APPROVED AMENDMENTS
TO
CONSTITUTION and BY-LAWS
Of the
NEW CITY PARK CLUB, INC.
OFFICERS
PRESIDENT - Bill Hingle
VICE PRESIDENT- Kent Pedersen
SECRETARY - Betty Meore
TREASURER -Gail Butch
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Brian Holihan
Ralph Miele
Mike Formecelli
Tom Holihan
William F. Hetherington - President Emeritus
Approved by: New City Park Club, Inc.
General Membership on April 04, 2009
ARTICLE I
NAME
The name of this club is NEW CITY PARK CLUB, INC.
ARTICLE II
VOTING MEMBERSHIP
Voting Membership in this Club shall consist of and be restricted to all owners of property consisting of at least one plot having a frontage of seventy-five (75) feet on a street as shown on a map entitled ‘Map of New City Park, property of New City Park Corporation, New City, Rockland Co., New York - with the exception of the following:
Block 4 Lots 23, 24 and half of lot 25.
Block 4-Lots 27, 26 and half of lot 25.
Block 6 - Lots 40 and 41.
Block 7- Lots 20, 21, and the easterly half of lot 22.
Block 7-Lots 23, 24 and the westerly half of lot 22.
Block 8 Easterly half of lot 6, all of lots 7 and 8.
These six parcels have less than the required 75 feet frontage but shall be accorded membership in the Club.
ARTICLE III
OBJECTS
The purpose for which this Club is formed are as follows: To promote voluntary social intercourse, enjoyment and good fellowship among its members, to have and maintain club rooms, grounds and appurtenances thereto and meeting places for the benefit and recreation of its members, subject to the rules and by-laws of said Club, its members to be limited to property owners of ‘New City Park,” New City N.Y., 10956. The “Guest Privilege” may be extended annually to sponsored families. Also, the Club shall have the power to acquire real and Personal property by purchase, grant, devise or bequest, and to hold, own, accept and dispose of the same for the particular objects of the corporation as set forth in Its Certificate of Incorporation.
ARTICLE IV
LOCATION
The location of the principal office where the business of this Club shall be conducted is on Durant Road, (otherwise known as Collyer Avenue) New City Park, Rockland County, New York.
ARTICLE V
SEAL
This Club shall have a seal on which shall be inscribed the name of the Club, the year of its incorporation and the words "Corporate Seal, New York."
ARTICLE VI
MEETINGS OF THE CLUB
There may be four meetings of the Club in each calendar year to be held on the first Friday of January April, July and October. If any of these Fridays should be a legal holiday the meeting shall be held on the following Friday. The meeting being held on the first Friday in April shall be recognized as the Annual Meeting of the Club at which meeting members in good standing shall elect by plurality vote, in person, and by ballot, a Board of nine directors, each of whom shall be elected for a term of three years, to serve until their successors are respectively elected or chosen and qualify and no more than three shall be elected in one year.
Notification of the Annual Meeting and other special meetings shall be mailed to each member at such address as appears on the books of the Club at least ten days prior to the meeting. Twenty members in good standing shall constitute a quorum at all meetings.
Members not in good standing shall have no voice in the affairs of the Club.
Special meetings of the members for any purpose or purposes may be called by the President and shall be called by the President or Secretary at the request of a majority of the Board of Directors or a petition by at least twenty members. Such request and all notices of a special meeting shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting.
ARTICLE VII
MANAGEMENT
The property and business of the Club shall be managed by a Board of nine Directors subject to these By-laws.
ARTICLE VIII
MEMBERS IN GOOD STANDING
Members in this Club shall be designated as voting members and non-voting members. Voting membership shall be available to owners of real property in New City Park only. Tenants and sponsored guests of voting members shall not have voting privileges.
A member In good standing shall be one who has paid his, her or Its dues and/or assessments levied against his, her or Its property as herein provided and who has complied with the following restrictions, rules and regulations. Such member shall be entitled to the privileges as set forth in the following paragraph.
All members in good standing, their heirs, successors, assigns and tenants shall have the privilege, subject to the rules, regulations and covenant in these By-laws contained, to use, at their own risk, the Lake located In “Block 2” as shown on a certain map entitled ‘Map of New City Park’, together with a right of way over the ten foot pathway around the Lake as shown on said map.
The Board of Directors shall establish “Rules For The Purpose of Protecting The Rights of Members and Guests of New City Park Club Inc “members shall comply with all future rules and regulations which may be established by the Board of Directors in an emergency such rules and regulations subsequently to be passed upon by the property owners at the Annual Meeting.
A list of those members and guests who have not paid their Club Dues by July 1 will be given to members of the Board. Members may not have as guest any non-paying park residents.
ARTICLE IX
DUES
A member in good standing will pay dues as recommended by the Board of Directors yearly toward the maintenance and operation of the Club property.
All dues shall be payable in advance before June 1st of each year. Dues should be remitted by mail to the Treasurer by check made out to New City Park Club, Inc.
