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AN ORDINANCE CREATING AND PROVIDING FOR THE OPERATION AND CONTROL OF THE JONESBORO PARKS COMMISSION
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BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, to-wit:
Section 1: There is hereby established and created a City Commission to be known as the Jonesboro Parks Commission to consist of five members to be appointed by the mayor and approved by the City Council, and shall hold office for a term of five years, provided however, that those commissioners first appointed and confirmed after the passage of this Ordinance shall serve for terms of one, two, three, four, and five years each to be designated by the mayor and City Council, and thereafter, upon the expiration of their respective terms, commissioners appointed by the mayor and approved by the majority vote of the City Council shall each be appointed for a term of five (5) years. In the event of a vacancy occurring on the commission, it shall be filled by appointment by the mayor, subject to the approval of a majority vote of the duly elected and qualified members of the City Council. Each commissioner shall file the oath required by law in the State of Arkansas of public officials.
The commission shall each year elect one of its members as chairman and he shall not be eligible to succeed himself and such other officers as may be deemed proper and necessary, and shall establish such rules and by laws as it deems necessary for its guidance.
The commission shall meet regularly each month or at a special meeting on the request of its chairman and any three of its members. Said meeting shall be attended by the Parks Committee of the City Council.
Any commissioner may be removed for cause upon a vote of 2/3 of the duly elected and qualified members of the Council. Three consecutive absences from said meetings shall be prima facie cause for removal.
Section 2: The commission shall operate the Jonesboro Recreation Program, all park facilities including Craighead County Forest exce...
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