2.16.060 Commission--Powers and duties.
Powers and duties of the commission shall be:
A. To establish an adequate system of parks, playgrounds, bathing facilities and any other recreation centers which it deems advisable, to equip and maintain them, and to provide adequate compensated personnel required to do so properly;
B. The commission may use for recreation purposes any public lands or buildings, or both, or school board property with consent first had from the proper authorities;
C. To acquire by gift, purchase or condemnation such real and personal property as in its judgment is deemed necessary to effect the desired objectives;
D. To employ at such times and for such periods, or on a full-time basis, as may seem necessary to the commission, a general manager or superintendent, who shall receive a monthly compensation to be fixed and determined by the commission with the knowledge and consent of the city council. The duties of such general manager or superintendent, subject to the control of the commission, shall be as follows:
1. To administer the affairs of the department as its chief administrative officer,
2. To appoint, discharge, suspend or transfer the employees of the department, other than the secretary of the department, and to issue instructions to said employees, other than the secretary,
3. To recommend to the commission prior to the beginning of each fiscal year an annual departmental budget covering the anticipated revenues and expenditures of the department, which in turn shall be submitted to the governing body of the city,
4. To exercise such other powers as may be conferred upon him by the commission;
E. To employ a secretary for the department on a full-time or part-time basis, as the commission may deem advantageous. It shall be the duty of such a secretary to keep complete reports on all meetings of the commission and perform such other duties as are delegated by the commission. The compensation of such secretary shall be fixed and determined by the commission with the knowledge and consent of the city council;
F. In general, to enter into any contracts and to do any and all things necessary and proper for the establishment, development and maintenance of a well-rounded park, recreation and playground program, but not until after such contract and such proposed work or act has been first submitted to the city council for its consideration and approval. (Ord. 18 §5, 1946).