Sec. 129. - Powers and duties of the commission.

The commission shall have the power and it shall be its duty to equip, operate, direct and maintain all the existing recreational facilities and park facilities, including such portions or reservoirs and rivers designated by ordinance of council as a park of the city, and from time to time, to acquire, improve and construct additional facilities; to appoint or employ a director of recreation and parks, which position is hereby created in the unclassified service of the city, and such other assistants as may be provided by council, at salaries or such compensation as may be fixed by council.

The recreation and parks commission may receive donations and bequests, of money or property, in trust or otherwise, for recreational and park purposes. The treasurer of the commission (the city treasurer) shall be the custodian of all such trust funds which may be received by gift, devise, in trust, or otherwise, and all funds acquired for or by reason of the operation and extension of the recreational and park facilities of the city. Said treasurer shall carefully preserve, control and invest the said trust funds as required by the deeds of trust, and shall disburse the income from the same as shall be directed by said commission in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions of said deeds of trust. Disbursements from all other funds in the custody of said treasurer, including funds appropriated by city council for the operation and extension of the recreational and park facilities of the city, shall be made only as the commission shall direct.

(Adopted 11-7-72; renumbered 11-3-98.)