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There hereby is established a free
public library for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of the City
of Bloomington, which shall be known as "The Withers Public Library,"
now know as the "Bloomington Public Library."
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The Bloomington Public Library shall
be under the supervision and control of the Board of Trustees thereof.
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A Board of Library Trustees consisting
of nine members is hereby created. The said trustees shall be appointed
by the Mayor, with the approval of the Council, three of said trustees
to be so appointed or reappointed before the first day of July of
each year to take the place of the retiring trustees.
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Said trustees respectively shall
hold office for three years from the first day of July following their
appointment. This term may be extended after the three years for no
more than two additional three-year terms. Members of the Board shall
serve no more than three consecutive three-year terms (a total of
nine years). The Mayor, by and with the consent of the Council, may
remove any trustee for misconduct or neglect of duty.
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Vacancies in the Board of Trustees
occasioned by removals, resignation or otherwise shall be reported
to the Mayor and be filled in like manner as original appointments.
No trustee shall receive any compensation.
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The trustees shall, before entering
upon the duties of their office, severally take and subscribe the
oath prescribed by law for City officers.
A.
Said trustees shall annually meet and organize
by the election of one of their number President, and by the election
of such other officers as they may deem necessary. They shall make
and adopt such bylaws, rules, and regulations for their own guidance
and for the governance of the Library as may be expedient, not inconsistent
with the laws of the State of Illinois or of the Code of the City.
B.
They shall have the exclusive control of
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; provided that all monies received
for such library shall be deposited in the treasury of said City to
the credit of the library fund and shall be kept separate and apart
from other monies of such City, and drawn upon by the proper officers
of said City only upon properly authenticated vouchers of said Board.
C.
Said Board shall have the power to purchase
or lease grounds, to occupy, lease, or erect an appropriate building
or buildings for the use of said library. Said Board shall have power
to appoint and fix the compensation a suitable librarian, who shall
have the authority to hire such other employees as may be necessary
to fix their compensation and to remove such appointees; subject to
the approval of the Board, but these powers are subject to Division
1 of Article 10 of the Illinois Municipal Code in municipalities in
which that Division is in force. The Board shall, in general, carry
out the sprit and intent of this ordinance in establishing and maintaining
a Public Library, which shall be forever free to the use of the inhabitants
of said City, always subject to such reasonable rules and regulations
as the Library Board may adopt in order to render the use of said
Library of the greatest benefit to the greatest number; and said board
may exclude from the use of said Library any and all persons who shall
willfully violate such rules. Said board may extend the privileges
and use of said Library and Reading Room to persons residing outside
of such City upon such terms and conditions as said board may from
time to time by its regulations prescribe.
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A.
The said Board of Directors shall make
on or before the second Monday of June an annual report to the City
Council, stating the conditions of their trust on the first day of
May of that year, the various sums of moneys received from the library
fund and from other sources, and how such moneys have been expended
and for what purposes; the number of books and periodicals on hand,
the number added by purchase, gift, or otherwise during the year;
the number lost or missing; the number of visitors attending; the
number of books loaned out, and the general character and kind of
such books, with such other statistics, information, and suggestions
as they may deem of general interest.
B.
All such portions of said report as relate
to the receipt and expenditure of money, as well as the number of
books on hand, books lost or missing, and books purchased, shall be
verified by an affidavit. On or before February 15 of each year said
Board shall submit to the City Manager a budget for the next succeeding
fiscal year.
C.
In the performance of their duties as such
directors, they shall be governed by the laws of the State of Illinois
as they now are in effect, or may be hereafter changed, and in accordance
with the Code and ordinances or resolutions of the Council of the
City as are now in effect or may be hereafter enacted.
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Any person who shall willfully or
maliciously cut, write upon, injure, deface, tear, or destroy any
book, newspaper, plate, picture, record, engraving, statue, CD, audio
book, DVD or other item belonging to the Bloomington Public Library
shall be liable for the replacement cost of the item or property.
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Any person who shall willfully or
maliciously commit any injury upon the Bloomington Public Library,
or upon the grounds, buildings, furniture, fixtures or other property
thereof, shall be liable for the replacement or repair of the damage.
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Any person who shall fail to return
any circulating materials belonging to the Bloomington Public Library,
shall be liable to a fine determined by the policies duly made and
adopted by the Trustees of said library.
A.
LIBRARY FACILITY
LIBRARY MATERIAL
Definitions. As used in this section:
The Bloomington Public Library and any and all means through
which it makes library materials available to persons, including but
not limited to a Bookmobile and any mail or delivery services.
Includes any book, plate, picture, photograph, engraving,
painting, sculpture, statue, artifact, drawing, map, newspaper, pamphlet,
broadside, magazine, manuscript, document, letter, microfilm, sound
recording, audiovisual material, magnetic or other tape, electronic
date processing record or other documentary, writing or printed material
regardless of physical form or characteristics, or any part thereof,
belonging to, or on loan to or otherwise in the custody of a library
facility.
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B.
Offense. It shall be unlawful for any person
to:
(1)
Borrow from a library facility any circulating
materials and willfully without good cause fail to return the library
material; or
(2)
Willfully without good cause fail to return
such material within 30 days after receiving written notice from the
library demanding the return of such library material.
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C.
Sentence. A person convicted of a violation
of this ordinance shall be fined twice the replacement cost of the
library material not returned, but not to exceed $500 and be ordered
to reimburse the library for the actual replacement cost of the library
materials not returned in accordance with established Board policies.
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