HomeMy WebLinkAbout3347 1 ORDINANCE NO,
2 ORDINANCE OF THE C TTY OF SAN BERNARDINO CREATING A PARK
AND RECREATION COMMISSION; PRESCRIBING ITS POWERS AND DUTIES;
3 AND REPEALING ORDINANCE N0. 2826,
4 THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO
DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
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6 SECTION 1. There is hereby created a Park and Recreation
7 Commission of the City of San Bernardino which shall consist of
g nine (9) members whose terms of office shall be four (4) years.
9 Each councilman shall appoint one (1) commissioner whose term
10 shall coincide with that of the appointing councilman and the
it Mayor shall appoint two (2) commissioners, one of whom shall
12 initially have a two (2) year term coinciding with the then term
13 of the Mayor and the other shall have a four (4) year term com-
14 mencing on the second Monday of May, 1969. Thereafter, each
15 councilman upon assuming office, shall appoint one (1) member
16 to the Commission for a four (4) year term and the Mayor shall
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17 make his appointments for four (4) year terms, Any vacancy
ig occuring for any reason shall be filled for the balance of any
19 term, in the same manner as the original appointment.
2U SECTION 2. Commissioners shall hold office for a term of
21 four (4) years and until their successors have been appointed
22 and qualified, Commissioners shall serve at the pleasure of the
23 appointing officer and any member of said Commission may be
24 removed at any time by the affirmative vote of five (5) council-
25 men, and upon any such removal the vacancy shall be filled as
26 aforesaid for the unexpired term.
2~ SECTION 3. Each member shall serve without compensation.
28 Immediately after appointment and qualification, the Commission
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1 shall organize by electing from among its membership a chairman
2 and a secretary. Regular meetings shall be held at least once
3 a month, Five (5) members shall constitute a quorum, but a
4 lesser number of members may adjourn from time to time.
g SECTION 4. The Park and Recreation Commission shall act
in an advisory capacity to the Mayor and Common Council in all
~ matters pertaining to parks, recreation and parkways; consider
g the annual budget of the Park and Recreation Department during
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9 the process of its preparation and make recommendations with
10 respect thereto to the Mayor and Common Council; and perform
11 such other duties as may be prescribed by ordinance,
12 SECTION 5. The Mayor shall appoint, subject to the con-
13 firmation of the Common Council, a Director of the Park and
14 Recreation Department of the City of San Bernardino who shall
15 have the general management and supervision of said Department
16 and shall be in the competitive class of the classified service
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17 of the Civil Service of the City of San Bernardino:
lg SECTION 6, Any person dissatisf ied with a decision of
19 the Park and Recreation Commission relating to its duties as
20 set forth in Charter Section 217, may appeal to the Common
21 Council pursuant to the provisions of Charter Section 219.
22 SECTION 7. If any section, sentence, clause or phrase of
23 this ordinance is for any reason held by a Court of competent
24 jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the
25 validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The
26 Common Council of the City of San Bernardino hereby declares
27 that it would have passed and does hereby pass this ordinance
28 and each section, sentence, clause and phrase hereof, irrespec-
tive of the fact that any one or more sections, sentences,
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1 clauses or phrases be declared invalid, or unconstitutional.
2 SECTION 8. Ordinance No. 2826 is hereby repealed.
3 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was duly
4 adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San Ber-
S nardino at a t~,~~t/ meeting thereof, held
6 on the ~ day of~~ ~ 1973, by the following
7 vote, to wit:
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14 The foregoing ordinance is hereby approved his
15 day of f
lt-~_ , 1973.
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