(a) There is a Prince George’s County Recreation Blue Ribbon Workgroup.
(b) The Workgroup consists of the following members:
(1) two members appointed by the Prince George’s County House Delegation;
(2) two members appointed by the Prince George’s County Senate Delegation;
(3) two members appointed by the County Executive;
(4) two members appointed by the County Council;
(5) the president of the Prince George’s County Boys and Girls Club;
(6) one representative of the Prince George’s County Department of Parks and Recreation, designated by the Director of the Department;
(7) the Prince George’s County Parks and Recreation Youth and Countywide Sports Division Chief;
(8) one representative of the UFCW Local 1994 Municipal and County Government Employees Organization, appointed by the County Executive;
(9) the chief executive officer of the Prince George’s County Arts and Humanities Council;
(10) one representative of the National Recreation and Park Association, appointed by the County Council; and
(11) one representative of the Prince George’s County Aging and Disabilities Services Division, appointed by the County Executive.
(c) Each member of the Workgroup may be qualified on the basis of knowledge and experience pertinent to the purpose of the Workgroup including:
(1) public recreation operations;
(2) managing active and passive culture and leisure programs;
(3) recreational youth sports;
(4) public finance and fiscal affairs;
(5) government operations;
(6) performing and visual arts;
(7) quasi–public entities; or
(8) a field of comparable relevance to delivering public recreation services.
(d) The purpose of the Workgroup is to study and make recommendations on:
(1) improving access to the existing youth sports, arts, and recreation programming available to residents of the county;
(2) improving access to publicly owned facilities, fields, and gyms for county–based organizations;
(3) improving access to opportunities for county–based minority–owned and small businesses in procurements related to the delivery of recreation projects and programs;
(4) the potential costs, benefits, advantages, and disadvantages of transferring the responsibility for specific operations of the existing youth sports, arts, and recreation functions from the Commission to a different entity whether that be an authority, a county agency, or any other entity; and
(5) how a different entity could fund the costs of any actuarial deficiency or other adverse financial consequence caused to the plan, participants, or beneficiaries of any existing employment benefit program, retirement plan, or other postemployment benefit provided by the Commission in the event any employee who performed youth sports, arts, or recreation functions is transferred to the new entity.
(e) All Workgroup recommendations shall be affirmed with a majority vote of the Workgroup membership during a public meeting.
(f) The Workgroup shall submit their recommendations to the Prince George’s County Council on or before April 11, 2023.
