[CC 1989 §2-151; Ord. No. 6774 §§1—2, 2-27-1995]
A. The Library
Board is hereby established for the maintenance and operation of the
public library of this City.
B. The Library
Board shall consist of nine (9) trustees, three (3) of whom shall
be appointed in May of each year by the Mayor, with the consent of
the City Council, to take office on the next succeeding first (1st)
day of June, provided that no member or employee of the City Government
shall be a member of the Library Board. These trustees shall serve
for a term of three (3) years. The Mayor, by and with the consent
of the City Council, may remove any trustee for misconduct or neglect
of duty.
[CC 1989 §2-152; Ord. No. 6774 §§1—2, 2-27-1995]
Vacancies in the Library Board occasioned by removals, resignations
or otherwise shall be reported to the Mayor and be filled in like
manner as original appointments shall be made for only the unexpired
portion of that term. No member of the Board shall serve for more
than three (3) successive full terms and shall not be eligible for
further appointment to the Board until two (2) years after the expiration
of the third (3rd) term. No member of the Library Board shall receive
compensation as such, and no person shall be employed by the Board
who is related either by blood or by marriage to any member of the
Board.
[CC 1989 §2-153; Ord. No. 6774 §§1—2, 2-27-1995]
A. The Library
Board, as soon as practicable after the qualification of new members
each year, shall meet and organize by the election of one (1) of their
number as President and by the election of such other officers as
they may deem necessary.
B. The Library
Board shall make and adopt such bylaws, rules and regulations for
their own guidance and for the government of the library as may be
expedient and not inconsistent with State law, this Code or other
City ordinance, and as approved by the City Council.
[CC 1989 §2-154; Ord. No. 6858 §1, 2-10-1997]
The Library Board, as a body corporate, may sue and be sued;
complain and defend; make and use a common seal; purchase or lease
grounds; purchase, lease, occupy or erect an appropriate building
or buildings for the use of the public library and branches thereof;
sell and convey real estate and personal property for and on behalf
of the public library and branches thereof; issue bonds secured by
a deed of trust on any land which they own; receive gifts of real
and personal property for the use and benefit of the public library
and branch libraries thereof, such gifts, when accepted, to be held
and controlled by the Library Board according to the terms of the
deed, gift, devise or bequests of such property.
[CC 1989 §2-155; Ord. No. 6774 §§1—2, 2-27-1995]
The Library Board shall appoint a properly qualified librarian
who shall be the chief executive and administrative officer for the
library.
[CC 1989 §2-156; Ord. No. 6774 §§1—2, 2-27-1995]
The librarian shall make, within eight (8) weeks after the end
of the library's fiscal year, an annual report to the Library Board
stating the condition of the library and its services on the last
day of the fiscal year, the various sums of money received from the
Library Fund and from other sources, and how the money has been expended
and for what purposes, and such other statistics, information and
suggestions as may be of general interest. This report shall be transmitted
by the Library Board to the Mayor and City Council and a copy shall
be transmitted at the same time to the Missouri State Library.
[CC 1989 §2-157; Ord. No. 6774 §§1—2, 2-27-1995]
The Library Board may extend the privileges and use of the library
to non-residents through agreements with other existing libraries
allowing for exchanges of services upon such terms and conditions
as the boards of the libraries, from time to time, may prescribe.
[CC 1989 §2-158; Ord. No. 6858 §2, 2-10-1997]
A. The Library
Board shall have the exclusive control of the expenditure of all money
collected to the credit of the Library Fund and the construction of
any library building and of the supervision, care and custody of the
grounds, rooms or buildings constructed, leased or set apart for that
purpose. All money received for the library shall be deposited in
the City Treasury to the credit of the City Library Fund and shall
be kept separate and apart from other money of the City. At least
once in every month the City Clerk shall pay over to the Treasurer
of the Library Board all monies received and collected for the Library
Fund, including interest on such monies, and take duplicate receipts
from the Treasurer, one (1) of which the Clerk shall file with the
Secretary of the Library Board and the other of which the Clerk shall
file in the Clerk's settlement with the City Governing Body.
B. The Treasurer
of the Library Board shall receive and be the custodian of all money
belonging to the Board from whatever source derived. All funds in
the Library Board derived from local taxation for the Library Fund
and received from the proper City Finance Officer shall be kept in
the City Library Fund. All funds of the Library Board derived from
local taxation (if any) for the library Building Maintenance and Refurnishing
Fund and received from the proper City Finance Officer shall be kept
in the library Building Maintenance and Refurnishing Fund. All funds
of the Library Board derived from State aid or Federal grants (if
any), other than land, building and furnishing grants, shall be kept
in the library operating fund. The Board may establish any other funds
that it deems necessary. The Treasurer shall also be the custodian
of all bonds or other securities belonging to the Library Board.
C. Upon
receipt of a special gift, the Library Board shall be empowered to
establish a special fund using such name for the funds as may be stipulated
by the donor. Checks drawn on these funds shall be signed by the President,
Treasurer and librarian.
[CC 1989 §2-159; Ord. No. 6858 §3, 2-10-1997]
A. Library
Board monies shall be disbursed by the Treasurer by checks drawn on
the Library Fund signed by the President, Treasurer and librarian.
The Board shall prepare a budget for each fiscal year at least sixty
(60) days prior to the beginning of the fiscal year, and all expenditures
shall conform to such a budget. The budget shall be approved by the
Board and submitted to the City Clerk for review by the City Council.
The Board by resolution may direct that the signature of the President
or Treasurer be a facsimile signature in the manner provided by Sections
105.272 to 105.278, RSMo.
B. No authorization
or certification shall be made, and no instrument of payment shall
be issued for the payment of any Library Board indebtedness unless
there is sufficient money in the Treasury and the proper fund for
the payment of the indebtedness and unless the authorization, certification
and instrument are in the proper form.
C. At each
regularly scheduled meeting of the Board, the Treasurer shall submit
to the Board, with a copy to the City Clerk, an accounting reflecting
receipt and disbursement of funds belonging to the Library Board.
Such accounting shall be prepared in accordance with budgeted line
items.