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RECREATION COMMISSION
MAYOR'S APPOINTMENT - 5 YEAR TERM
(the end of year is end of term - 12/31)
DAVID BARNISH 973-398-1306 (2013)
115 Durban Avenue, Hopatcong, N.J. 07843
dbarnish@kop-coat.com
WILLA SCANTLEBURY PHONE # (973) 770-2144
227 Hudson Ave, Hopatcong, N.J. 07843
surfbandit@aol.com (2012)
JOAN REILLY RD #1 - 8 Shears Rd., Stanhope 07874 - 973-398-1292
(2014)
DANETTE SWANSON 16 Indian
Trail, Andover, N,J. 07821 - 973-398-2789
netnet3@optonline.net (2011)
DON BOGARDUS - 113 Marne Rd., 973-601-3472
dfbjr79@yahoo.com (2013)
RECREATION COORDINATOR
SUE PARACHUK
973-770-2701
RECREATION COUNCIL LIAISON
John Young - 973-770-1200
Meets 2nd Tuesday each month at 8:00 pm in Municipal
Building
The
Recreation Commission consists of seven members appointed by the Mayor. Each member
serves a five-year term. The Board elects a Chairperson, a Vice Chairperson, Secretary,
and Treasurer. A Councilperson acts as a liaison to the Commission. A Recreation
Aide/Scheduler assists with the implementation and planning of activities, maintenance
and improvements. In addition, the Borough provides a Public Works employee for
Recreation/Parks work. The Commission has several sub committees such as Summer
Recreation Committee, Fields Committee, and Finance Committee. The Recreation
Commission was created in December 1969 by Borough ordinance (See Article One
of Chapter 5 "Board of Recreation Commissioners" of the Code Of the
Borough of Hopatcong,) pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:12-1 et seq. with the first commissioners
being appointed in 1970. The Recreation Commission is the central agency for all
recreational organizations in the Borough and coordinates the fields and parks
for their uses. The Recreation Commission is charged with providing activities
for all residents in the Borough. The
Commission has such powers and can receive such financial aid as shall be authorized
by N.J.S.A. 40:12-1 to 40:12-15, inclusive, except that the Commission shall not
acquire lands for public playgrounds and recreation places by purchase, lease
or condemnation unless the Mayor and Council shall have first appropriated a sum
sufficient for this purpose. The Commission, within its discretion, may annually
allocate all or a portion of its annual appropriation, as approved by the Mayor
and Council in the municipal budget, to assist various nonprofit recreational
organizations in providing recreational activities to Borough residents. Such
assistance may be provided in the form of purchase of equipment or supplies or
payment to outside vendors for services provided. As a condition precedent
to the allocation of such funds, each such nonprofit recreational organization,
receiving more than $500 in any calendar year shall annually provide to the Board
a financial report listing the general sources of all income and general expenses
by categories as well as all other resources owned or held by said organization.
Each such financial report shall be signed and certified by the chief officer
and the treasurer of the organization. No nonprofit recreational organization
shall be eligible to receive any allocation from the Board until such time as
the financial report has been received. The
Commission has full control of all lands acquired or leased by the Borough and
designated by the Mayor and Council as a playground or recreation place and adopts
suitable rules, regulations and bylaws for the use thereof and the conduct of
all persons while on or using the same. |