[Adopted 7-24-1973 by Ord. No. 2908; amended in its entirety at time of adoption of Code (see
Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Bradford Area Public Library of the City of
Bradford, McKean County, Pennsylvania, having been established to
provide free public library service, is hereby authorized and designated
to act as the agent of the City of Bradford to provide public library
service to the residents and taxpayers of the City.
The City of Bradford will assist in the maintenance
of Bradford Area Public Library pursuant to the Public Library Code
at 24 Pa.C.S.A. § 9351.
The City Council of the City of Bradford will
appoint persons to serve as its representatives on the Board of Trustees
of the Bradford Area Public Library in accordance with the Public
Library Code at 24 Pa.C.S.A. § 9318(a). All appointments
shall be for a term of three years. Vacancies shall be filled for
the unexpired terms. All members shall serve until their successors
have been appointed. No member of the Board shall receive any salary
for their service as such.
In accordance with the Public Library Code at
24 Pa.C.S.A. § 9318(f), all moneys appropriated for the
maintenance of Bradford Area Public Library and all moneys, if any,
received from other sources for its use shall be under the exclusive
control and shall be disbursed under the direction of the Board of
Library Directors.
The Board of Trustees of Bradford Area Public
Library shall make a report annually to the City Council of the City
of Bradford, Pennsylvania, of the moneys received by such library
from the municipality and the dispositions made thereof, and the accounts
of the Treasurer of the Board of Trustees of Bradford Area Public
Library shall be audited as in the case of other municipal expenditures.
Bradford Area Public Library shall be free of
use to the residents and taxpayers of the City of Bradford, Pennsylvania,
subject to such reasonable rules and regulations as the Board of Trustees
may adopt, and the Board may exclude from the use of the library any
person who willfully violates such rules.