5445
MONTGOMERY COUNTY

REFLECT A WIDE DIVERSITY OF RECREATIONAL INTERESTS IN
ORDER THAT THE DUTIES OF THE BOARD MAY BE ADEQUATELY
PURSUED IN LIGHT OF THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE. DUE
CONSIDERATION          SHALL          BE         GIVEN TO GEOGRAPHICAL

REPRESENTATION FROM DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS IN THE
RECREATION AREA. THE TERMS OF FOUR (4) OF THE MEMBERS
INITIALLY CONFIRMED SHALL BE FOR ONE (1) YEAR, AND THE
TERMS OF THE REMAINING THREE (3) MEMBERS FIRST CONFIRMED
SHALL BE FOR TWO (2) YEARS, AS PRESCRIBED BY THE COUNTY
EXECUTIVE AT THE TIME OF APPOINTMENT. SUBSEQUENT TO
THESE INITIAL APPOINTMENT TERMS, THE TERMS OF THE MEMBERS
SHALL BE TWO (2) YEARS OR UNTIL THEIR SUCCESSORS ARE
CONFIRMED. NO BOARD MEMBER SHALL SERVE CONSECUTIVELY FOR
MORE THAN FOUR (4) YEARS, A VACANCY OCCURRING PRIOR TO
THE EXPIRATION OF THE TERM FOR WHICH A MEMBER OF A BOARD
IS CONFIRMED SHALL BE FILLED IN THE SAME MANNER AS
PROVIDED HEREIN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE UNEXPIRED TERM
OF THE PREDECESSOR.

(B)         EACH MUNICIPALITY WHICH HAS WITHIN A
DESIGNATED RECREATION AREA AN ACTIVE RECREATION PROGRAM
MAY DESIGNATE A REPRESENTATIVE OR REPRESENTATIVES TO
SERVE AS EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS OF THE RECREATION AREA
ADVISORY BOARD FOR THAT AREA.

(C)         THE MEMBERS OF EACH BOARD SHALL SERVE
WITHOUT COMPENSATION UNLESS THE COUNTY COUNCIL SHALL, BY
RESOLUTION, FROM TIME TO TIME FIX A RATE OF COMPENSATION.
MEMBERS SHALL, HOWEVER, BE REIMBURSED FOR ALL ACTUAL
EXPENSES NECESSARILY INCURRED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR
DUTIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPROPRIATIONS MADE THEREFOR BY
THE COUNTY COUNCIL. THE DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION SHALL
DESIGNATE A STAFF EMPLOYEE TO SERVE AS AN ADVISOR TO EACH
BOARD, AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT SHALL REQUEST
THAT REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE
PARK AND PLANNING COMMISSION BE PRESENT AT MEETINGS OF
EACH BOARD.

41-28.             SAME - CHAIRMEN VICE-CHAIRMEN; ELECTION; TERM.

A CHAIRMAN AND A VICE-CHAIRMAN SHALL BE ELECTED BY
EACH RECREATION AREA ADVISORY BOARD FROM AMONG ITS
MEMBERS. THE TERM OF THE CHAIRMAN AND THE VICE-CHAIRMAN
SHALL BE ONE (1) YEAR, AND EACH SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR
RE-ELECTION FOR AN ADDITIONAL ONE-YEAR TERM. NO CHAIRMAN
OR VICE-CHAIRMAN SHALL SERVE CONSECUTIVELY FOR MORE THAN
TWO (2) YEARS. THE CHAIRMAN AND VICE-CHAIRMAN OF EACH
RECREATION AREA ADVISORY BOARD SHALL ALSO SERVE AS
MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY RECREATION BOARD ESTABLISHED
PURSUANT TO SECTION 41—21 OF THIS ARTICLE.

41-29. SAME - MEETINGS.

EACH RECREATION AREA ADVISORY BOARD SHALL MEET IN