(A) Board created; powers generally. There is hereby created the Board of Museums for the purpose of establishing, improving, developing, operating and maintaining a municipal museum system. The Board shall be a corporate body with perpetual existence and a corporate seal. The Board shall have the power to purchase, hold, sell and convey real or personal property; receive any gift, grant, donation and bequest or devise, sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, and do any and all things and acts which may be necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate purposes and provisions of this section. The Board shall have complete and exclusive control and management for all properties which it shall operate in connection with the municipal museum system for the city, and shall have the power to employ such persons as, in its opinion, may be necessary for the construction, operation and maintenance of the property under its control at such wages or salaries it deems proper, and shall have full control of all employees.
(Prior Code, § 144.01)
(B) Members; qualifications; appointments; terms; disqualifications. The Council shall appoint a Board of Museums consisting of five area persons, of which one shall be a Council person. The appointees of the original five-member Board shall serve terms as follows: two appointees for four years; two appointees for two years; and Council person for one year. The five members shall serve a term of four years. Each succeeding term thereafter, the appointment of a successor shall be made in a like manner for a term of four years, except the Council person who shall be appointed each year. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment.
(Prior Code, § 144.02)
(C) Oath; officers. After appointment, the members of the Board shall qualify by taking and filing with the City Clerk the oath prescribed by law for public officials. The Board shall select from the five voting members a Chairperson, a Vice-Chair and a Secretary-Treasurer. These officers shall serve for a period of one fiscal year.
(Prior Code, § 144.03)
(D) Compensation; contract interest. The members of the Board of Museums shall receive no compensation for their services, but shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as members of the Board. They shall not be personally interested, either directly or indirectly, in any contract entered into by the Board, or hold any remunerative position in connection with the construction, operation or maintenance of any property under their control as members of the Board.
(Prior Code, § 144.04)
(E) Removal from office. A Board member may be removed from his or her position by the City Council if the member:
(1) Violates any express prohibition of this section;
(2) Is convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude; or
(3) Fails to attend three consecutive meetings of the Board without being excused by the Board.
(Prior Code, § 144.05)
(F) Meetings. Council shall furnish the Board an office or meeting area where the Board may hold its meetings and keep its records. Meetings shall be held on a monthly basis and shall be posted and open to the public. Minutes shall be kept of each Board meeting. A financial report shall be prepared by the Secretary-Treasurer and submitted to City Council at the first regular Council meeting in August to report Board activity for the proceeding fiscal year.
(Prior Code, § 144.06) (Ord. passed 12-13-2004)