Ordinance 451
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Q R D 1. ~ ~ !! Q. ~ -1! 0.. 451
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISEING A RECREATION DEPARTMENT FOR THE CITY OF GILROY,
UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF A RECREATION COl\1MISSION CONSISTING OF FIVE (5)
MEMBERS: PRESCRIBING THE MANNER OF APPOINTMENT OF THE MEMBERS..
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GILROY AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That a Recreation Department under the management of a Re-
creation Commission consisting of five (5) members, not more than four (4)
of whom shall be of the same sex, is hereby established for the City of
Gilroy.
SECTION 2. All members of the Recreation Commission shall serve with-
out compensation. Four (4) of the members thereof shall be appointed by the
Mayor of the City of Gilroy and one of the members thereof shall be appointed
by the Mayor of the City of Gilroy on the nomination of the School Board of
the Gilroy Union High School District.
The Chairman of the Gilroy City Planning Commission 'lYld one member of the
Common Council shall be appointed to serve as ex-office members. Memeers of
the Commission shall serve for a term of four (4) years or until their suc-
cessors are appointed. Members of the Commission t~st appointed shall de-
termine their respective terms of office by lot so that one member thereof
shall serve for a term of two (2) years; two members thereof for a term of
three (3) years; two members thereof for a term of four (4) years. All
vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired terms of the member whose office
is vacant in the same manner as such member received original appointment.
SECTION 3. The Officers of the Recreation Commission shall be a Chairman,
a Vice-Chairman, and a Secretary. Their duties shall respectively be such
as are usually carried out by such officers.
Officers shall hold office for
one (1) year or until their successors are elected. The Commission shall by
vote set a time for regular meetings which shall be held at least once each
month and shall determine the manner in which special meetings may be held
and the notice given.
A majority shall constitute a. quorum. for the trans-
action of business.
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SECTION 4. The Recreation Co~mission shall have power and authority
to manage and conduct recreation centers and recreational activities on
such grounds or in such buildings as may be placed under their jurisdiction
or made available to them including the use of school facilities.
They
shall have power to conduct children's playgrounds, indoor and outdoor re-
creational activities, and in general to do any and all things necessary or
proper for the establishment ~nd development of a well-rounded recreajion
program. They shall have the power to appoint a general manager who shall
be known as the Superintendent of the Recreation Department and such other
employees as may be deemed necessary. They shall have the power to purchase
such supplies and apparatus as may in the judgment of the 0ommission be
necessary or proper for carrying on their recreational activities. They
shall be authorized to prepare and recommend a budget for recreation to the
Common Council.
SECTION 5. The Recreation Commission may accept all moneys appropriated
for the purpose by the CODMon Council of Gilroy or the Board of Education,
The Gilroy Union High School District and the Gilroy Elementary School Dist-
rictl or from any other public body, and all donations, legacies or bequests
from any other source.
All such moneys shall be depostted in the Treasury
of the City of Gilroy in the Recreation Fund, and shall only be paid out
after approval by the Commission at a regular or special meeting on warrants
drawn against said fund and signed by the City Clerk of the City of Gilroy.
SECTION 6. That because this ordinance vitally affects the health and
safety of the citizens of this City, particularly the children who now in
many instances are forced to play upon the streets, thereby, endangering
their lives, this ordinance is hereby declared to be urgent and necessary
and shall be in full force from and after the date of its final adoption.
~CTION 7. This ordinance is hereby ordered to be typewritten and
published by posting (with ayes and noes) for two days in three public
places within the City.
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ADOPTED AND PASSED this 3rd
day of'
Fe bruary
,A.D.
1947, by the following votes.
Councilmen: George A.Martin,George M.Mason,Nat Heiner,
J.H.Wentworth,Ray L.Stevens,James B.Thomas
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
Councilmen: None
Councilmen: None
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