[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Lock
Haven 10-7-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-06.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also superseded former Ch. 268,
Library, adopted 3-19-1910 by Ord. No. 44A (Ch. 12, Part 1, of the
2003 Code of Ordinances), as amended.
The library shall be known and designated as the "Annie Halenbake
Ross Library." The library's branches shall be known and designated
as "Renovo Area Library" and the "Friendship Community Library," respectively.
The management and control of said library shall be vested in
a Board of Trustees comprised of 11 members, each of whom shall serve
for a term of three years, seven of whom shall be appointed by the
Council of the City of Lock Haven and four of whom shall be appointed
by the Board of County Commissioners of Clinton County. If a vacancy
should occur by reason of the death, disqualification, resignation
or removal of a member, a successor to fill the remainder of his or
her term should be appointed by the governing body that he or she
had represented on the Board.
The Board of Trustees shall have the power: to adopt bylaws
and rules regulating their organization and the conduct of said library,
subject to the approval and ratification of City Council, to employ
such employees as may be deemed necessary for such purpose and to
do all other things necessary and incident to the proper and successful
management of said library.
The Board of Trustees shall have full control of the fund bequeathed
by Mrs. Annie Halenbake Ross for the maintenance of said library and
shall make all investments and collect all interest and income from
said investments, and expend the said income for the maintenance and
support of said library, the purchase of books, compensation of the
Executive Director and librarians and such others employed for the
assistance as may be necessary for the proper carrying on of said
library, and shall submit annual statements of all receipts and expenditures
to the Council of the City of Lock Haven and Board of County Commissioners
of Clinton County. The Board of Trustees shall annually report to
the Council of the City of Lock Haven and to the Board of County Commissioners
of Clinton County the manner of performing the duties of their appointment,
the condition of said library, the improvements and additions thereto
and generally all matters of interest to the public in regard to the
functioning of the library.
The members of the Board of Trustees shall serve without compensation.
The Treasurer of the Board of Trustees shall give bond to be
approved by the Board of County Commissioners of Clinton County and
by the Council of the City of Lock Haven for the faithful performance
of his or her duties, and the expense of obtaining the same shall
be paid out of the income of the said bequest.
The Board of Trustees shall, in the first instance, spend a
sufficient sum out of the principal of said bequest for the purchase
of books and other necessary equipment for said library not, however,
to exceed the sum of $5,000 set forth in the will of Annie Halenbake
Ross, deceased. Thereafter, all expenditures of the income derived
from said bequest shall be limited so that at all times after said
initial expenditures shall have been made, the principal sum of said
bequest shall be kept intact and without diminution.
