(a)
The
library board is to be considered an advisory board with recommendations
made to the mayor and city council for approval.
(b)
The
library board is to be composed of nine (9) members. The membership
shall represent the ethnicity of the community served by the library.
Members will be appointed by the mayor with city council approval.
(c)
Library
board members shall be appointed for three (3) year terms. No member
may serve more than two (2) successive terms of office. Places one
(1), two (2), and three (3) shall be appointed to a one (1) year term
for this appointment, with appointments thereafter to be three (3)
year terms. Places four (4), five (5) and six (6) shall be appointed
to a two (2) year term for this appointment, with appointments thereafter
to be three (3) year terms. Places seven (7), eight (8) and nine (9)
shall be appointed to three (3) year terms and the places shall continue
to be appointed three (3) year terms. In the event of the death or
resignation of any member of the library board prior to the expiration
of his/her term of service, the mayor shall appoint and the city council
confirm a successor who shall serve out the unexpired term.
(d)
The
board shall meet six (6) times a year. The chairman of the board may
call special meetings when necessary.
(e)
The
board shall elect its officers from its membership.
(f)
Other
rules and regulations relative to the operation, management, and use
of the library shall be determined by the board and submitted to the
mayor for approval.
(Ordinance 9809-320 adopted 9/14/98; 2001 Code, sec. 1.902)
(a)
A
person commits an offense if he intentionally or knowingly fails to
return library materials to the Smithville Public Library, which were
loaned to the actor or borrowed in the actor’s name.
(b)
The
actor’s intent and knowledge shall be presumed if:
(1)
Pursuant to agreement, the library materials were to be returned
on a date specified;
(2)
Actual notice is given or notice in writing is sent by depositing
in the United States mail said notice addressed to the actor at his
address shown on the records of the library stating that the library
materials were not returned on the date specified; and
(3)
The library material is not returned to the owner within twenty (20)
days of receipt of such notice.
(c)
If notice is given in accordance with subsection (b)(2) above, it is presumed that the notice was received no later than five (5) days after it was sent.
(d)
In
the prosecution under this section, it is no defense that the actor,
though the actual borrower, no longer possesses the library materials.
(e)
In
prosecution under this section, it is an affirmative defense that
another borrowed the library material in the name of the actor without
his effective consent.
(f)
An offense under this section is a class C misdemeanor, and any person who shall violate any provision of this section shall upon conviction be punished by a fine in accordance with the general penalty provision in section 1.01.009 of this code. Each day of the continuance of such violation shall be considered a separate violation.
(1987 Code, ch. 1, sec. 22; 2001
Code, sec. 1.901)
