Park and Recreation Board

The Park and Recreation Board (PRB) serves as an advisory body to the City Council for issues concerning the City's parks and recreational opportunities – for example, the City Beach, Oselka Park, and Sari Asher Memorial Park "Where Dogs Run and Play".  For detailed information concerning the responsibilities of the PRB please see the ordinance sections quoted below.

Board members use the Parks and Recreation Master Plan to assist them with their duties.

The Park and Recreation Board holds regular meetings on the second Monday of each month at 6:30 PM Eastern Time in the Community Room at City Hall, 224 W. Buffalo St., New Buffalo, MI 49117.

All meetings are open to the public and are accessible.  Persons requiring auxiliary aides and services or other accommodations should contact the City Clerk's office at 269-469-1500.

The PRB has seven members and one alternate; their names with term ending dates are to the right.

The PRB may be contacted through their administrative support staff member, Assistant to the City Manager Ryan Fellows, with the contact information to the left.

The powers and duties of the Park and Recreation Board are explained in City Ordinances, Chapter 14 "Parks and Recreation", Article II "Park and Recreation Board", Sections 14-21 through 14-29, including:

The Park and Recreation Board shall study and formulate policies as to the maintenance, control and regulation of all City parks, recreational areas and playgrounds.  It shall also make recommendations to the City Council as to ways of improving, planning, and developing outdoor and indoor recreational, educational and social facilities and programs for the community.  The reasonableness and necessity of any such  policy, rule or regulations appertaining to any city park, recreational area, playground, recreation program or construction shall be determined by the City Council after a review of the recommendation of the Park and Recreation Board.