19-2856. Manager of parks; appointment; powers and duties; compensation of manager and employees. The county board of park commissioners shall appoint a manager of parks, who shall be the executive officer of the board. He shall manage, superintend and control all parks, parkways and recreational areas, county lakes, roads and park drives, including all buildings, grounds and other structures located within such county parks and recreational areas. He shall establish and negotiate all contracts, leases and concessions, which contracts, leases and concessions must be approved by the county board of park commissioners. The manager shall, by and with the consent of the county board of park commissioners, employ such personnel as is necessary for the efficient management of the office, the parks, parkways and recreational areas, county lakes, roads and park drives, including all buildings, grounds and other structures located within such county parks and recreational areas that are under his jurisdiction. The county board of park commissioners shall establish the rates of compensation for the manager and other employees. Compensation of all employees shall be paid monthly out of the park funds. The manager shall furnish a good and sufficient bond in the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars to the treasurer of the county for the faithful performance of his duties. Said manager shall make an annual report to the county board of park commissioners and the board of county commissioners of the park commission's proceedings, including a detailed statement of its expenditures, showing the financial conditions of all affairs under its control, which report shall be sworn to before a notary public.

History: L. 1945, ch. 177, § 4; June 28.