(A) Pursuant to KRS 173.105, the Metro Government hereby maintains a library department for the purpose of providing a free public library. The Library Department shall be known as the Louisville Free Public Library.
(B) Employees of the library shall have such rights to collectively bargain as are given to other Metro Government employees by ordinance.
(C) The Mayor shall appoint a Director of the Library. The Director shall serve at the pleasure of the Mayor.
(D) (1) There is hereby continued a Louisville Metro Library Advisory Commission.
(2) The Commission may adopt by-laws and such other rules and regulations as may be necessary to its operations.
(3) The Commission shall consist of nine members, all of whom shall be appointed by the Mayor with the approval of the Metro Council. The Mayor, with the approval of the Metro Council, shall appoint a ninth member to serve as Chairperson of the Commission. The terms of the members shall be three years. Vacancies shall be filled by the appointing authority for the unexpired portion of the term in accordance with the selection process outlined in this section.
(4) The Metro Government may, at the request of the Commission, provide such personnel as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of the Commission. These employees shall be under the direction of the Director of the Library.
(5) Each member shall be at least 18 years of age and the Mayor's appointments must reside within Louisville Metro. No member shall be an employee of the Metro Government.
(6) A member of the Commission may be removed by the Mayor for cause, after a hearing by the Mayor, and after at least ten days' notice in writing has been given to the member of the Commission, which notice shall embrace the charges preferred against the person.
(7) A member of the Commission shall be immediately removed from the Commission if the member has missed three consecutive regular meetings of the Commission, without sufficient excuse accepted by the whole Commission.
(8) Members of the Commission shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in. the performance of their duties subject to available funds.
(9) The Commission shall have sole authority within the funds available for the determination of library materials to be purchased and kept by the library and shall have sole authority for the determination of the expenditures from gifts and grants donated to the library.
(10) At the request of the Mayor, the Commission may make recommendations on other activities of the library. Such recommendations may include:
(a) An annual evaluation of the Director's performance;
(b) An annual evaluation of the adequacy of services provided to the community by the library;
(c) Annual and long-range goals and priorities of the library;
(d) The establishment of a citizen's complaint procedure; and
(e) The use and management of volunteers.
(E) This section supersedes and replaces any other agreement or understanding of the Metro Government on the operation of the Louisville Free Public Library.
(1999 Lou. Code, § 40.16) (Lou. Metro Am. Ord. No. 119-2007, approved 7-2-2007)
Editor's Note:
For library provisions, please see the Louisville and Jefferson County Cooperative Compact, § 16.
For library provisions, please see the Louisville and Jefferson County Cooperative Compact, § 16.