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(A) Contracting. The Board may contract with any other boards of trustees of free public libraries, any other city, school corporation, private or semi- private organization, institution of higher learning, township or county, or with the trustees of any county library district for the use of the library by their respective residents.
(B) Termination. Such a contract may be terminated at any time by mutual consent of the contracting parties. It also may be terminated by a majority vote of the electors represented by either of the contracting parties. Such a termination proposition shall be submitted to the electors by the governing body of a contracting party on a written petition of not less than 5% in number of the electors who voted for Governor in the territory of the party at the last general election. The petition must be presented to the governing body not less than 40 days before the election. The proposition may be submitted at any election provided by law that is held in the territory of the party who is seeking to terminate the contract.
(Ord. D-047, passed 11-21-2017)
The Board may authorize use of the library by non-residents in any one or more of the following ways:
(A) By lending the books or other materials of the library to non-residents on the same terms and conditions as to residents of the city, or upon payment of a special, non-resident library fee;
(B) By establishing depositories of library books or other materials to be loaned to non-residents;
(C) By establishing bookmobiles or a traveling library so that books or other library materials may be loaned to non-residents; and/or
(D) By establishing branch libraries for lending books or other library materials to non-residents.
(Ord. D-047, passed 11-21-2017)
All money appropriated by the Council from the General Fund for the operation and maintenance of the library shall be set aside in an account for the library. Expenditures shall be paid for only on orders of the Board, signed by its President and Secretary.
(Ord. D-047, passed 11-21-2017)
The Board shall make a report to the City Council immediately after the close of the city’s fiscal year. This report shall contain statements of the condition of the library, the number of books added thereto, the number circulated, the amount of fines collected and the amount of money expended in the maintenance of the library during the year, together with such further information as may be required by the Council. Reports shall also be made from time to time as the Board deems advisable or upon Council request.
(Ord. D-047, passed 11-21-2017)