Board of Commissioners
Chicago Park District Commissioners
President: Gery J. ChicoVice President: Bob Pickens
Commissioner Dr. Margaret T. Burroughs
Commissioner Dr. Scott Hanlon, D.O.
Commissioner Martin Laird Koldyke
Commissioner Rouhy J. Shalabi
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Management
The management and control of business and property of the Chicago Park District shall be vested in the Board of Commissioners as created and established by the Park District Act.Annual Meetings
The Annual Meeting of the Board shall be held on the second Wednesday of May in each year at 4:00 p.m. in the afternoon or at such other date and time as the Board may set.Regular Meetings
The Board shall give public notice of the schedule of regular meetings at the beginning of each calendar of fiscal year and shall state the regular dates, times and places of such meetings. At least three (3) regular meetings shall be held in different field houses located throughout the Park District, with each of the three (3) meetings being held in a different field house during each four-month period of the calendar or fiscal year. Public notice of such field house meetings shall be given as prescribed in An Act in Relation to Meetings, 5ILCS 120/1.01 et seq. as heretofore or hereafter amended.Bulletin BoardUpcoming Meetings (Proposed Time and Date): Adobe Acrobat documents available under "Downloads" The Board Meeting will be held on Wednesday February 10, 2010 at 4:00 p.m. in the Field House at Taylor-Lauridsen Playground Park located at 704 West 42nd Street, Chicago, Illinois 60609 Committee Meetings will not be held |
Code of the Chicago Park District
The Code of the Chicago Park District is available for public review. The Chapters of the Code are available for download under "Find Out More" on the top right of the screen. The Chapters are in Adobe Acrobat format.
Special Meetings
Special meetings of the Board shall be held when called by the Secretary at the request of the President or any two (2) Commissioners. All Park District business, of whatever nature or description, may be considered and disposed of at such special meetings the same as if at a regular meeting. Written notice shall be given by the Secretary to each Commissioner of the time and place of each special meeting, by depositing the properly addressed and stamped notice in the United States mail, or by telegram, facsimile, or personal service at least twenty-four hours before said meeting. Such notice need not contain special reference to the matters of business to be considered at such meeting. Commissioners may either at or after such special meeting, waive the requirement notice.
Place of Meetings
All meetings of the Board shall be held in the Board Room of the Park District Administration Building, or at such other place as the Board may designate.
Quorum
Four Commissioners shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and it shall require the affirmative vote of four Commissioners to carry any motion. In case there is no quorum present on the day fixed for the meeting, the Commissioners present, may adjourn the meeting until a quorum is obtained. The presiding Commissioners at any meeting shall be entitled to vote.
Ordinances and Reports to be in Writing
All ordinances, resolution, notices, orders, reports and proceedings shall be in writing and shall be kept by the Secretary in the manner set forth in the Code of the Park District.Order of Business
The order of business at all meetings of the Board shall be as follows:- Roll Call
- Approval of the minutes
- Communications and Reports
- Unfinished Business
- New Business
- Manner of Vote
COMMITTEES:
Standing Committees:
Committee on Administration
Chair: Vice President Bob PickensVice-Chair: Commissioner Rouhy J. Shalabi
Member: President Gery J. Chico
Member: Commissioner M. Laird Koldyke
Committee on Programs and Recreation
Chair: Commissioner Dr. Margaret BurroughsMember: Commissioner Rouhy J. Shalabi
Member: Vice President Bob Pickens
Member: Commissioner Dr. Scott Hanlon, D.O.
Committee on Capital Improvements
Chair: Commissioner M. Laird KoldykeVice Chair: Vice President Bob Pickens
Member: Commissioner Rouhy J. Shalabi
Member: Commissioner Dr. Margaret Burroughs
Member: Commissioner Dr. Scott Hanlon, D.O.
Jurisdiction of Committees:
The Committee on Administration: All day-to-day operating issues, including general personnel matters, budgeting and finance, legal affairs, intergovernmental agreements, and purchasing of materials and services to support non-capital functions.The Committee on Capital Improvements: All construction, maintenance and repair work, acquisition and disposition of land, landscape, improvements, capital planning, and purchasing of all materials and services to support these functions.
The Committee on Programs and Recreation: Planning and development of all recreational and cultural activities, relations with community groups and advisory councils, park naming, public art, permits, harbor rules, relations with and approval of expenditures for museums and the Lincoln Park Zoo, concessions, marketing and public relations.
Appointment of Committee Members
At the annual meeting of the Board, or as soon thereafter as practicable, the President shall appoint the members of all Standing Committees, and shall appoint a chairman and vice-chairman of each committee from among its members. All members of Standing Committees shall serve until the next annual meeting of the Board, or until their successors are duly appointed, whichever is later. Members of Standing Committees may be removed prior to expiration of their terms by vote of the Board.
President and General Superintendent
The President shall be a voting member of all Standing Committees. The General Superintendent shall be an ex officio member (without vote) on all Standing Committees.
Special Committees
The President may, at any time, create special committees as necessity may require, appoint the members thereof and specify their terms, which shall be no more than one year. The President may dissolve special committees at such time as he or she determines they are no longer needed.
Referrals and Reports
Matters sent to the Board by the General Superintendent and subject to the jurisdiction of the standing committees, as stated herein, shall be referred directly to the appropriate standing committee by the Secretary upon receipt or at the request of the General Superintendent, shall be referred directly to the Board. Other matters shall be referred to an appropriate committee by the General Superintendent. Committees shall report to the Board, orally or in writing, at a public meeting of the Board on each matter referred.
Quorum
Three (3) members of any standing committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business and it shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of the standing committee to carry any motion. In case there is no quorum present on the day fixed for the meeting, the members of a standing committee present, may adjourn the meeting until a quorum is obtained.
Rules of Order
Roberts Rules of Order shall govern in questions of procedure in all cases not provided herein to the contrary.
Election of President and Vice President
At the annual meeting of the Board of Commissioners, each year, the Board of Commissioners shall choose from among their members a president and a vice president, each to serve for a term of one year and until their successors are chosen and qualified.
