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ORDINANCE NO. `? 1 `I
AN ORDINANCE TO CREATE A PARK COMMISSION FOR
WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS; TO PRESCRIBE THEIR POWERS
AND DUTIES; REPEAL ORDINANCE NO. 134, PASSED ON
MAY 6, 1947; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS,
ARKANSAS:
Section 1: Ordinance No. 134, passed on May 6, 1947,
is hereby repealed.
Section 2: There is hereby created a Park Commission
consisting of five (5) members appointed by the Mayor with the consent
of the City Council for a five (5) year term.
Section 3: The members of the Park Commission shall be
appointed for terms of one, two, three, four and five years; provided,
however, the members appointed hereafter shall be appointed for a
period of five years by the Mayor with the consent of a majority vote
of the City Council. In addition to the members of the Park Commission
hereinabove provided, the Mayor, with the consent of a majority of
the City Council, shall appoint a person to be Superintendent of the
parks within the City. Such Superintendent shall receive such compen-
sation as shall be approved in the annual budget and shall be appointed
for a one (1) year term. Such Superintendent shall be an ex-officio
member of the Park Commission.
Section 4: The Park Commission shall elect one of its
number Chairman and one as Secretary. The Commission shall keep a
correct record of its proceedings and shall meet at such times as it
may determine.
Section 5: The Park Commission shall have control,
superintendence and charge of all public park .., heretofore or
hereafter acquired by purchase, or devised and bequeathed to the City
for park purposes, and shall direct the ornamenting, adorning, laying
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out and improving of the grounds of said parks, and for that purpose
may employ such workmen and purchase or contract for material as
they may deem necessary; provided that in no case shall the amount
paid for the workmen or to be paid for such purchase or contracts
exceed the amount of money appropriated for this purpose. All
receipts on account of the city parks, whether arising from rentals,
donation, sale or any part thereof, or of any lands so willed and
devised by any person or firm to said City, shall be exclusively
expended and applied under the direction and control of the Park
Commission, subject to approval of the City Council.
Section 6: The Park Commission shall adopt such rules
and regulations as they deem necessary for the proper management of
said parks. The Park Commission shall submit an annual audit of its
operation to the Mayor and City Council. The annual report shall
contain a full report on the operations, including an accounting of
Funds appropriated for city parks, to the Mayor and City Council
and furnish such other reports, data and information as may be
requested by the Mayor and City Council.
Section 7: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
PASSED this 2nd day of February 1967.
MAYOR
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