State Law Reference — As to City libraries generally,
see RSMo., §§ 182.140 et seq. As to municipal library
districts, see RSMo., § 182.480 et seq. As to libraries
generally, see RSMo., § 182.800 et seq. As to City funding,
see RSMo., § 67.250. As to library tax, see RSMo., § 94.260.
[Ord. No. 311 § 1, 4-7-1941; Ord.
No. 1591 § 1, 12-17-1990]
A free public library and reading room is hereby established
in the City, in accordance with and pursuant to Chapter 182 of the
Revised Statutes of Missouri, and as of October 13, 1965, all of the
area or territory included within the geographical boundaries of the
City at that time shall be a Municipal Library District, to be known
as the City of Centralia, Missouri Municipal Library District. The
Municipal Library District shall be a political subdivision of the
State of Missouri and a body corporate, all as provided in Section
182.480 et seq. of the Revised Statutes of Missouri.
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State Law Reference — See RSMo., § 182.480.
[Ord. No. 311 § 2, 4-7-1941; Ord.
No. 702 § 1, 5-9-1960; Ord. No. 1591 § 1, 12-17-1990]
A Library Board of Trustees of the Municipal Library District,
consisting of nine (9) trustees, shall be appointed by the Mayor,
with the approval of the Board of Aldermen. The Library Board of Trustees
shall be chosen from City citizens at large, with reference to their
fitness for the office. All trustees shall be residents of the Municipal
Library District. No member of the City government shall be a member
of the Library Board of Trustees. The trustees of the Library Board
of Trustees shall hold office for a three (3) year term beginning
the first (1st) day of July following their appointment. Annually,
before the first (1st) day of July, the Mayor, with the approval of
the Board of Aldermen, shall appoint three (3) trustees, who shall
hold office until their successors are appointed. The Mayor, by and
with the consent of the Board of Aldermen, may remove any trustee
for misconduct or neglect of duty. Vacancies on the Library Board
of Trustees, occasioned by removals, resignations or otherwise, shall
be reported to the Mayor and shall 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 the term.
No member of the Library Board of Trustees shall serve for more than
three (3) successive full terms and shall not be eligible for further
appointment to the Library Board of Trustees until two (2) years after
the expiration of the third (3rd) term. No trustees shall receive
compensation as such, and no person shall be employed by the Library
Board of Trustees who is related either by blood or by marriage to
any trustee of the Library Board of Trustees.
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State Law Reference — See RSMo., §§ 182.170,
182.180 and 182.190.
[Ord. No. 311 § 5, 4-7-1941; Ord.
No. 1591 § 1, 12-17-1990]
The annual property tax levied for the establishment and maintenance
of a free public library and reading room for the Municipal Library
District shall be levied and collected, from year to year, by the
City in like manner with other general taxes of the City. The proceeds
of the levy, together with all interest accruing on same, with library
fines, collections, bequests and donations in money to the Municipal
Library District, shall be deposited by the City in the City Treasury
to the credit of the City Library Fund, and shall be kept separate
and apart from other moneys of the City. At least once in every month
the proper City Finance Officer shall pay over to the Treasurer of
the Municipal Library District all moneys received and collected for
the City Library Fund, including interest on such moneys, and shall
take duplicate receipts from the Treasurer, one of which the City
Finance Officer shall file with the Secretary of the Municipal Library
District and the other of which the City Finance Officer shall file
in his settlement with the Board of Aldermen.
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State Law Reference — See RSMo., §§ 94.260,
182.140 and 182.200. Library district has authority to set levy, §§ 182.480
and 182.490.
[Ord. No. 311 § 4, 4-7-1941; Ord.
No. 702 § 1, 5-9-1960; Ord. No. 1591 § 1, 12-17-1990]
The Library Board of Trustees shall transmit to the Mayor and
the Board of Aldermen a copy of the annual report the librarian is
required to make with the Library Board of Trustees within eight (8)
weeks after the end of the fiscal year of the Municipal Library District.
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State Law Reference — See RSMo., § 182.210.
[Ord. No. 1591 § 1, 12-17-1990]
The Board of Aldermen may pass ordinances imposing suitable
penalties for the punishment of persons committing injury upon the
public library building or the grounds or other property of the Municipal
Library District and for injury to or failure to return any book belonging
to the Municipal Library District.
[Ord. No. 311 § 3, 4-7-1941; Ord.
No. 702 § 1, 5-9-1960; Ord. No. 1591 § 1, 12-17-1990]
A.
The powers and duties of the Library Board of Trustees and the Board's
management of the Municipal Library District shall be in accordance
with Chapter 182 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri.
C.
The City may grant City funds to the Municipal Library District,
regardless of source, for the support of the free public library and
Municipal Library District. Funds so granted by the City may be used
by the Library Board of Trustees for operational expenses, repairs
or replacements, or for capital improvements.
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State Law Reference — See RSMo., § 67.250.
