIA- TION OF FUNDS FOR TqE O.PF1RATyON OF THE PARK AND REC CATION D:PART.gM y AsM PARK AND RECREATION SYSTEM; PROVIDING FOR TM- E APPROVAL OF DIRE ANNUAL BTZGET OF TE PARK AND RWREA.T'ION DEPARTm By T11E CITY COuiCn; PRESCRT—RIMU FORTS AND METHODS OF ACCOUNTING TO BE USED By SAID BOARD; PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS FOR THE PURCHASE OF SUPPLIES AND EQUIMNT FOR THE OPERATION OF MT PARK. A1_TD RECREATION SYSTEM; PRO- V'IDING FOR THE FL_TR 1ISffING OF LEGAL., ENGINEERING AND O`PHER SERVICES TO TRE BOARD; PROVIDING .FOR AN ANNUAL AUDIT OF TELE PARK A`M RECREATION DEPARTUN°l'�; PROHIBIT- 7NG ANY OFFI�;F�R., AGEDJT'° OR Et�SPLOYEE OF 'ERE PARK: AND RECREATION BOARD OR PARK: Af4D RECPFA°fION DELPARTMA T FROM. HA11II.1TG ANY FINANCIAL INT,EREST.9 DI?MT OR INDIRECT, IN ANY CONTRACT WITH THE CITY; PROVIDING FOR THE RECONCILIATION OF CONFLICTS BETWEENTHE PARK AND RECREATION DEPART; NT AND O62HER, DEPARTMENTS OF THE CT-ly GOVER�DEUT; REQUIRING TETE FILING OF AN ANNUAL REPORT BY THE PARD AND RECREATION BOARD WITH THE CITE' COUNCIL; DE°TTR,1INIWr THE VALIDIT-V OF THE PROVISIONS OF `DCIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING FOR 'ME REPEAL OF ORDI- NANCES IN COTITFLICT HE EWJ'j� DA�.�° ; AND PROVTDIti11G AN EFFECTIVE BE IT ORDA NFoD BY THF CI°TY COtMCSL OF TWE CITY OF FORT. WORTH, TEXAS„ SECTION 1. ES=BL2 , T OF PARK AND R REA-TION BOARD - PAS _TM RECREATION DEPS There is hereby established a Park and Recreation Board of the City of Fort Worth consisting of seven (7) members who shall be appointed by the City Council. No person, s1nall be eligible for appointment to member- ship on said Board who is not a citizen of the United States and a resident of the City of Fort Worth. The members of said Board shall serve without compensation. There is ai,so hereby established a Park. and Recreation De- partment, and same shall be under the supervision of the Park and Recreation Board, as herein-after provided. SECTION 2. TERM OF OFFICE The term of orrice of members of said Board_, s4bject to the provisions relative to removal therefrom, shall be two (2) years, except for the members of the first Board to be created, who shall be appointed to serve from the date of the adoption of this ordinance until April 30, 1965, or until. such time as their successors bave been. appointed and. qualified. Thereafter members shall be appointed for terms of two (2) years commencing May 1 of each odd numbered year. SECTION 3 P, ,!(,,)VA.1; FROM BOND - VACANCIES Members of the .Park and Recreation Board shall be subject to removal from office and may be removed from office by the City Council in the interest of the public s6nri ce :for any cause deemed sufficient by said City Council, but only after a public hearing before the City Council on charges publicly made, if demanded by such member within ten (10) days after written notice . Any vacancy in the membership of said Board shall be filled. by the City Councilfor the unexpired term of the member whose place has, by removal or othe.nlise, become scant. SECTION 4.' ORG,01ZATION `the Park, and Recreation Board bi XVIII and XIX of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth. SECTION 6. PARK ,AND RECREATION BOARD - APPOINT OF PARK AND RECREATION DIRECTOR - BOARD AND DIRECTOR The Park and Recreation Board shall appoint a Park and Recreation Director, subject to the approval and determination of salary therefor by the City Council. The Park and Recreation Board shall, subject to approval of the City Council, be responsible for determining overall policies, regu- lations, and programs governing acquisition, improvement, maintenance, and operation of all public parks, parkways, lakes, and other recreation areas, and the grounds surrounding all municipal buildings owned or controlled by the City of Fort Worth. The Park and Recreation Director shall be respon- sible to the Park and Recreation Board for administration and implementa- tion of the policies established by the Board, in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance. SECTION 7. APPOIN5E111T OF EMPLOYEES - RLU2S AND REGUC,A;TIONS FOR SAME The Park and Recreation Director shall also have the power to appoint, employ and remove such other officers, assistants, employees and personnel as he may deem necessary for the efficient administration of the affairs of the Park and Recreation Department, and to prescribe and fix their duties, scope of authority and qualifications in accordance with the annual budget of the Park and Recreation Fund as finally adopted by the City Council and the classification and compensation plan established by the City Council, All officers and