(A) The County Fiscal Court does hereby establish an independent county library which shall provide library services for all residents of the county.
(B) The management and control of this county library shall be vested in a five-member Board of Trustees.
(1) The County Judge/Executive, with the approval of the County Fiscal Court shall appoint the initial five-member Board, whose terms of office shall conform to the provisions of KRS 173.490.
(2) Successor Board members shall be appointed by the County Fiscal Court as provided in KRS 173.490.
(3) The County Fiscal Court grants to the Board of Trustees all of the duties and powers to act that are provided in KRS Chapter 173, that are consistent with the purposes of a county library service funded solely by a special ad valorem taxing district.
(C) In order, to provide funding for the proper maintenance and operation of the county library service, the County Fiscal Court does hereby establish pursuant to KRS 173.470, KRS 65.182, KRS 67.715 and KRS 67.083, the County Public Library Taxing District.
(1) The County Fiscal Court does hereby establish a special ad valorem tax for the Library District, and fixes the tax rate at $0.05 on each $100 of the assessed valuation of all property in the district.
(2) The tax rate established above shall be subject to the provisions of KRS Chapter 132 as to subsequent modifications.
(Ord. 99-3, passed 4-12-1999; Ord. 99-3.1, passed 6-28-1999)