City Council Ordinance 664ORDINANCE 664
ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 2, CHAPTER 6 OF THE
CITY CODE TITLED PARKS COMMISSION
CHAPTER 6
PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION
SECTION:
2-6-1:
Name of Commission
2-6-2:
Authorization
2-6-3:
Membership
2-6-4:
Term of Office
2-6-5:
Attendance
2-6-6:
Vacancy
2-6-7:
Officers
2-6-8:
Meetings
2-6-9:
Quorum
2-6-10:
Duties of the Commission
2-6-11:
Amendments
2-6-1: PURPOSE: A Parks and Recreation Commission is herebv established to serve as
an advisory commission to the Citv Council. NA E -OF THE 0D WT&STON: The
name of th o ganizsat�on ohall bo the Monti o parks-Gommiie�r
22-6 AUTLTO IZ " TIOr1: The authorization for- the establishmen4 of thi Sion is set,
f6ft' ' r Minnesota Statu+�eon 118.56. DtA es afe delegated to *�, a Parka;j 1
Commission by the City !''.,, nei .f Mo �,n�ro �, this or -di Iu n.e dN.te ��bruaryTr;
er. purouant to Minnesota StatC tes, Seed on -449
2-6-2: MEMBERSHIP: The Monticello Parks and Recreation Commission shall consist of
Tyc� seven (7) regular members to be appointed by the City Council of Monticello.
five (5)
\c-ommission shall consist of no more than one member who is not a resident of the
city. Any non-resident appointed to the commission must reside in the Orderly
Annexation Area.
2-6-3: TERM OF OFFICE: The term of the regular members shall be for three (3) years and
shall be staggered so that no more than two members' terms expire in a given year. All
regular terms shall expire at the first City Council meeting of the new calendar year.
2-6-4: ATTENDANCE: It is the City Council's intention to encourage members to attend all
Parks and Recreation Commission meetings. Should members be absent for more than
three meetings in a calendar year, that member be subject to replacement by the City
Council.
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2-6-5: VACANCY: Any vacancy in the regular or at large membership shall be filled by the
City Council, and such appointee shall serve for the unexpired tenn so filled.
2-6-6: OFFICERS:
(A) Elections. The City Parks and Recreation Commission shall elect at its January
meeting from its membership a chair, vice chair, and a secretary who shall serve
for a tern of one year and shall have such powers as may be prescribed in the
rules of said commission.
(B) Duties of Chair. The chair shall preside at all meetings of the Parks and
Recreation Commission and shall have the duties normally conferred and
parliamentary usage of such officers.
(C) Duties of Vice Chair. The vice chair shall act for the chair in his absence.
(D) Duties of Secretary. A secretary may be appointed who is not a member of the
Parks and Recreation Commission but can be employed as a member of city
staff. The secretary shall keep the minutes and records of the commission; and
with the assistance of staff as is available shall prepare the agenda of the regular
and special meetings for commission members, arrange proper and legal notice
of hearings when necessary, attend to correspondence of the commission, and
other duties as are normally carried out by a secretary.
2-6-7: MEETINGS: Regular meetings shall be held on a date established by the Parks and
Recreation Commission. In the event of a conflict with a holiday or special events, a
majority at any meeting may change the date and location of the meeting. The meeting
shall be open to the general public.
2-6-8: QUORUM: A majority of the total Parks and Recreation Commission members shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
2-6-9: DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION: It shall be the duty of the commission, with staff
assistance, to study and provide information to determine the city's needs for parks
facilities and open space needs of the Citv along with recommendations for
recreation activities and programming and
open
pe spaee needs$fthy and make
recommendations to the City Council i:espeet thefeo including general and specific
development standards and criteria for evaluating specific sites.
2-6-10: AMENDMENTS: This ordinance may be amended as recommend by the majority vote
of the existing membership of the Parks and Recreation Commission and only after
majority vote of the City Council.
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ADOPTED AND APPROVED FOR PUBLICATIONby the City Council of the City of Monticello,
Minnesota, this I0t' day of April, 2017.
CITY OF MONTICELLO
Brian Stumpf, Mayor
ATTEST:
Jeff 0/1& City Administrator
VOTING IN FAVOR: Davidson,Fair, Gabler, Hilgart, and Stumpf
VOTING IN OPPOSITION: None.
(#203, 2/11/91)(#664, 4/10/17)
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