(A) Establishment and composition. A Library Board composed of seven members who shall serve staggered three-year terms is hereby established. No more than one Commission member shall be a member of the Board. No member shall be eligible to serve more than three consecutive three-year terms.
(B) Duties. The duties of the Board are as follows:
(1) To annually elect from its membership a President, Secretary and other officers as it deems necessary; adopt rules and regulations for the government of the library and conduct of its business; appoint a qualified Library Director and other staff as necessary, establish compensation and benefits of employees in accordance with the provisions of city policies and subject to the approval of the Commission, and remove them for cause;
(2) To pay into the City Treasury all money received for the library, and interest thereon, which shall be credited to the Library Fund and kept separate from the other money of the city, and paid out only upon approval of the Board;
(3) To have exclusive control of library grounds and rooms, and to lease rooms for library use if it finds such to be necessary or desirable; and
(4) To annually report to the Commission receipts and their sources, disbursements and for what purposes, the number of library materials on hand, purchased and loaned, and other information it deems advisable; and, to file the information with the State Department of Education not later than April 1 of each year.
(C) Title to property. All property given, granted, conveyed, donated, devised or bequeathed to, or otherwise acquired by, the city for a library shall vest in, and be held in the name of, the city, and any conveyance, grant, donation, devise, bequest or gift made to, or in the name of, the library or Library Board shall be deemed to have been made directly to the city.
(1988 Code, § 2.54)