Recreation Commission

Town Board Liaison

Councilwoman Luciana Haughwout

Purpose

The Yorktown Recreation Commission was created in 1969.  The Commission is a policy making group and is basically autonomous except for fiscal policy which remains in the hands of the Town Board. The Commission directly supervises the Superintendent of Parks & Recreation.

The Yorktown Recreation Commission was created in 1969. Members of the Commission, which has a maximum of seven members, are appointed by the Town Board to seven year terms. The Commission selects its own Chairman and Vice Chairman at the first meeting of each year. It is a policy making group and is basically autonomous except for fiscal policy which remains in the hands of the Town Board. The Commission directly supervises the Superintendent of Parks & Recreation.

As a means of direct communication, a member of the Town Board serves in an ex-officio capacity on the Recreation Commission. The Commission meets on a regular basis on the first Thursday of each month (with the exception of July and August). The Superintendent of Parks & Recreation is also an ex-officio member of the Commission.

The Commission, through the Department, employs a total of 16 full time employees. In addition to the Superintendent there is an Assistant Superintendent, a Recreation Supervisor, Senior Office Assistant (Recreation), Office Assistant (Automated Systems), and a Park Foreman who oversees 9 employees. A Park Naturalist is employed on a part time basis. As Yorktown is a 1/4 party to Nor-West Special Services, it has part of the services of a full time Director and Program Supervisor. The above personnel are supplemented by approximately 325 supervisors, leaders, instructors, lifeguards and attendants on a seasonal and part time basis.

The Yorktown Recreation Commission meets at 7:00 PM on the first Thursday of each month except in July and August, and at such times as the Chairman deems necessary. Meetings are held at Town Hall, 363 Underhill Avenue, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598.

If you have some business that you would like to bring before the Recreation Commission, please contact the Parks and Recreation Office at 914-245-4650 at least one week prior to the meeting to be placed on the agenda.

If you would like to become a member of the Yorktown Recreation Commission, please write a letter indicating your interest and qualifications and send to: Town Supervisor, Yorktown Town Hall, P.O. Box 703, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598. Interviews will only take place when there is a vacant position.

Meetings

First Thursday of the month starting at 7:00 pm

Town Hall Board Room
363 Underhill Avenue
Yorktown Heights, NY 10598