19-2856. Manager of parks; appointment; powers and duties; compensation of manager and employees.
19-2856
19-2856. Manager of parks; appointment; powers and duties;
compensation of manager and employees.
The county board of park commissioners shall appoint a manager of parks,
who shall be the executive officer of the board. He shall manage,
superintend and control all parks, parkways and recreational areas, county
lakes, roads and park drives, including all buildings, grounds and other
structures located within such county parks and recreational areas. He
shall establish and negotiate all contracts, leases and concessions, which
contracts, leases and concessions must be approved by the county board of
park commissioners. The manager shall, by and with the consent of the
county board of park commissioners, employ such personnel as is necessary
for the efficient management of the office, the parks, parkways and
recreational areas, county lakes, roads and park drives, including all
buildings, grounds and other structures located within such county parks
and recreational areas that are under his jurisdiction. The county board of
park commissioners shall establish the rates of compensation for the
manager and other employees. Compensation of all employees shall be paid
monthly out of the park funds. The manager shall furnish a good and
sufficient bond in the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars to the
treasurer of the county for the faithful performance of his duties. Said
manager shall make an annual report to the county board of park
commissioners and the board of county commissioners of the park
commission's proceedings, including a detailed statement of its
expenditures, showing the financial conditions of all affairs under its
control, which report shall be sworn to before a notary public.
History: L. 1945, ch. 177, § 4; June 28.