The Municipality owns and manages the Municipal Library through the Library Board. The Governing Body, for the purpose of defraying the cost of the management, purchases, improvements, and maintenance of the Library may each year levy a tax not exceeding the maximum limit prescribed by State law, on the actual valuation of all real estate and personal property within the Municipality that is subject to taxation. The revenue from the said tax shall be known as the Library Fund and shall include all gifts, grants, deeds of conveyance, bequests, or other valuable income-producing personal property and real estate from any source for the purpose of endowing the Municipal Library. The Library Fund shall at all times be in the custody of the Municipal Treasurer. The Board shall have the power and authority to appoint the librarian and to hire such other employees as they may deem necessary and may pass such other rules and regulations for the operation of the Library as may be proper for its efficient operation. All actions by the Board shall be under the supervision and control of the Governing Body. (Ref. 16-251, 51-201, 51-202, 51-211 RS Neb.)
The Library Board may authorize the sale, exchange, or disposal of any surplus, damaged, defective, obsolete, or duplicate books in the Library. Records shall be kept of any such surplus, damaged, defective, obsolete, or duplicate books so disposed of. (Ref. 51-207 RS Neb.)
The Library Board shall establish rules and regulations for the governing of the Municipal Library for the preservation and efficient management thereof. They shall fix and impose by general rules, penalties and forfeitures for injury to the Library grounds, rooms, books, or other property, or for failure to return a book. All fees, penalties, and forfeitures may be collected in civil action in the event of failure, neglect, or refusal to pay the said assessments. (Ref. 51-205, 51-214 RS Neb.)
[Amended by Ord. No. 1100, 5-17-2005]
The Librarian shall keep, or cause to be kept, a register of all books issued and returned at the time they shall so be issued and returned. None of the books shall be detained more than 28 days without being renewed. No book may be renewed more than two consecutive times by any person without the special permission of the Librarian or an authorized employee of the Municipal Library. (Ref. 51-211 RS Neb.)
Any person who injures or fails to return any book taken from the Library shall forfeit and pay to the Library not less than the value of the book in addition to any replacement costs and penalty which the Library Board may assess. (Ref. 51-211 RS Neb.)
[Amended by Ord. No. 1100, 5-17-2005]
It shall be the duty of the Librarian to label, or cause to be labeled, with a printed or stamped label, proof of Municipal ownership on each book, and also to write the said proof on the 25th page of each volume. (Ref. 51-211 RS Neb.)
It shall be unlawful for any person not authorized by the regulations made by the Library Board to take a book from the Library without the consent of the Librarian or an authorized employee of the Library. Any person removing a book from the Library without properly checking it out shall be deemed to be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Ref. 51-211 RS Neb.)
The Municipal Library shall be free for the use of the inhabitants of the Municipality. The Librarian may exclude from the use of the Library and reading rooms any person who shall willfully violate or refuse to comply with the rules and regulations established for the government thereof. (Ref. 51-201, 51-212 RS Neb.)
Any money collected by the Library shall be turned over monthly by the Librarian to the Municipal Treasurer along with a report of the sources of the revenue. (Ref. 51-209 RS Neb.)