Kansas Statutes 19-2856. Manager of parks; appointment; powers and duties; compensation of manager and employees
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 19-2856
- Board: means the board of county commissioners of an urban area county;
(d) "Person" means an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, joint venture or other association of persons;
(e) "Hotel, motel or tourist court" means any structure, or building, under one management, which contains rooms furnished for the accommodation or lodging of guests, with or without meals being so provided, and kept, used, maintained, advertised, or held out to the public as a place where sleeping accommodations are sought for pay or compensation to transient guests or permanent guests and having more than eight (8) bedrooms furnished for the accommodation of such guests;
(f) "Transient guest" means a person who occupies a room in a hotel, motel or tourist court for* more than thirty-one (31) days;
(g) "Cafe, cafeteria, lunchroom and restaurant" means any premises, or any part thereof, in which food is prepared or further processed, and thereafter either is sold at retail to the general public by a person licensed by the state food service and lodging board or is furnished to the members and guests of a private club licensed pursuant to Kan. See Kansas Statutes 19-28,105
- county: means any county designated an urban area by the legislature pursuant to section 17 of article 2 of the Kansas constitution;
(b) "Authority" or "county sports authority" means any special authority created pursuant to Kan. See Kansas Statutes 19-28,105
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
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.