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HomeMy WebLinkAbout199_Park Board_Amending & Supplementing Ord 181(park board - amending and supplementing ordinance number 81) ORDINANCE NO. 199 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS OF OWASSO, OKLAHOMA: AMENDING THE PROCEDURE THEREOF RELATING TO (1) OFFICERS - POWERS AND DUTIES - PAYMENT OF EXPENSES - RULES AND REGULATIONS - RECORDS, REPORTS AND ACCOUNTS - OFFICE - EMPLOYEES, (2) PREPARATION OF ANNUAL BUDGET AND SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS, (3) PROJECT EXPEND- ITURES, PRIOR APPROVAL, WHEN REQUIRED, (4) BOARD MAY REFUSE GIFT OF LAND, (5) BOARD MAY PURCHASE OR CONDEMN LANDS, AND (6) PLANS MUST BE EXAMINED BY CITY MANAGER, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OWASSO, OKLAHOMA; SECTION 1. This ordinance shall amend and supplement Ordinance No. 181 heretofore enacted, and shall govern the organization and opera- tion of the Board of Park Commissioners of Owasso, Oklahoma, as implemented by said Ordinance passed on the 5th day of August, 1975, and still in effect as of this date, and filed in accordance with law, as authorized by Title 11, Oklahoma Statutes, Sections 1110, et seq. to the extent of conflict between any provisions of this ordinance of this City, provisions of this Ordinance shall control. This ordinance shall be operative on and after the 7th day of December , 19Z. SECTION 2. That Section 3 of Ordinance No. 181, which provides: "SECTION 3. OFFICERS-POWERS AND DUTIES-PAYMENT OF EXPENSES-RULES AND REGULATIONS-RECORDS, REPORTS AND ACCOUNTS-OFFICE-EMPLOYEES The said board shall, when so appointed, choose one of their number to be president of the board, and another as vice-president; and the said board shall elect a secretary, who, in the discretion of the board, may be one of their number, and thereafter such officer shall be said board of park commissioners shall have full and exclusive power to make rules and by-laws for the orderly transaction of their business. The board shall keep an accurate record and books of account, and shall annually transmit to the City Council a full and detailed report and statement of all its acts and doings, together with a complete and itemized account of all receipts and disbursements. The books of accounts and records of the board shall at all times be open to the inspection of the City Council and be subject to annual audit by the proper municipal officer or agent. It shall be the duty of the City Council to provide a suitable and convenient office, in some public building, for the use of the board of park commissioners with proper vault or safe for the protection of their books and papers. The board shall prescribe and define the respective duties, powers and authority of all Park Department personnel and shall fix and regulate the comp- ensation to be paid to the several persons so employed, but in no case shall the board expend for any purpose more than the sum appropriated for park purposes." Be repealed and the following revision of said Section shall be enacted in lieu thereof: SECTION 3. OFFICERS-POWERS AND DUTIES-PAYMENT OF EXPENSES-RULES AND REGULATIONS-RECORDS, REPORTS AND ACCOUNTS-OFFICE-EMPLOYEES The said board shall, when so appointed, choose one of their number to be president of the board, and another as vice-president; and the said board shall elect a secretary, who, in the discretion of the board, may be one of their number, and thereafter such officer shall be chosen on the first Tuesday of July in each year. The Secretary shall • to make rules and by-laws for the orderly transaction of their business only on the approval of the City Council and City Manager. The board shall keep an accurate record and statement of all its acts and doings, together with a complete and itemized account of all re- ceipts and disbursements. The books of accounts and records of the board shall at all times be open to the inspection of the City Council and City Manager and be subject to annual audit by the proper municipal officer or agent. It shall be the duty of the City Council to provide a suitable and convenient office, in some public building, for the use of the board of park commissioners with proper vault or safe for the protection of their books and papers. The board shall prescribe and define the respective duties, powers and authority of all Park Departmeni Personnel and shall fix and regulate the compensation to be paid to the several persons so employed, but in no case shall the board expend for any purpose more than the sum appropriated for park purposes and first must be approved by the City Manager. SECTION 3. That Section 5 of Ordinance No. 181, which provides: "SECTION 5. PREPARATION OF ANNUAL BUDGET AND SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION The board, together with the Park Superintendent, shall