The Board of Library Trustees is created to manage the city library.
(Ord. NS-169 § 7, 1991; Ord. CS-036 § 1, 2009)
The Board of Library Trustees shall consist of five members, appointed by the Mayor with the approval of the City Council. The trustee shall serve a four-year term. Trustees may serve no more than two complete terms. If a vacancy occurs as a result of a trustee leaving the Board before the end of the trustee's term, the successor shall serve for the remaining term of his or her predecessor.
(Ord. NS-176 § 7, 1991; Ord. CS-036 § 1, 2009)
Boards of library trustees shall meet at least once a month at such times and places as they may fix by resolution.
(Ord. 1072 § 6; Ord. CS-036 § 1, 2009)
Special meetings may be called at any time by three trustees, by written notice served upon each member at least three hours before the time specified for the proposed meeting.
(Ord. 1072 § 7; Ord. CS-036 § 1, 2009)
A majority of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
(Ord. 1072 § 8; Ord. CS-036 § 1, 2009)
The Board shall appoint one of its members president, who shall serve for one year and until his or her successor is appointed, and in his or her absence, shall select a president pro tempore. The president shall serve as chair of the Board, and in his or her absence, the president pro tempore shall serve as vice-chair of the Board.
(Ord. 1072 § 9; Ord. CS-036 § 1, 2009)
Subject to City Council approval, the Board of Library Trustees may administer any trust declared or created for the benefit of the library, and receive by gift, devise, or bequest and hold in trust or otherwise, property situated in this state or elsewhere, and where not otherwise provided, dispose of the property for the benefit of the library.
(Ord. 1072 § 12; Ord. CS-036 § 1, 2009)
The Board of Library Trustees may make recommendations to the City Council and advise the City Council in matters pertaining to the following:
A. 
The duties and powers of the librarian and other library employees;
B. 
The number of employees;
C. 
The purchase of equipment, real estate and buildings;
D. 
The advisability and desirability of facilities of the city library;
E. 
The amounts of moneys required to operate the library;
F. 
Policies related to the administration of the city library, other than rules and regulations for the use of the library, promulgated pursuant to Chapter 11.33 of this code.
(Ord. 1072 § 13; Ord. CS-036 § 1, 2009; Ord. CS-174 § 3, 2012; Ord. CS-488, 3/25/2025)
The Board of Library Trustees may request the appropriate state officials to furnish the library with copies of any and all reports, laws and other publications of the state not otherwise disposed of by law.
(Ord. 1072 § 16; Ord. CS-036 § 1, 2009)
The Board of Library Trustees shall authorize the library and cultural arts director to borrow library materials from, lend library materials to, and exchange library materials with other libraries, and may allow residents and nonresidents to borrow library materials upon such condition as the Board may prescribe.
(Ord. 1072 § 17; Ord. CS-036 § 1, 2009; Ord. CS-164 § 16, 2011)
The Board of Library Trustees may do and perform any and all other acts and things necessary or proper to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The Board of Library Trustees shall further have the power to promulgate and adopt rules and regulations pertaining to the city library, other than rules and regulations for the use of the library promulgated pursuant to Chapter 11.33 of this code.
(Ord. 1072 § 18; Ord. CS-036 § 1, 2009; Ord. CS-174 § 4, 2012; Ord. CS-488, 3/25/2025)
The Board of Library Trustees, or if there is no Board of trustees, then the Library and Cultural Arts Director shall, on or before September 30, in each year, report to the legislative body of the municipality and to the state librarian on the condition of the library, for the year ending the 30th day of June preceding. The reports shall, in addition to other matters deemed expedient by the Board of Trustees or Library and Cultural Arts Director, contain such statistical and other information as is deemed desirable by the state librarian. For this purpose, the state librarian may send to the several Boards of Trustees or Library and Cultural Arts Director instructions or question blanks so as to obtain the material for a comparative study of library conditions in the state.
(Ord. 1072 § 19; Ord. CS-036 § 1, 2009; Ord. CS-164 § 16, 2011)
If payment into the library trust fund or other fund is inconsistent with the conditions or terms of any gift, devise or bequest, the Board of Library Trustees shall provide for the safety and preservation of the funds, and the application thereof to the use of the library in accordance with the terms and conditions of the gift, devise or bequest.
(Ord. 1072 § 22; Ord. CS-036 § 1, 2009)
Every city library established pursuant to this chapter shall be forever free to the residents and nonresident taxpayers of the municipality, subject always to such rules and regulations as may be established by the Board of Library Trustees or the City Manager or designee. Any person who violates any rule or regulation for use of the library may be fined or excluded from the privileges of the library.
(Ord. 1072 § 24; Ord. CS-036 § 1, 2009; Ord. CS-488, 3/25/2025)
The Board of Library Trustees and the legislative body of any neighboring municipality or the Board of Supervisors of the county in which the public library is situated, may contract for lending the books of the library to residents of the county or neighboring municipality, upon a reasonable compensation to be paid by the county or neighboring municipality.
(Ord. 1072 § 25; Ord. CS-036 § 1, 2009)
The title to all property acquired for the purposes of the library, when not inconsistent with the terms of its acquisition, or otherwise designated, vests in the municipality in which the library is situated, and in the name of the municipal corporation may be sued for and defended by action at law or otherwise. The City Council may authorize title to any property acquired for the purposes of the library to be vested in the Board of Library Trustees.
(Ord. 1072 § 26; Ord. 1076 § 1; Ord. CS-036 § 1, 2009)