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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED <br /> ORDINANCE NO. 2015 - 48 <br /> BY: Mayor Kennedy <br /> AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE SUBMISSION OF AN <br /> AMENDMENT TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF NORTH <br /> OLMSTED TO ARTICLE VII, SECTION 3 OF THE CHARTER <br /> OF THE CITY OFNORTH OLMSTED FOR THE PURPOSE OF <br /> ELIMINATING THE PARKS AND RECREATION <br /> COMMISSION,AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. <br /> WHEREAS, the City Charter in 1971 created the Parks and Recreation Commission; and <br /> WHEREAS,the six(6)members of the Parks and Recreation Commission are tasked in the <br /> City Charter with duties that include, but are not limited to, the following: <br /> (a) Developing and approving all recreation programs under the control of the City of North <br /> Olmsted; and <br /> (b) Preparing and recommending to Council all budgets for the Division of Parks and <br /> Recreation; and <br /> (c) Approving, for implementation, all City park maintenance, capital improvements and <br /> development projects within the budgets approved by Council; and <br /> (d) Establishing employment policy for the Division of Parks and Recreation; and <br /> WHEREAS, the duties originally tasked to the Parks and Recreation Commission are, in <br /> 2015, more reasonably undertaken by the professional, full-time, staff of the City as opposed to <br /> resident volunteers of the Parks and Recreation Commission. This includes: (1) The Recreation <br /> Commissioner (undertaking section (a) above); (2) the Director of Finance and Recreation <br /> Commissioner (see section (b) above); (3) the City Council and Director of Public Service (see <br /> section (c) above); and (4)the Director of Human Resources (see section(d) above); and <br /> WHEREAS, it is the desire of this Council to submit to the voters of the City of North <br /> Olmsted a proposal to amend Article VII,Section 3 of the Charter of the City of North Olmsted so as <br /> to eliminate the Parks and Recreation Commission; and <br /> WHEREAS, this proposal was reviewed and recommended by the Charter Review <br /> Commission in accordance with Article XIV,Section(b)(1)of the City Charter,and the Commission <br /> on the 6th day of May, 2015, filed a written report with the Clerk of Council in which the <br />