(A) As soon as may be practicable within three months after the effective date of this code, Council shall establish a Board of Library Directors by appointing five Library Directors, chosen from the citizens at large, with reference to their fitness for such office; and such appointments shall be made so that one Director’s term shall expire on the next following July 1, and so that the terms of the other four Directors shall expire successively, one at a time, on the four next following July 1; provided, that each Director so appointed shall serve until his or her successor is appointed and qualified. During the month of May or June next preceding the expiration of the term of the Director initially appointed to serve only until July 1 next following his or her appointment, and annually thereafter, during the month of May or June, Council shall appoint one Director to take office on July 1 in the year of his or her appointment, who shall serve for a term of five years and until his or her successor is appointed and qualified. Vacancies in the Board shall be immediately reported by the Board to Council, and filled by appointment in like manner, and, if an unexpired term, for the remainder of the term only. A Director may be removed for just cause in the manner provided by the bylaws of the Library Board. No compensation shall be paid or allowed any Director.
(B) Council hereby designates the Mayor as an ex officio member of the city’s Library Board.
(Prior Code, § 151.01) (Ord. 87-6, passed 9-15-1986)