412.491 PARKS; PARKWAYS; RECREATIONAL FACILITIES. Any statutory city may establish, improve, ornament, maintain, and manage parks, parkways, and recreational facilities and by ordinance protect and regulate their use. History: 1949 c 119 s 61; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2
412.501 CITY OF 1,000 MAY HAVE OR CONTINUE PARK BOARD; FORMALITIES. The council of any city of more than 1,000 population may by ordinance establish a park board and it may by ordinance adopted by unanimous vote of all members of the council abolish any board thus established. Any park board now in existence in […]
412.511 ACQUISITION AND CONTROL OF PARK PROPERTY. Either the park board or the council may acquire land for park purposes but the park board shall have full, absolute, and exclusive control over all property set aside for park purposes. History: 1949 c 119 s 63; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2
412.521 POWERS OF BOARD. Subdivision 1. Generally. In order to carry out the general powers granted in section 412.511, the park board shall have the powers granted in the following subdivisions. Subd. 2. Employment. The park board may employ necessary personnel and fix their compensation. Subd. 3. Construction; contracts. The park board may construct roadways, […]
412.531 PARK FUNDS. Subdivision 1. Establishment, transfer; tax levies. For the purpose of carrying out the powers of the park board there shall be established in the city treasury a special fund to be called a park fund. The council may transfer to the park fund the money it deems necessary for park purposes. No […]
