[CC 1989 §2-151; Ord. No. 6774 §§1—2, 2-27-1995]
A. 
The Library Board is hereby established for the maintenance and operation of the public library of this City.
B. 
The Library Board shall consist of nine (9) trustees, three (3) of whom shall be appointed in May of each year by the Mayor, with the consent of the City Council, to take office on the next succeeding first (1st) day of June, provided that no member or employee of the City Government shall be a member of the Library Board. These trustees shall serve for a term of three (3) years. The Mayor, by and with the consent of the City Council, may remove any trustee for misconduct or neglect of duty.
[CC 1989 §2-152; Ord. No. 6774 §§1—2, 2-27-1995]
Vacancies in the Library Board occasioned by removals, resignations or otherwise shall be reported to the Mayor and be filled in like manner as original appointments shall be made for only the unexpired portion of that term. No member of the Board shall serve for more than three (3) successive full terms and shall not be eligible for further appointment to the Board until two (2) years after the expiration of the third (3rd) term. No member of the Library Board shall receive compensation as such, and no person shall be employed by the Board who is related either by blood or by marriage to any member of the Board.
[CC 1989 §2-153; Ord. No. 6774 §§1—2, 2-27-1995]
A. 
The Library Board, as soon as practicable after the qualification of new members each year, shall meet and organize by the election of one (1) of their number as President and by the election of such other officers as they may deem necessary.
B. 
The Library Board shall make and adopt such bylaws, rules and regulations for their own guidance and for the government of the library as may be expedient and not inconsistent with State law, this Code or other City ordinance, and as approved by the City Council.
[CC 1989 §2-154; Ord. No. 6858 §1, 2-10-1997]
The Library Board, as a body corporate, may sue and be sued; complain and defend; make and use a common seal; purchase or lease grounds; purchase, lease, occupy or erect an appropriate building or buildings for the use of the public library and branches thereof; sell and convey real estate and personal property for and on behalf of the public library and branches thereof; issue bonds secured by a deed of trust on any land which they own; receive gifts of real and personal property for the use and benefit of the public library and branch libraries thereof, such gifts, when accepted, to be held and controlled by the Library Board according to the terms of the deed, gift, devise or bequests of such property.
[CC 1989 §2-155; Ord. No. 6774 §§1—2, 2-27-1995]
The Library Board shall appoint a properly qualified librarian who shall be the chief executive and administrative officer for the library.
[CC 1989 §2-156; Ord. No. 6774 §§1—2, 2-27-1995]
The librarian shall make, within eight (8) weeks after the end of the library's fiscal year, an annual report to the Library Board stating the condition of the library and its services on the last day of the fiscal year, the various sums of money received from the Library Fund and from other sources, and how the money has been expended and for what purposes, and such other statistics, information and suggestions as may be of general interest. This report shall be transmitted by the Library Board to the Mayor and City Council and a copy shall be transmitted at the same time to the Missouri State Library.
[CC 1989 §2-157; Ord. No. 6774 §§1—2, 2-27-1995]
The Library Board may extend the privileges and use of the library to non-residents through agreements with other existing libraries allowing for exchanges of services upon such terms and conditions as the boards of the libraries, from time to time, may prescribe.
[CC 1989 §2-158; Ord. No. 6858 §2, 2-10-1997]
A. 
The Library Board shall have the exclusive control of the expenditure of all money collected to the credit of the Library Fund and the construction of any library building and of the supervision, care and custody of the grounds, rooms or buildings constructed, leased or set apart for that purpose. All money received for the library shall be deposited in the City Treasury to the credit of the City Library Fund and shall be kept separate and apart from other money of the City. At least once in every month the City Clerk shall pay over to the Treasurer of the Library Board all monies received and collected for the Library Fund, including interest on such monies, and take duplicate receipts from the Treasurer, one (1) of which the Clerk shall file with the Secretary of the Library Board and the other of which the Clerk shall file in the Clerk's settlement with the City Governing Body.
B. 
The Treasurer of the Library Board shall receive and be the custodian of all money belonging to the Board from whatever source derived. All funds in the Library Board derived from local taxation for the Library Fund and received from the proper City Finance Officer shall be kept in the City Library Fund. All funds of the Library Board derived from local taxation (if any) for the library Building Maintenance and Refurnishing Fund and received from the proper City Finance Officer shall be kept in the library Building Maintenance and Refurnishing Fund. All funds of the Library Board derived from State aid or Federal grants (if any), other than land, building and furnishing grants, shall be kept in the library operating fund. The Board may establish any other funds that it deems necessary. The Treasurer shall also be the custodian of all bonds or other securities belonging to the Library Board.
C. 
Upon receipt of a special gift, the Library Board shall be empowered to establish a special fund using such name for the funds as may be stipulated by the donor. Checks drawn on these funds shall be signed by the President, Treasurer and librarian.
[CC 1989 §2-159; Ord. No. 6858 §3, 2-10-1997]
A. 
Library Board monies shall be disbursed by the Treasurer by checks drawn on the Library Fund signed by the President, Treasurer and librarian. The Board shall prepare a budget for each fiscal year at least sixty (60) days prior to the beginning of the fiscal year, and all expenditures shall conform to such a budget. The budget shall be approved by the Board and submitted to the City Clerk for review by the City Council. The Board by resolution may direct that the signature of the President or Treasurer be a facsimile signature in the manner provided by Sections 105.272 to 105.278, RSMo.
B. 
No authorization or certification shall be made, and no instrument of payment shall be issued for the payment of any Library Board indebtedness unless there is sufficient money in the Treasury and the proper fund for the payment of the indebtedness and unless the authorization, certification and instrument are in the proper form.
C. 
At each regularly scheduled meeting of the Board, the Treasurer shall submit to the Board, with a copy to the City Clerk, an accounting reflecting receipt and disbursement of funds belonging to the Library Board. Such accounting shall be prepared in accordance with budgeted line items.