§ 5-1003. Administration.

(1)

Any capital or operating funds appropriated by the City Council to the former Department of Recreation or to the Commission in accordance with the provisions of the Charter shall be administered by the Commission subject to all provisions of the Charter applicable to such appropriations. All other funds received by the Commission, including funds generated from the operation of facilities and programs by the Commission, millage revenues, donations, and federal, state or local funds, shall be administered solely by the Commission within the procedures specified in this section.

(2)

The Commission shall operate on a fiscal year schedule consistent with that of the City and shall prepare and transmit its operating and capital budgets to the Mayor and Chief Administrative Officer in accordance with Section 6-101 and Section 6-104 of this Charter.

(3)

The Commission shall prepare and transmit to the Mayor, Council and Inspector General of the City of New Orleans an independent audit prepared by a Certified Public Accountant or firm of Certified Public Accountants within 120 days of the end of its fiscal year. Notwithstanding the preparation and transmittal of such an audit by the Commission, the Council may include the Commission in the independent audit authorized pursuant to Section 6-107 of this Charter.

(4)

Except for any private property the use of which is acquired through lease or other temporary agreement, all property acquired for or by the Commission, or that is under the administrative control of the Commission shall be property of the City. The Commission shall comply with the provisions of this Charter and all state and municipal public bid laws related to the acquisition and/or disposition of property.

(5)

The Commission may accept any trust or conditional donation without the necessity of review by the Board of City Trusts or its successor(s), provided that the Commission shall not accept any trust or conditional donation which imposes any financial obligation on the City unless the acceptance is approved in accordance with procedures established in this Charter for the acceptance or any trust or conditional donation. In no event shall acceptance of any trust or conditional donation impose any financial obligation on the City unless approved as provided by this Charter.

(6)

The Commission may retain counsel, whose duties may include the performance of notarial work for transactions required to be in authentic form.

(7)

All meetings of the Commission and any of its committees shall be conducted in accordance with the Louisiana Open Meetings Act, R.S. 42:4.1, et seq. All documents of the Commission shall be public records available to the public in accordance with the Louisiana Public Records Act, R.S. 44:1 et seq.

Historical Annotation: In accordance with Section 9-201 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of New Orleans, the Charter was amended following an election on Saturday, October 2, 2010, according to the terms set forth in Ordinance No. 23,998 M.C.S. The duties and responsibilities previously performed by the Department of Recreation and one of the duties of the Department Parks & Parkways were transferred to the New Orleans Recreation Development Commission.