ORDINANCE NO. 1145

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 3 OF CHAPTER 9 OF THE 195 COMPILED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO, PROVIDING FOR AN ALTERATION IN THE MANNER OF THE APPORTIONMENT OF THE RECREATION BOARD.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO:

That Section 3 of Chapter 9 of the 1953 Compiled Ordinances of the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, be amended to read as follows:

SECTION 3. The City Council shall appoint a Recreation Board consisting of seven members to serve as an advisory board to the City Council and a policy-setting board for the Recreation Department.

a. The President of the City Council shall appoint persons who are citizens of grand Junction with regard for their fitness for their prescribed duties. No more than one member of the Board shall be a member of the City Council. The City Manager shall be ex-officio, but not a voting member, of the Board.

b. The first appointment of each board shall be for the following terms:

Two members to be appointed for one year;

Two members to be appointed for two years;

Two members to be appointed for three years.

Thereafter two new members shall be appointed annually for three year terms. The seventh member of the said Board shall be a representative of the City Council. Vacancies on the Board shall be filled by the President of the City Council with the approval of the Council. No member of said board shall receive any compensation as such, and any member may be removed by a majority vote of the Board for misconduct or neglect of duty. Unexpired terms shall also be filled by the President of the City Council with the approval of the Council.

PASSED AND ADOPTED this 3rd day of January, 1962.

/s/ Charles E. McCormick

President of the City Council

ATTEST:

/s/ Helen C. Tomlinson

City Clerk

I HEREBY CERTIFIED that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance No. 1145, was introduced, read and ordered published by the City Council of the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, at a regular meeting of said body held on the 20th day of December, 1961, and that the same was published in The Daily Sentinel, a newspaper published and in general circulation in said City at least ten days before its final passage.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City, this 4th day of January, 1962.

/s/ Helen C. Tomlinson

City Clerk

1st Pub 12-24-61

Final 1-6-62