[Adopted 10-10-1995 by Ord. No. 29-95 (Ch. 8, Art. XI, of
the 1990 Code)]
A.Â
The Board of Trustees of the Mount Olive Free Public Library shall
consist of seven members; one of whom shall be the Mayor or other
chief executive officer of the Township of Mount Olive; one of whom
shall be the local Superintendent of Schools or, in the event that
there be no such official, the principal with power of supervision
over the local school system or, in case such municipality shall have
none of the school officials hereinbefore mentioned, then the President
of the Board of Education; and five citizens to be appointed by the
Mayor or chief executive with the advice and consent of the Township
Council, at least four of whom shall be residents of the Township
of Mount Olive. The appointments shall be for terms of one, two, three,
four and five years, respectively, as they may be selected by the
Mayor or other chief executive officer. Upon the expiration of the
term of office of any trustee, the Mayor or other chief executive
officer of the municipality shall appoint a citizen for a term of
five years in the same manner as the original appointment was made.
Vacancies occurring in the Board of Trustees shall be filled for the
unexpired term only, in the same manner as the original appointments
are made.
[Amended 1-9-2007 by Ord. No. 36-2006]
B.Â
The Mayor or other chief executive officer and the Superintendent
of Schools or principal, respectively, shall be allowed to each appoint
an alternate to act in his place and stead with authority to attend
all meetings of the Board and, in his absence, to vote on all questions
before the Board.
The Board of Trustees of the Mount Olive Free Public Library
shall hold in trust and manage all property of the library. It may
rent rooms or, when proper, construct buildings for the use of the
library; purchase books, pamphlets, documents, papers and other reading
matter; hire librarians and other necessary personnel and fix their
compensation; make proper rules and regulations for the government
of the library; and generally do all things necessary and proper for
the establishment and maintenance of the Mount Olive Free Public Library.
The Board of Trustees may also transfer to and receive from the deposit
and exchange library service of the Bureau of Public and School Library
Services of the Division of the State Library, Archives and History,
in the State Department of Education, books, magazines, prints, maps
and other related library materials for the purpose of augmenting
the interlibrary loan service.
There shall annually be appropriated and raised by taxation
for library purposes a sum equal to 1/3 of a mill on every dollar
of assessable property within the Township of Mount Olive. Such additional
sum as in the judgment of the Township Council of the Township of
Mount Olive is necessary for the proper maintenance of a free public
library may be appropriated and raised by taxation, annually.
