The Board shall have and exercise the following powers and duties:
(A) Officers. To meet and elect from its members a President, a Secretary and such other officers as it deems necessary. The City Treasurer shall serve as Board Treasurer, but shall not be a member of the Board;
(B) Physical plant. To have charge, control and supervision of the public library, its appurtenances, fixtures and rooms containing the same;
(C) Charge of affairs. To direct and control all affairs of the library;
(D) Hiring of personnel. To employ a Library Director, and authorize the Library Director to employ such assistants and employees as may be necessary for the proper management of the library, and fix their compensation; provided, however, that, prior to such employment, the compensation of the Library Director, assistants and employees shall have been fixed and approved by a majority of the members of the Board voting in favor thereof;
(E) Removal of personnel. To remove the Library Director, by a two-thirds vote of the Board, and provide procedures for the removal of the assistants or employees for misdemeanor, incompetency or inattention to duty, subject however to the provisions of Iowa Code Ch. 70A;
(F) Purchases. To select, or authorize the Library Director to select, and make purchases of books, magazines, periodicals, papers, maps, journals, furniture, fixtures, technology and supplies for the library within budgetary limits set by the Board;
(G) Use by non-residents. To authorize the use of the library by non-residents and fix charges therefor;
(H) Rules and regulations. To make and adopt, amend, modify or repeal rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the code and the law, for the care, use, government and management of the library and the business of the Board, fixing and enforcing penalties for violations;
(I) Expenditures. To have exclusive control of the expenditure of all funds allocated for library purposes by the Council, and of all moneys available by gift or otherwise for the erection of library buildings and of all other moneys belonging to the library including fines and rentals collected under the rules of the Board. The check writing officer is the City Clerk;
(J) Gifts. To accept gifts of real property, personal property or mixed property, and devises and bequests, including trust funds to take the title to said property in the name of the library, to execute deeds and bill of sale for the conveyance of said property; and to expend the funds received by them from such gifts, for the improvement of the library;
(K) Enforce the performance of conditions on gifts. To enforce the performance of conditions on gifts, donations, devises and bequests accepted by the city by action against the Council; and
(L) Record of proceedings. To keep a record of its proceedings.
(2011 Code, § 5.0406)