HomeMy WebLinkAboutA002 - Memo, Amendment of Chapter 25, Parks and Recreation OFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO J. R. CastD.L-_r , City :tanager. DATE December 9 , 1969
FROM James F. Bishop . City Attorney
SUBJECT Amendment of Chanter 1,`25 of the Munir_ina-1 Code_-Part , and Recreation
Pursuant_ to your request I have revised Chapter 7#25 of the
Municipal_ Code to make it compatible with the present practices and
with the proposed organization of the office of the Director of
Parks and Recreation under the terms of the suggested contract or
agreement between the Park Board and the Recreation Commission.
I notice that the Iowa Code provided for a Board of Park
Commissioners , therefore , I have changed the Code of our City of
Ames to provide for a Park Board.
The practice here in Ames has been for the Park Board to
submit a budget to the City . Therefore, I have changed the Code
to eliminate the provision or power given. to the Board by the
' State Code to levy a tax for the support of a Part: System. Similarly,
I understand that the Park Board has not made a practice of purchasing
land in its own name . Therefore , I have eliminated this authorization
from the Code .
I have also eliminated the reference to the City Treasurer
and have provided that funds will be paid into and disbursed from
the Finance Department . In this connection I have also provided
for the submission of an annual budget .
In Article III--Recreation Commission, I have made several
changes . The first of these changes is to reduce the size of the
recreation Commission to an ultiT-iate strcn4:th of five (5) members .
The reduction to be accomplished by attrition and to be accomplished
by April 1 , 1971 .
Again I have deleted reference to the City Treasurer and
have provided that all funds will be paid in to the Director of
Finance and that all disbursements will be made from that department,
I have also provided for an annual budget to be submitted to the
City Manager .
Respectfully submitted ,
Jar,ies F. bishop
City Attorney
JFE : sac
CC : Louise Whitco;ae , City Clerk