§ 152-4. Duties and responsibilities.

The following duties and responsibilities are hereby established:

A. 

Town Parks and Recreation Committee. There is hereby established a seven-member plus one youth member Parks and Recreation Committee, whose membership, duties and responsibilities shall be to:

(1) 

Advise the Town Board on parkland and recreational needs;

(2) 

Advise the Town Director of Parks and Recreation on the need for park building repairs and/or construction, the creation of new recreational facilities and equipment and make recommendations for capital budgets;

(3) 

Monitor implementation of the adopted Town of Canandaigua Parks and Recreation Master Plan, including annual reporting thereon to the Town Board;

(4) 

Prepare and submit an annual report on park and recreation services to the Town Board; and

(5) 

Prepare and submit to the Town Board, from time to time, proposed amendments to adopted park rules and regulations.

B. 

Town Parks and Recreation Committee ex officio members. The Town Director of Parks and Recreation is hereby appointed by the Town Board to serve on the Committee as a nonvoting ex officio member.

C. 

Town Parks and Recreation Committee members' term. The Committee members' terms shall be for a period of seven years, except that the members of such Committee first appointed shall be appointed for terms such that the term of one member shall expire annually thereafter, on the 31st day of December. Vacancies on such Committee which may occur other than by expiration of term shall be filled by the Town Board and shall be for the remaining (unexpired) term only. All such vacancies shall be advertised in the Town's official newspaper. The youth member's term shall automatically expire when reaching the age of 19. The youth member can be appointed by the Town Board at age 14. The Town Board shall, at its annual organizational meeting, appoint a new member and a Chairperson for the Committee.