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)
The Board of Library Trustees shall cause a proper record of
its proceedings to be kept.
(Ord. 1072 § 10; Ord. CS-036 § 1, 2009)
The Board of Library Trustees may make and enforce all rules,
regulations and bylaws necessary for the administration of the Board
of Library Trustees and all property belonging thereto.
(Ord. 1072 § 11; Ord. CS-036 § 1, 2009; Ord. CS-174 § 2, 2012)
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.
(Ord. 1072 § 13; Ord. CS-036 § 1, 2009; Ord. CS-174 § 3, 2012)
Subject to City Council approval, the Board of Library Trustees shall have the authority to purchase real property, and erect or rent and equip, such buildings or rooms as may be necessary, providing they have sufficient funds in the "library trust fund" provided for in Section 3.24.020.
(Ord. 1072 § 15; Ord. CS-036 § 1, 2009)
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.
(Ord. 1072 § 18; Ord. CS-036 § 1, 2009; Ord. CS-174 § 4, 2012)
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 made by the Board of Library Trustees. Any person who violates
any rule or regulation may be fined or excluded from the privileges
of the library.
(Ord. 1072 § 24; Ord. CS-036 § 1, 2009)
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)
