§ 24-76. Budget requests, appropriated monies and revenue producing activities.

(a)

The manager and the city council shall receive the annual budget recommendations of the recreation and parks commission and the request of the recreation and parks department and shall appropriate an annual budget to be used in defraying the costs and expenses of the operation of the recreation and parks department. These funds will be expended in a manner to further promote the health, happiness, safety, moral and economic interest of the citizens of the community through planned recreation services, recreation areas, community recreation coordination, recreation structures and programs.

(b)

Appropriated monies for the recreation and parks department may be from general fund revenues derived as profit of a local sale of power; from water, sewerage or other charges and fees; from all tax sources permitted under the State Recreation Enabling Act; from monies from any local, general fund sources other than taxation; from profits derived through any operation conducted by the unit; from all profits of department revenue producing activities; and from any gift, bequest, grant or devise made to the unit, the recreation and parks commission and/or the department.

(Code 1952, ch. L, art. II, § XXIV)