A free public library is established in the City of Socorro
to be hereafter known as the "Socorro Public Library." Such library
is hereby declared to be a proper and legitimate object of expenditure
and operation of the City of Socorro.
The Socorro Public Library Board of Trustees (hereinafter referred
to as the "Library Board") is created as an administrative agency
of the City of Socorro. The Library Board shall act in an administrative
and an advisory capacity, and shall advise and assist the City Council
of the City of Socorro in every possible way to ensure the efficient
and economical management and operation of the Socorro Public Library.
It shall be the duty of the Library Board to advise the Library Director
of the Socorro Public Library in all matters pertaining to the management
and operation of said library.
A. The Library Board shall operate the Socorro Public Library and shall
have the control and management thereof, including the powers to:
(1) Receive gifts, bequests and donations of all kinds.
(2) Make bylaws, rules and regulations for the operation of the library,
not in conflict with the ordinances of the City of Socorro or the
laws of the State of New Mexico. The rules and regulations so made
by the Library Board for regulating the public use of the facilities
of the library shall be made available in the library for public inspection
and information.
B. The Library Board shall consist of nine members who shall be bona
fide residents of Socorro County. The members shall be appointed by
the Mayor of the City of Socorro, with the approval of the City Council.
Each member shall be named from a list of two or more recommendations
by the Library Board. The terms shall be for a period of six years
and shall expire on July 1. In addition to the nine members appointed
by the Mayor, the following shall be ex officio members, without the
right to vote: the President of the Socorro Consolidated School Board
or his or her representative; the Mayor of the City of Socorro or
his or her representative; a representative of the New Mexico-Socorro
Section of the Women's Auxiliary to the American Institute of
Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers; the President of the
Friends of the Socorro Public Library or his or her representative;
and the Library Director.
C. The Library Board shall elect from its membership a President, Vice
President, Secretary, Treasurer and such other officers as may be
necessary to carry out the functions of the Library Board. Officers
shall be elected in July for a one-year term.
D. No member of the Library Board shall be removed from the Board except
for good and sufficient cause and by a vote of two-thirds of the entire
membership of the Socorro City Council.
E. On the death, removal, resignation, change of residence to a place
outside Socorro County, or inability to act of a member of the Library
Board, a vacancy on the Library Board shall be declared by the Library
Board and such vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the Mayor
of the City of Socorro, in accordance with normal procedures, to fill
the unexpired term of such member.
The Library Board shall hold regular monthly meetings. The time
and place of its meetings may be changed by the Library Board by resolution
duly adopted at any regular or special meeting.