[CC 1996 §120.160; CC 1977 §28.010]
There is hereby created by this Article a Library Board for
the City of Bowling Green consisting of nine (9) members to be appointed
by the Mayor of the City of Bowling Green with the consent and approval
of the Board of Aldermen of the City of Bowling Green. No member of
the City Government shall be a member of the Board.
[CC 1996 §120.170]
The Trustees shall hold office, one-third (⅓) for one
(1) year, one-third (⅓) for two (2) years and one-third (⅓)
for three (3) years from the first (1st) of July following their appointment
and at their first (1st) regular meeting shall cast lots for the respective
terms; and annually thereafter the Mayor, before the first (1st) of
July of each year, shall appoint three (3) Trustees who shall hold
office for three (3) years. The Mayor, by and with the consent of
the Board of Aldermen, may remove any Trustee for misconduct or neglect
of duty.
[CC 1996 §120.180]
Vacancies in the Board of Trustees, occasioned by removals,
resignations or otherwise, shall be reported to the proper official
and be filled in like manner as original appointments, except that
if the vacancy is an unexpired term, the appointment 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 Trustee 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 Trustee
of the Board.
[CC 1996 §120.190]
A.
The
Trustees, immediately after appointment, 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.
They
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 Sections 182.140 to 182.301, RSMo.
C.
They
shall appoint a properly qualified librarian who shall be the Chief
Executive and Administrative Officer for the library.
D.
They
shall have the exclusive control of the expenditure of all monies
collected to the credit of the Library Fund and of 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 monies 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 monies of the City. At least
once in every month the proper City Finance Officer shall pay over
to the Treasurer of the library district 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 he/she shall
file with the Secretary of the library district and the other of which
he/she shall file in his/her settlement with the Board of Aldermen.
E.
The
Board, as a body corporate, may sue and be sued, complain and defend
and 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, receive gifts of real and personal property
for the use and benefit of the public library and branch libraries
thereof, the same when accepted to be held and controlled by the Board
of Trustees according to the terms of the deed, gift, devise or bequest
of such property.
F.
The
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.
