§4569.1. Board of commissioners; appointment; terms; vacancies; officers; compensation; personnel

A. The control and management of the affairs of the Iberville Parish Parks and Recreation District shall be vested in a board of commissioners that is hereby created. The commission shall consist of eleven members charged with administering all parks and recreation activities, to be composed as follows:

(1) Seven citizen members appointed by the parish governing authority in such manner as to provide geographical representation on the commission from all areas of the parish. The parish governing authority shall specify by resolution the geographic areas from which the seven members are appointed. However, no citizen member shall be an elected official.

(2)(a) Four ex officio members to serve as advisers to the commission as follows:

(i) One school board member appointed by the parish school board.

(ii) Two members of the parish governing authority appointed by the governing authority.

(iii) The Iberville Parish county agent.

(b) The four ex officio members shall be nonvoting members of the commission.

(c) The Iberville Parish county agent may be represented at any meeting by his designee who shall have all powers of an ex officio member at such meeting.

B.(1) The seven citizen members shall serve initial terms as determined by the governing authority as follows:

(a) Four for three years, and

(b) Three for two years.

They shall serve until their successors have been appointed and qualified. Thereafter, the terms of the successors of any such members shall be for three years.

(2) The four ex officio members shall serve as follows:

(a) The two members of the parish governing authority shall serve at the discretion of the governing authority.

(b) The school board member shall serve until the expiration of the term to which he was elected; and

(c) The county agent shall serve during the period he serves as county agent.

C. All vacancies occurring in the membership of the commission shall be filled in the manner of the original appointment. In the event any citizen member is elected to any public office or removes his residence from the geographic area from which he was appointed, his membership shall be immediately vacated and his successor shall be immediately appointed.

D.(1) The commission shall prescribe rules fixing its meetings and procedure and may elect such officers as may be needed, including a chairman, from among its membership. A majority of the citizen membership of the commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Members of the commission shall serve without compensation or reimbursement of expenses incurred, except that the citizen members may receive a per diem of twenty-five dollars per meeting for each meeting in attendance not to exceed eighteen meetings per year to be paid from the funds of the district.

(2) The commission may appoint, employ, and fix the salary of a full-time director of parks and recreation who shall have such duties and responsibilities as may be determined by the commission, and may also employ and fix the salaries, duties, and responsibilities of an assistant director and such additional staff as necessary to operate park and recreational facilities and programs.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 557, §1; Acts 1999, No. 876, §1.