An
Ordinance to Amend
Title 12
Of the Code of Emmitsburg
Entitled
Streets, Sidewalks and Public Places
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Be it Enacted and Ordained by the Board of
Commissioners of the Town of Emmitsburg, Maryland that
Chapter 12.20.020 of the Emmitsburg Municipal Code be,
and it hereby is, amended as follows:
The amended section of this regulation reads as follows
with new language designated by being in BOLD CAPITAL
LETTERS, and language being deleted designated by
being stricken through.
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12.20.020 - Parks and recreation committee—Composition,
duties, meetings.
A. The parks and recreation committee shall not exceed
eight TEN (10) members and one
board of commissioners' representative who shall be a
voting member. One member may reside outside of the town
limits. The members of the committee shall be appointed
by the mayor with the consent of the board of
commissioners. Members of the committee shall be
appointed for a period of two years, and shall serve
without compensation.
B. The committee shall organize at the first regularly
scheduled meeting after January 1st of each year and
elect a chairperson, vice-chairperson, and secretary.
C. The chairperson, or in his/her absence, the
vice-chairperson or secretary, shall preside at all
meetings of the committee. The presiding officer shall
decide on all points of order or procedure, subject to
the regulations set forth in this chapter, unless
otherwise directed by a majority of the committee
members present.
D. Regular meetings shall be held at seven-thirty p.m.
on the third Tuesday of February, May, August and
November. Notice of the meeting shall be posted on the
town cable channel, at the town office and other
appropriate media outlets,
E. Special meetings may be called by the chairperson or
in his/her absence the vice-chairperson. Notice of such
meetings shall be given to each member by mail or
telephone at least forty-eight (48) hours or more before
the meeting. Special or additional meetings will in no
way substitute for or replace a regular meeting as
herein required.
F. It shall be the duty of each member to attend all
meetings. Should any member be absent from one-half or
more of all meetings held during the year, the committee
shall recommend to the mayor and the board of
commissioners that the member's resignation be
requested, unless determined by vote of a majority of
committee members that there is a sufficient excuse for
nonattendance.
G. A quorum shall consist of a majority of the existing
filled seats membership.
H. G. It shall be the duty of the
secretary, assisted by the committee's staff, to keep a
true and accurate record of all proceedings at all
meetings. Minutes from each meeting shall be typed and
placed in a record book. The secretary or presiding
officer at the meeting shall sign the minute book,
resolutions, and other official documents, as adopted or
approved.
(Ord. 07-09: Ord. 05-07: Ord. 04-13: Ord. 03-19: Ord.
02-17: Ord. 01-20; Ord. 97-02; Ord. 96-10; Ord. 93-10 §
1 (§ 1.03): prior code Art. II § 16 (1.03))
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