(A) (1)
The Library Board of the city shall consist of seven voting members and shall be appointed by the City Council. Library Board members shall receive no compensation, but shall be reimbursed for duly authorized expenses.
(2) At least four voting members of the Library Board shall be residents of the city. No more than two voting members shall be engaged in the same kind of business or trade or profession.
(3) In addition, the Mayor shall appoint, on a revolving basis, one City Council member to serve as an ex officio non-voting member of the Library Board to communicate City Council policy on matters before the Library Board and to be a liaison between the City Council and Library Board.
(4) A member may be removed by the City Council, after a hearing, for misconduct or non-performance of duty. Any vacancy shall be filled by the City Council for the unexpired term.
(Prior Code, § 1.25.020)
(B) All Library Board member terms shall begin on July 1 and expire on June 30. Each term shall be for a period of four years. Should a Library Board member resign before his or her term has expired, a substitute shall be appointed and approved by the City Council. No person shall hold appointment as a member for more than two full consecutive terms, but any person may be appointed again to the Library Board after an interval of one year. The term of office of a Library Board member serving when this subchapter is adopted shall be the same term of office for which the Library Board member was appointed prior to the adoption of this subchapter, but shall expire June 30.
(Prior Code, § 1.25.030) (Ord. 302, passed 11-18-2002; Ord. 311, passed 11-3-2003; Ord. 377, passed 11-17-2008; Ord. 390, passed 5-3-2010; Ord. 393, passed 6-20-2011; Ord. 474, passed 8-16-2021)