A. The city manager or designee shall establish the rules of conduct for library patrons (rules) and all regulations to regulate disruptive behavior, noise, offensive odors, health and sanitation hazards, and possessions, materials, or objects brought into the library that are likely to interfere with its use by others. Such rules shall be formulated to ensure that the libraries and meeting facilities serve their primary purposes. In the case of libraries, these purposes include the provision of a quiet and orderly environment in which people may read, study, use library materials and equipment and contemplate. The rules shall not unreasonably or unfairly restrict access to the library by any person or group. The city manager or his or her designee may do and perform any and all other acts and things necessary or proper to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
B. Rules for the use of the library shall be posted on the library’s website and made available at all public service desks. The rules will also be provided to library cardholders at the time they initially obtain or renew a library card. Any person who violates the rules shall be advised of the violation and the rules’ requirements and may be subject to enforcement and the penalties proscribed therein.
C. The city manager or his or her designee shall direct and control all affairs of the library. The city manager shall cause to be employed 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 city council voting in favor thereof.
(Ord. 2019-06-1507 §3 (part), 2019)