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A. Terms: The term of office shall be for three (3) years from July 1 following their appointment; and annually thereafter the Mayor shall, before July 1 each year, appoint three (3) Directors to the place of the retiring Directors, who shall hold office for three (3) years, and until their successors are appointed.
B. Removal From Office: The Mayor may, with the consent of the City Council, remove any Director, in the manner provided in 65 Illinois Compiled Statutes 5/3.1-35-10, for misconduct or neglect of duty; and no Director shall be appointed to succeed himself/herself. (1944 Code § 299; 1997 Code)
A. Filling Vacancies: Vacancies in the Board of Directors, occasioned by removals, resignations or otherwise, shall be reported to the City Council and filled in like manner as original appointments.
B. Compensation: No Director shall receive compensation as such, but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties from library funds. (1944 Code § 300; 1997 Code)
A. Election Of Officers: Such Directors shall, immediately after appointment, meet and organize by the election of a president, secretary, and treasurer from their number.
B. Powers And Duties:
1. Adopt Bylaws, Rules And Regulations: The Directors shall make and adopt such bylaws, rules and regulations, for their own guidance and for the government of the library and reading room, as may be expedient and not inconsistent with this Chapter.
2. Control Of Expenditures; Care Of Building And Grounds: They shall have the exclusive control of the expenditure of all monies collected to the credit of the Library Fund, and of the construction or leasing of any library building or addition thereto, and for the supervision, care and custody of the grounds, room or buildings constructed, leased or set apart for that purpose.
3. Purchase Or Lease Grounds And Buildings: Said Board shall have the power to purchase or lease grounds, to occupy, lease or erect an appropriate building or buildings, for the use of said library, or to purchase or lease the library buildings or other property of any existing library association for such time and upon such condition as may appear equitable and shall be agreed upon with the directors of such existing library association.
4. Appoint Librarian And Assistants: The Directors shall also have the power to appoint a suitable librarian and necessary assistants and fix their compensation, and shall also have power to remove such appointees.
5. General Powers And Duties; Establish Rules And Regulations: The Directors shall, in general, carry out the spirit and intent of this Chapter and Section 7-7-1 of this Code in establishing and maintaining a public library and reading room. Said Board may make all reasonable rules and regulations in order to render the use of said library and reading room of the greatest benefit to the greatest number; and the Board may exclude from the use of said library and reading room any and all persons who shall wilfully violate such rules. The Board may extend the privileges and use of such library to persons residing out of the City in the State, and upon such terms and conditions as said Board may from time to time by its regulations prescribe. (1944 Code § 301)
The Board of Directors shall make, on or before the second Monday of May, an annual report to the City Council, stating the condition of their trust on May 1 of that year, and various sums of money received from the Library Fund and from other sources, and how such monies have been expended and for what purpose; and the number of periodicals on hand, the number added by purchase, gift or otherwise during the year, the number lost or missing; the number of visitors attending; the number of books out, and the general character and kind of such books, with such other statistics, information and suggestions as they may deem of general interest. All such portions of said report as relate to the receipt and expenditure of money as well as the number of books on hand, books lost or missing, and books purchased, shall be verified by affidavit. (1944 Code § 302)
There shall be provided by the City Council in each and every year a sum to be applied to the uses and purposes, and especially to the maintenance and extension of the library and reading room, in such manner as the Board of Directors shall determine. The amount of such appropriation shall be deposited in the City Treasury to the credit of the Library Fund, and shall be kept apart from other monies of the City, and drawn upon by the proper officers of the City upon the properly authenticated vouchers of the Library Board. (1944 Code § 303; 1997 Code)