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 This action shall continue in force until rescinded by action of the parties.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.
The Board of Library Trustees shall have and exercise the following powers and duties, subject to review by the Council:
1. The Board may adopt, amend or repeal bylaws governing the activities of the Board and relating to its duties.
2. The Board shall provide recommendations and advice for the development and maintenance of the public library facilities, furnishings and fixtures.
3. The Board shall provide recommendations and advice to Cornell College regarding control and supervision of the public library staff.
4. The Board shall have the authority to adopt, amend or repeal policies, rules and regulations, consistent with law, for the use of the public library facilities and resources, including establishing and enforcing penalties for violations of the rules and regulations regarding the public's use of the library.
5. The Board shall provide recommendations and advice to the Director of Library Services regarding development and management of the public library collection.
6. The Board shall have authority to authorize the use of the library by nonresidents of the City and to fix charges therefor.
7. The Board shall have authority to accept gifts of real property, personal property or mixed property, and devises and bequests, including trust funds, on behalf of the library. In the event of such a bequest, a special restricted account will be established in the Cornell College Business Office where the expenditures of the funds shall be exclusively for the improvement of the library and to carry out the conditions on gifts and bequests accepted.
8. The Director of Library Services, in consultation with the Board, shall prepare an annual budget request for the public library's operation, based upon the municipal fiscal year, and submit the same to the City Administrator's budget request prior to being submitted to the Council.
9. Immediately following the close of each municipal fiscal year, the Board shall make an annual written report to the Council which shall contain a statement of the Board's activities during the preceding year, statements regarding the condition of the library, the number of books and other materials added thereto, the number circulated, the amount of fines collected, and recommendations for proposed activities for the coming year.
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