(A) Establishment and composition. The Library Board composed of five members, serving as follows: two shall hold office for one year, two for two years, and one for three years, is hereby established. At least three of the members shall reside within the corporate limits of the city and not more than two, though not residing within the corporate limits of the city, shall nonetheless reside within the area for which either a Granite Falls mailing address or telephone number is provided. No more than one Councilmember shall be a member of the Board and shall be one of the three members required to reside within the corporate limits of the city.
(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 person to be appointed by the City Manager, who shall also appoint other staff as necessary, establish compensation of employees, 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 he Library Fund and kept separate from the other money of the city, and paid out only upon approval of the Council; and
(3) To annually report to the Council 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.
(2003 Code, § 2.57) (Ord. 99, passed 12-7-2001; Ord. 132, passed 6-22-2006; Ord. 215, passed 6-5-2023)