Playing Smart changelabsolutions.org | kaboom.org 124 Ordinances and Resolutions Local legislative bodies generally act by adopting ordinances or resolutions.116 Ordinances are binding legislative acts that have the same force of law as a statute passed by a state legislature. Local governments enact ordinances when required to do so by state law or charter or when they want to impose laws that are binding on their citizens. Resolutions, by contrast, are typically less formal statements of law or policy. While practices may vary by municipality, local legislative bodies often use resolutions to set official government policy, approve contracts, issue commendations, direct internal government operations, or establish a task force to study an issue. Resolutions are procedurally easier to adopt than ordinances and can be an effective step for public agencies to study and implement policies such as joint use.117 Model Joint Use Resolution The purpose of this model joint use resolution is to help local governments lay This model resolution can help lay the groundwork for joint use agreements in a community. Adopting the model resolution is a first step in encouraging collaborative relationships among public agencies and community organizations to expand access to recreation facilities. the foundation for establishing more formal joint use policies and agreements. The model resolution provides comments explaining the different provisions in the agreement. The language in the agreement written in italics provides different options or explains the type of information that needs to be inserted in the blank spaces in the agreement. This model resolution, designed to serve as a template, is also available (as a Word document) at www.changelabsolutions.org/ childhood-obesity/products/JU-resolution. Appendix 2 Model Joint Use Resolution
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