[Ord. No. 935-2 § 3, 10-2-2000]
That there is hereby created and established in the Town of
Carrollton, Missouri a public library and reading room, free to the
residents of the Town of Carrollton, to be known as the Carrollton
Public Library.
[Ord. No. 935-2 § 4, 10-2-2000]
That the Carrollton Public Library shall be under the direction,
control and management of a Board of Trustees consisting of nine (9)
members to be chosen from the citizens of the Town of Carrollton,
at large, with reference to their fitness and for such office; and
no members of the municipal government shall be a member of said Board.
[Ord. No. 935-2 § 5, 10-2-2000]
That the members of the Board of Trustees shall be a politically
non-partisan board appointed by the Council of the Town of Carrollton;
they shall hold office for a term of three (3) years each, or until
their successors are appointed and qualified; with each member given
the privilege of re-appointment subject to the approval of the Town
Council for a consecutive three-year term. Thereafter, that person
shall not serve until the expiration of a period of three (3) years
whereupon said person may be re-appointed to the Board. The Council
may remove any trustee for misconduct or negligence of duty.
[Ord. No. 935-2 § 6, 10-2-2000; Ord.
No. 2020-1355, 9-8-2020]
Vacancies in the Board of Trustees occasioned by removal, resignation,
death or otherwise, shall be reported to the Council and be filled
in like manner as original appointments. Any person appointed by the
Council to fill a vacancy shall hold office for the remainder of the
term to which his/her predecessor was appointed. Any person appointed
to fill a vacancy may, at the expiration of the unexpired term appointment,
be reappointed for up to two (2) consecutive three-year terms, unless
the expired term filled was for one-half (1/2) or more of a term,
in which case the reappointment is limited to one (1) three-year term.
After a person has served his/her maximum permitted consecutive terms,
then the person may not be reappointed to the board until a full board
term has expired.
[Ord. No. 935-2 § 7, 10-2-2000]
That the Board of Trustees shall make and adopt such bylaws
and regulations for their own guidance and for the government of library
and reading rooms as may be expedient and consistent with the laws
of the State of Missouri and with this Chapter; they shall have exclusive
control of the expenditures of all monies collected to the credit
of the library fund; they shall have the power to appoint a suitable
librarian and to appoint the necessary assistants, and fix their compensation,
and shall also have power to remove such appointees and may exclude
from the use of the library and reading rooms any and all persons
who shall willfully violate the rules and regulations established
by said Board of Trustees for the operation of the public library
and reading room.
[Ord. No. 935-2 § 8, 10-2-2000]
The Board of Trustees shall hold regular meetings at least once
a month at the time and place to be fixed by said Board of Trustees
and shall hold additional meetings upon the call of the President
of the Board and shall do all things necessary to carry out the powers
and duties of said Board of Trustees.
[Ord. No. 935-2 § 9, 10-2-2000; Ord.
No. 2020-1347, 7-6-2020]
The Board of Trustees, at their July meeting of each year, shall
meet and organize by electing such other officers as provided in the
bylaws. Those officers to hold their office until the election of
officers at the following July meeting.
The librarian shall make, within eight (8) weeks after the end
of the fiscal year of the library, an annual report to the Board of
Trustees, 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 moneys have
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 board to the proper official and governing body
of the City and a copy shall be transmitted at the same time to the
Missouri State Library.
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Editor's Note: Ord. No. 2020-1347 also changed the title of
this Section from "Annual Written Report" to "Annual Report."
[Ord. No. 935-2 § 11, 10-2-2000]
Said library is organized exclusively for charitable, religious,
educational, and scientific purposes.
[Ord. No. 935-2 § 12, 10-2-2000]
No part of the net earnings of the library shall inure to the benefit of, or be distributable to its members, trustees, officers, or other private persons, except that the library shall by authorized and empowered to pay reasonable compensation for services rendered and to make payments and distributions in furtherance of the purposes set forth in Section 150.090 hereof. No substantial part of the activities of the library shall be the carrying on of propaganda, or otherwise attempting to influence legislation, and the library shall not participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing or distribution of statements) any political campaign on behalf of or in opposition to any candidate for public office. Notwithstanding any other provision of these articles, the library shall not carry on any other activities not permitted to be carried on by a library exempt from Federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or corresponding Section of any future Federal tax code, or by a library, contributions to which are deductible under Section 170(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, or corresponding Section of any future Federal tax code.
[Ord. No. 935-2 § 13, 10-2-2000]
Upon the dissolution of the library, assets shall be distributed
for one (1) or more exempt purposes within the meaning of Section
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or corresponding Section of
any future Federal tax code, or shall be distributed to the Federal
government, or to a State or local government, for a public purpose.
Any such assets not so disposed of shall be disposed of by the Court
of Common Pleas of the county in which the principal office of the
library is then located, exclusively for such purposes or to such
organization or organizations, as said Court shall determine, which
are organized and operated exclusively for such purposes.
