[R.O. 1992 § 230.010; R.O. 1942,
§ 568; CC 1970 § 20-1; Ord. No.
7230, 6-15-1992]
The Mayor shall, with the approval
of the City Council, appoint a Board of nine (9) Trustees for the
public library, chosen from the citizens at large, with reference
to their fitness for such office; and no member of the City Government
shall be a member of the Board.
[R.O. 1992 § 230.020; R.O. 1942,
§ 569; CC 1970 § 20-2; Ord. No.
3879 § 1, 7-6-1971]
The Trustees shall hold office, one-third
(1/3) for one (1) year, one-third (1/3) for two (2) years and one-third
(1/3) for three (3) years from the first of July following their appointment,
and at their first regular meeting shall cast lots for the respective
terms; and annually thereafter, the Mayor, before the first of July
of each year, shall appoint three (3) Trustees, who shall hold office
for three (3) years. The Mayor, by and with the consent of the City
Council, may remove any Trustee for misconduct or neglect of duty.
[R.O. 1992 § 230.030; R.O. 1942,
§ 569; CC 1970 § 20-3; Ord. No.
3879 § 1, 7-6-1971]
Vacancies in the Board of Trustees,
occasioned by removals, resignations or otherwise, shall be reported
to the Mayor 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 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.
[R.O. 1992 § 230.040; R.O. 1942,
§ 571; CC 1970 § 20-4; Ord. No.
3879 § 1, 7-6-1971]
A.
The Trustees, immediately after appointment,
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.
They 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 this
Chapter.
C.
They shall appoint a properly qualified
librarian who shall be the Chief Executive and Administrative Officer
for the library.
D.
They shall have the exclusive control of
the expenditure of all moneys 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 moneys 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 moneys received and collected for the Library Fund, including
interest on such moneys, and take duplicate receipts from the Treasurer,
one (1) of which he/she shall file with the Secretary of the Library
District and the other of which he/she shall file in his/her settlement
with the City Council.
E.
The Board, as a body corporate, may sue
and be sued, complain and defend, and make and use a common seal,
purchase or lease ground, 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, for the purpose
of the purchase of ground and for the erection of public buildings
and for the improvements of existing buildings, 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.
F.
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.
[R.O. 1992 § 230.050; R.O. 1942
§ 573; CC 1970 § 20-5; Ord. No.
3879 § 1, 7-6-1971; Ord. No. 7230, 6-15-1992]
The librarian shall make, within
eight (8) weeks after the end of the fiscal year of the library, an
annual report to the Board of Trustees, stating the condition of the
library and its services on the last day of the fiscal year. A further
report shall be made, at a time directed by the Missouri State Library,
including the various sums of money received from the Library Fund
and from other sources, and how the moneys have 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 Board to the Mayor and City Council and a copy shall be transmitted
at the same time to the Missouri State Library.
[R.O. 1992 § 230.060; R.O. 1942,
§ 567; CC 1970 § 20-6; Ord. No.
7230, 6-15-1992]
All books, equipment and furnishings
in the library, and wherever used and placed therein, shall be held
in trust by the City for the purpose and use of the public library.
[R.O. 1992 § 230.070; R.O. 1942,
§ 572; CC 1970 § 20-7]
Every library and reading room established
under this Chapter shall be forever free to the use of inhabitants
of the City, always subject to such reasonable rules and regulations
as the Library Board of Trustees may adopt in order to render the
use of the library and reading room of the greatest benefit to the
greatest number. The Board may exclude from the use of the library
and reading room all persons who shall willfully violate such rules;
and the Board may extend the privileges and use of such library and
reading room to persons residing outside of the City in this State,
upon such terms and conditions as the Board may, from time to time,
by its regulations, prescribe.
[R.O. 1992 § 230.080; R.O. 1942,
§ 574; CC 1970 § 20-8; Ord. No.
7230, 6-15-1992]
A.
Non-residents of the three-county area may obtain a library card
for an annual fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per household. Multiple
cards for family members in that household may be issued. This fee
will give access to all library services.
B.
There are no overdue fees. Library services may be denied for failure
to return or pay for borrowed materials that are six (6) weeks overdue,
provided the value of the materials is ten dollars ($10.00) or more.