be responsible for preparing and submitting the annual budget for the Park Department and/or any request for supplemental appropriations." Be repealed and the following revision of said Section shall be enacted in lieu thereof: SECTION 5. PREPARATION OF ANNUAL BUDGET AND SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS The board, together with the Park Superintendent, shall be ~- - ® o No budgeted project or capital improvement may be commenced by the board without prior review and approval of the City Council if the aggregate sum required for such project or capital improvement exceeds $2,000.00. Such projects and capital expenditures shall be reviewed and approved independently of the budget as a whole." Be repealed and the following revision of said Section shall be enacted in lieu thereof: SECTION 6. PROJECT EXPENDITURES, PRIOR APPROVAL, REQUIRED WHEN No budgeted project or capital improvement may be commenced by the board without prior review and approval of the City Council if the aggregate sum required for such project or capital improvement exceeds $2,000.00. Such projects and capital expenditures shall be reviewed and approved independently of the budget as a whole. All spending of City funds through the Parks and Recreation Budget must be approved by the City Manager before an item or items are purchased by the Park Superintendent by the City Council and City Manager. SECTION 5. That Section 12 of Ordinance No. 181, which provides: "SECTION 12. BOARD MAY REFUSE GIFT OF LAND The board shall not be compelled to accept any gift or offer of ]and which, in its judgment, is unsuitable for park purposes, or the improvement of which would entail an injudicious outlay." Be repealed and the following revision of said Section shall be enacted in lieu thereof: SECTION 12. BOARD MAY REFUSE GIFT OF LAND o 0 SECTION 6. That Section 14 of Ordinance No. 181, which provides: "SECTION 14. BOARD MAY PURCHASE OR CONDEMN LANDS The park commissioners shall have the power to take, by purchase or condemnation, all necessary lands for park or parkway purposes, and if the said park commission cannot, for any cause, agree with the owner or owners of any such land the same may be condemned in the name of the board of park commissioners in the same manner provided by the laws of the State of Oklahoma for the condemnation of lands for railway purposes, and the laws of the State of Oklahoma relating to the condemnation of lands for railway purposes are hereby made applicable for the condemnation of lands for park purposes by any such city." Be repealed and the following revision of said Section shall be enacted in lieu thereof: SECTION 14. BOARD MAY RECOMMEND PURCHASE OR CONDEMN LANDS TO CITY COUNCI: The park commissione rs shall have the power to recommend the City Council to take, by purchase or condemnation, all necessary lands for park or parkway purposes, and if the said park commission cannot, for any cause, agree with the owner or owners of any such la nd the same may be condemned in the name of the board of park commissioners in the manner provided by the laws of the State of Oklahoma for the condemna- tion of lands for railway purposes, and the laws of the State of Okla- homa relating to the condemnation of lands for railway purposes are hereby made applicable for the condemnation of lands for park purposes by any such city. statement of advice be placed upon the records of the board of park commissioners, before the plans can be adopted or their execution begun." Be repealed and the following revision of said Section shall be enacted in lieu thereof: SECTION 15. PLANS MUST BE EXAMINED BY CITY ENGINEER All plans for new work or changes in the parks, parking, etc., of said city, shall be examined by the City Engineer and his report and statement of advice be placed upon the records of the board of park commissioners, before the plans can be adopted or their execution begun and must meet the approval of the City Council. SECTION 8. It being immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, by reason whereof this Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval. PASSED and the Emergency Clause ruled on separately this 7th day of December 197 6 Mayor (SEAL) ATTEST: City Cler ~` APPROVED: ~- City Attorney STATE OF OKLAHOMA, TULSA COUNTY, Bill R. Retherford, of!awful age, sworn and authorized, says that he is the a newspaper H1 the of ... ., Tulsa Oklahoma, a newspaper to notices, advertisements and as in Section 106 of Title 25, Oklahoma Statutes 1971 as amended, and with all other of the laws of Oklahoma with reference to ,ll i(l!1s, That said notice, a true copy of which is attached hereto, was in the edition of said news- pa per the and not Ii1 a on the follo dates Subscribed and sworn to before me this '" ,da of Public commission PUBLISHER'S FEE $ 'i&m..,Il.