As of June 16, 1982, those properties that haven’t paid the annual assessment for 20O8-2OO9 are deemed by New City Park Club Inc. in default at rate of $200.00 annually plus ten percent interest per year. All default amounts will be computed cumulatively and must be paid in full prior to our Club’s giving a release at any legal proceeding.
ARTICLE X SUSPENSIONS
Any member who shall violate any of the provisions of these By-laws may be suspended or expelled at the discretion of the Board of Directors; however, a member may appeal such action at any regularly scheduled meeting of the property owners, and the property owners are privileged either to stand by the Board or repeal the suspension by majority vote provided they are satisfied that the cause of the suspension has been removed or rectified.
ARTICLE XI
VOTING
Each member in good standing shall be entitled to one vote regardless of the number of plots of property owned by him, her, or it and also regardless of the number of grantees named in the deed for the property to him, her or it. Corporate owners of property may select one of its officers for admission to membership and shall have one vote. A majority vote of those present shall be required on all motions and resolutions except as otherwise herein provided.
ARTICLE XII
OFFICERS
The officers of the Club shall be President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer.
The Club membership, during the course of the annual meeting shall elect by ballot a President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer from amongst the directors, to serve for one yeae removed at any time by the affirr. A majority vote of the Members present shall be necessary for election. The Secretary should be elected from amongst the Directors but when the Directorate is such that no one therein is capable of accepting this office, it would then be In order to elect the Secretary from amongst the membership. The officers of the Club shall hold office for their respective terms and until their successors are chosen and qualify in their stead and any officer elected or appointed by the members may bmative vote of a majority of the members present.
ARTICLE XIII ADDITIONAL POWERS
In addition to the powers and authorities of these By-Laws, expressly conferred upon them, the Board of Directors, may exercise all such powers of the Club and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the certificate of Incorporation or by these By-laws directed or required to be exercised or done by the members. However, the Board is to submit to the Club members at all regularly scheduled meetings, a summary of the action taken by ft and, in the case of any major action, must obtain ratification from a majority of the Club members present at the next regularly scheduled meeting. An annual budget statement will be presented to the voting membership at the annual meeting each year.
ARTICLE XIV
MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Board of Directors shall meet on the call of the President or Vice President to transact such business as shall come before it. At all meetings of the Board of Directors, the presence of five Directors shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
ARTICLE XV
PRESIDENT
The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Club; he shall preside at all meetings of the members and Directors; he shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board are carried Into effect, subject, however, to the right of the Directors or a majority of the members present at any regularly scheduled meeting to delegate any specific power, (except such as may be by statute exclusively conferred on the President) to any other officer or officers of the C1ub He shall execute under the seal of the corporation bonds, mortgages, and other contracts requiring a seal; shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation, and when authorized by the Board of Directors, affix the seal to any instrument requiring the same and the seal, when so affixed, shall be attested by the signature of the Secretary or Treasurer.
ARTICLE XVI
VICE PRESIDENT
The Vice President shall, in the absence or disability of the President, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President and shall perform such other duties as shall from time to tune be imposed upon him by the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE XVI1
TREASURER
The Treasurer shall have the custody of the Clubs funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Club, and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Club, in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors. He shall disburse the funds of the Club as maybe ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the President and Directors, at the regular meetings of the Board of Directors, or whenever they may require it, an account of all his transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the Club.
ARTICLE XVIII
SECRETARY
The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and all meetings of the members of the Club and act as Clerk thereof, and record all votes and the minutes of all proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose; and shall perform like duties for the standing committees, if, and when required. The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the members and of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors, or President. The Secretary must attest all legal documents on behalf of the club.
ARTICLI XIX
VACANCIES
If the office of any Director or the President, Vice President, Secretary or Treasurer, or other officer or agent, one or more becomes vacant, by reason of death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office or otherwise, a special meeting of the Board may be called within thirty (30) days for the purpose of electing a director or directors to fill in the unexpired term. A Board member unable to attend two thirds of the scheduled meetings of the Board is subject to removal from the Board by a two thirds vote of the Board.
ARTICLE XX
CHECKS
All checks or demands for money and notes of the Club shall be signed by the Treasurer and President.
Article XXI
AMENDMENTS
No alterations or amendments shall be made to these Bylaws unless the proposed amendment Shall be first submitted in writing, to the Board of Directors at one of its meetings, after which the President of the Board of Directors shall call a meeting of the members of the Club to act upon the proposed alteration or amendment A two-thirds vote of the members present shall be required to alter or amend.
ARTICLE XXII
AUDITING
The books and records of the Treasurer and Secretary of this Club shall be checked every year, by a committee of three; such committee to be appointed by the President or Acting Chairman at any regularly scheduled meeting
ARTICLE XXIII
BONDS
The Treasurer of the Club shall give the Club a surety bond in an amount specified by the Board of Directors for the faithful performance of the duties of office, and for the restoration to the Club, in case of death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, and monies, and other property of whatever kind in their possession or under their control belonging to the Club; the cost and expense connected with such bond to be borne by the New City Park Club, Inc.
ARTICLE XXIV
DISSOLUTION
In the event New City Park Club, Inc. is no longer a viable concern, all assets will be donated to the Rockland County Historical Society.
