CHAPTER 25
BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES
BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES
A free public library for the City is hereby established to be known as Russell D. Cole Library, a Library for Cornell College and the City of Mount Vernon, to be operated in cooperation with Cornell College. This action shall continue in force until rescinded by action of the parties.
The Board shall consist of five (5) voting members, four (4) of whom are appointed by the Mayor with approval of the Council and one who is appointed by the College. Members of the Board shall serve without compensation but may receive reimbursement for actual expenses. Five (5) members shall be initially appointed including one whose term shall expire one (1) year after the effective date of appointment, two (2) whose terms shall expire two (2) years after the effective date of their appointment and two (2) who shall serve three (3) year terms, including the College appointee. In the event a vacancy arises, the Mayor or the College, as appropriate to the vacancy, shall appoint a new Board member, and the Board member so appointed shall serve out the unexpired term. Said vacancy shall be filled within sixty (60) days after the position becomes vacant.
1. Any Board member may be reappointed; provided no person may serve more than three consecutive full terms which may be either preceded or succeeded by a partial term.
2. Any Board member may be removed from the Board by the Mayor, with the concurrence of the Council, for good and sufficient cause which shall be stated in writing and filed with the City Clerk and a copy thereof filed with the Chair of the Board or any Board member may be removed from the Board for good and sufficient cause upon the recommendation of the Board, with the concurrence of the Mayor and Council.
3. The Board members shall annually elect, by majority vote, a Chairperson, to preside over all meetings of the Board, and a Secretary, who shall keep minutes of its meetings.
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