employees of the Park and Recreation Department shall be governed by the same personnel rules and classification and compensation plan as is established for all other employees of the City of Fort Worth. SECTION 8. FUNDS FOR OPERATION OF- THE PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT The Park and Recreation Board shall not make any expenditure of money or incur any liability during any fiscal year beyond the amount of money appropriated or set apart in the annual budget of the Park and Recreation Department as approved by she City Co;znccl.,.L for such The Flr.rk, a —', Recreation Department budget appropri SECTION 10. PURCBASE OF SUPPLIES To BE MADE ON COMPETITIVE BIDDING BY THE AGENT A-11 supplies exceeding fifty dollars ($50-00) in value shall be pur- chased for the department by the City Purchasing Department under the rules and regulations prescribed by the City Council with respect to competitive purchases of supplies by said officials, but purchases of fifty dollars ($50-00) or less may be made by the Park and Recreation Board without competitive bidding. 110 expenditure shall be made or lia- bility incurred by the Park and Recreation Board exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) in an amount without first being authorized and approved by the City Council; but this section shall not apply to the salaries of employees that the said Board may deem necessary to employ for the operation of said department, such employees' salaries having already been determined by the City council through the City's classifica- tion and compensation plan. SECTION 11. ASSISTANCE BY OTHER DEPARTMENTS 14herever feasible, the Park and Recreation Board shall utilize the specialized talents and services of the other City departments. The City Attorney shall be the legal officer of the Park and Recreation Board and shall handle such legal matters as may come before the Board. The Director of Public Works shall furnish such engineering services as are necessary in the conduct of the affairs of the Park and Recreation Department, except when the Park and Recreation Board and Director of Public Works shall recommend, and the City Council shall approve, employment of outside engineers as required. SXTION 12. PAOVIDING FOR ANNUAL AUDIT- OF SAID DEPARTM4-T At the end of each fiscal year,, the Department of Finance shall cause to have made a full and complete audit of the accounts and business of this department for the year then ending, the cost of which shall be paid by the Park and Recreation Department, at least one certified copy of which shall be filed with the City Council and at least one other certified copy with the Park and Recreation Board. SECTION 13. FINANCIAL INTEREST BY BOARD MFwRERS PROHIBITED No member of the Board, nor any officer, agent or employee of the Park and Recreation Department, shall have a financial interest, direct or indirect, in any contract with the City of Fort Worth or be financially interested, directly or indirectly, in the sale or lease to or from the City of Fort Worth of any land, materials, supplies or services. SECTION 14. CONFLICTS BETWEEN PARK ,AND RECREATION BOARD AND OTHER BOARDS AND DEPA UMMS TO BE DETERMINED BY CITY COUNCIL In the event of any conflict of jurisdiction arising between this department and any other department of the City government, or in regard to any administrative detail thereof, the same shall be referred to the City Council, and its decision shall be final. SECTION 15. BOARD TO FILE ANNUAL REPORT WITH CITY COUNCIL It shall be the duty of the Park and Recreation Board, at the end of each fiscal ,year, to file with the City Council a full and detailed report of the business and operations of the said department for the year ending, and to make such recommendations to the Council as it may deem advisable for the improvement and betterment of the service and facilities of said department. SECTION 16. VALIDITY Should any section, clause or provision of this ordinance be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the same shall not affect the validity of the ordinance as a whole, or any part thereof, other than the part so declared to be invalid. SECTION 17. REPEAL OF- PRIOR ORDINANCES This ordinance shall repeal every prior ordinance in conflict herewith, but only insofar as the portion of such prior ordinance shell be in conflict; and as to all other sections of ordinances not in direct conflict herewith, this ordinance shall be and is hereby made cumulative. SECTION 18. EFFECTIVE DALE This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage, and it is so ordained.. APPROVED AS TO FORS! AND LEGALITY„ ` � V City .Attorney