[Ord. No. 650 Ch. 6 §1, 11-15-1960]
A Library Board is hereby created and established for the City
of Albany, Missouri, to consist of nine (9) Trustees appointed by
the Mayor by and with the approval of the Board of Aldermen. Said
Trustees shall be chosen with reference to their fitness for such
office and no member of the Municipal Government shall be a member
of said Board.
[Ord. No. 650 Ch. 6 §2, 11-15-1960]
The terms of the present Trustees shall not be affected by this
Section and three (3) members of said Library Board shall be appointed
each year for a term of three (3) years beginning on July first (1st).
The Mayor may, with the consent of the Board of Aldermen, remove any
trustee for misconduct or neglect of duty.
Vacancies in the Board of Trustees, occasioned by removals,
resignations or otherwise, shall be reported to the proper official
and be filled in like manner as original appointments, except that
if the vacancy is an unexpired term, the appointment 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 trustee 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 Trustee
of the Board.
[Ord. No. 650 Ch. 6 §4, 11-15-1960]
The Trustees shall, immediately after appointment, meet and
organize by the election of one (1) of their members as President
and by the election of such other officers as they may deem necessary.
A.
They
shall make and adopt such by-laws, rules and regulations for their
own guidance, and for the government of the library, as may be expedient,
and not inconsistent with Sections 182.140 to 182.301, RSMo.
B.
They
shall appoint a properly qualified librarian who shall be the chief
executive and administrative officer for the library.
C.
They
shall have the exclusive control of the expenditure of all monies
collected to the credit of the Library Fund, and of 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 monies 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 monies of the City. At least
once in every month the proper City Finance Officer shall pay over
to the Treasurer of the Library District all monies received and collected
for the Library Fund, including interest on such monies, and take
duplicate receipts from the Treasurer, one of which he shall file
with the Secretary of the Library District and the other of which
he shall file in his settlement with the Board of Aldermen.
D.
The
Board, as a body corporate, may sue and be sued, complain and defend,
and 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, receive gifts of real and personal property
for the use and benefit of the Public Library and branch libraries
thereof, the same when accepted to be held and controlled by the Board
of Trustees, according to the terms of the deed, gift, devise or bequest
of such property.
E.
The
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.
The Library Board shall have no power to bind the City for any
expense above and beyond that amount credited to the Library Fund
for labor or material or otherwise without first having received the
approval of the Board of Aldermen.
