BY:  Councilmember McGowan

RESOLUTION NO. 08-39

A RESOLUTION INDICATING INTENT TO JOIN THE
GRANVILLE RECREATION DISTRICT

WHEREAS, the Village of Granville believes that a joint recreation district formed pursuant to Ohio Revised Code § 755.14 may be an effective means of a) providing community programming in recreational, educational, social, cultural and athletic areas and b) acquiring property for, constructing, operating and maintain parks, playgrounds, play fields, gymnasiums, public baths, swimming pools, indoor recreation centers or community centers for governmental, civic educational or recreational activities for the benefit of all citizens;

WHEREAS, the Village of Granville has determined that it is in the best interest of the residents of the Village of Granville, in conjunction with Granville Township and the Granville Exempted Village School District, to establish a joint recreation district, the boundaries of which should be the boundaries of the Granville Exempted Village School District; and

WHEREAS, the Village of Granville believes that it is in the public's interest to obtain board representation on the governing body for such a joint recreation district; and

WHEREAS, the Village of Granville shall make the contributions designated by it on the attached Exhibit A, in consideration of and in reliance on Granville Township and the Granville Exempted Village School District to make contributions likewise designated to be made by them in the attached Exhibit B and Exhibit C, and the putative contributions of the Granville Recreation Commission in Exhibit D.

NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Council of the Village Granville, Ohio, that:

Section 1: Contingent upon passage of a similar, mirror image resolution by Granville Township and the Granville Exempted Village School District, hereby is established a joint recreation district, pursuant to Ohio Revised Code § 755.14(C), which shall be known as the Granville Recreation District, the boundaries and territory of which shall be the boundaries and territory of the Granville Exempted School District.

Section 2: The Granville Recreation District shall have all of those powers enumerated under Ohio Revised Code § 755.12 et. seq.

Section 3:  The Granville Recreation District shall be governed by the Granville Recreation District Board of Trustees, which shall consist of five (5) trustees.  Every trustee on the Board of Trustees shall reside in the Granville Recreation District.  The Granville Village Council, the Granville Township Trustees and Granville Exempted Village School District Board of Education shall have the discretion to designate one individual to serve on the Board of Trustees of the Granville Recreation District.  In the event that any entity with discretion to designate an individual to serve a trustee fails to do so within sixty (60) days of being notified in writing of a vacancy, the vacancy shall be filled by majority vote of the remaining trustees on the Board of Trustees of the Granville Recreation District.  In voting to fill a vacancy, the Board of Trustees of the Granville Recreation District shall endeavor to fill the vacancy with a resident under the jurisdiction of the body failing to make such designation, but the Board of Trustees is not obligated to do so, except in the case of a Board of Education designee who must reside within the School District.

Each entity herein shall choose its respective representative to the Granville Recreation District Board of Trustees within forty-five (45) days of the last date of passage of this resolution by the three government entities establishing the Granville Recreation District.

Not later than thirty (30) days after the last date of designation of the initial representative by the governmental entities, the remaining two (2) at-large Trustees shall be selected by a majority vote of the three (3) initial governmental entity representatives.

Section 4:  Each Trustee on the Board of Trustees of the Join Recreation District shall serve a three (3) year term, with the exception that the initial terms, in order to stagger the respective terms, shall be as follows:

1.    Village designee:        3 years
2.    Township designee:        2 years
3.    School District designee:    3 years
4.    At-large:            1 year
5.    At-large:            2 years

Section 5:  It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and
relating to the adoption of this Resolution were adopted in an open meeting of this Council,
in compliance with Ohio Revised Code § 121.22.

Section 6: This resolution shall take effect and be in full force immediately upon passage.

Passed this 1st day of October, 2008.