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HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Relating to Library Trustees, Repealing Ordinance 563 I I' TEMPORARY ORD. NO. 39 Permanet Ord. No. 784 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE NUMBER OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES, i PROVIDING FOR THEI_c APP(IVTMENT, PRESCRIBING THEIR TERM OF OFFICE., I DEFINING THEIP, RIGHTS AND DUTIES, AND REPEALING ORDINANCE, NO, 563 AND ALL OTHER ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH. i BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AMES, IOWA: I Section 1. Number of Member s. The board of trustees of the Ame s Public i Library shall consist of nine members. , Section 2. Appointment -- Term of Office. All members of the board of trustees of the Ames Public Library shall be appointed by the mayor, by and with the i approval of the city council, and the term of office for each trustee shall be for a six year period. Section 3. Qualification, All members of the board shall be bona fide citizens and residents of the city of Ames and over the age of twenty-one years. Section 4. Vacancies. Vacancies in the board shall be filled by appointment by the mayor, by and with the approval of the city council, such appointees to fill out the unexpired term for which the appointment is made. Section 5_ Vacancy Defined. The re-rnoNal of any trustee permanently from the city, or hisibsence from six consecutive regular meetings of the board, except in case of sickness or temporary absence from the city, without due explanation of absence, shall render his or her office as trustee vacant. Section 6. Compensation of Board Members. Members of said board shall receive no compensation for their services. i Section 7. Powers. Said board of library trustees shall have and exercise the following powers: Section 7. 1. Organization. To meet and organize by the election of one of their number as president of the board, and by the election of a secretary and such other officers as the board may deem necessary. Section 7. 2. Control of Library. To have charge, control and supervision of the public library, its appurtenances and fixtures, and rooms containing the same, directing and controlling all the affairs of such library. i Section 7. 3. Employees. To employ a librarian, such assistants and employes j as may be necessary for the proper management of said library, and fix their i compensation; but, prior to such employment, the compensation of such librarian assistants, and employees shall be fixed for the term of employment by a majorit of the members of said board voting in favor thereof. J i I Section 7. 4. Removal of Employees. To remove such librarian, assistants, or employees by a vote of two-thirds of such board for misdemeanor, incompetency, or inattention to the duties of Bach employment, subject, however, tothe pro- visions of chapters 70 and 365, code of Iowa, 1954. Section 7. 5. Purchase of Supplies. To select and make purchases of books, 1 pamphlets, magazines, periodicals, papers, maps, joarnals, furniture, fixtures, stationery, and supplies for such library. I Section 7. 6. Use by Non-residents. To authorize the use of such libraries by Inon-residents of the city of 1=),mes and to fix charges therefor. Section 7. 7. By-laws and Regulations. To make and adopt, amend, modify, or repeal by-laws, rules, and regulations, not inconsistent with law, for the care, use, government, and management of such library and the business of said board, fixing and enforcing penalties for the violation thereof. Section 7. S. Control of Funds. To have exclusive control of the expenditures of all portions of the municipal enterprise fund of the city of Antes allocated for library purposes by the council, and of the expenditure of all moneys avail- able by gift or otherwise for the erection of library buildings, and of all other moneys, including fines and rentals collected under the rules of the board of trustees. Section 7. 9. Accept Gifts and Property. To accept gifts of real property, personal property, or mixed property, and devices and bequests, including trust funds; to take the title of said property in the name of said library; is execute deeds and bills of sale for the conveyance of said property; and to expend the funds received by them fro_n such gifts, for the improvement of said i library. i Section 8. Records. Said board of trustees shall keep a record of its proceed- ing s. I Section 9. Fund-Treasurer. Alt moneys received and set apart for the maintenance of such library shall be deposited in the treasury of the city of Ames to the credij of the library fund, and shall be kept by the treasurer separate and apart from ail other moneys, and paid out upon the order of the board of trustees, signed by its president and secretary. Section 10. Budget. The board shall on or before July first of each year, prepare and file with the city cler : a proposed budget of its funds for the following fiscal year. j i Section 11. Annual Report. The board of trustees shall, immediately after the close of each municipal fiscal year, make to the council a report containing i a statement of the condition of the library, the number of books added thereto, i the number circulated, the number not returned or lost, the amount of fines collected, and the amount of money expended in the maintenance thereof during such year, together with such further information as it may deem important. Section 12. Repeal. Ordinance No. 563 and all other ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Section 13. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication as provided by law. i Passed this 7th day of February, 1955. i J, W, Prather, City Clerk J. P. Lawlor, Mayor I S Mo--;d by Bliss and seconded by Griffith that Temp. Ord. No. 39 be passed on it first reading. i Voting Aye. Griffith, Judge, Srrith, Bolton and Bliss 4 Voting Nay: No_ie Absent: De Hart 1 ! Moved by Bolton and seconded by Smith that the rules governing the passage of ordinances be suspended, the second and third readings omitted and Temp. Ord'. No. 39 be placed on its final passage. Voting Aye: Griffith, Judge, Smith, Bolton and Bliss Voting Nay: None Absent: De Hart I � S i Moved by Smith and seconded by Judge that Temporary Ordinance No. 39 do now pass. Voting Aye: Griffith, Judge, Smith, Bolton and Bliss Voting Nay: No-le Absent: De Hart Mayor Lawlor declared Temporary Ordinance No. 39 duly adopted. l ' I, J.`W. Prather, City Clerk of the City of Ames, Iowa, do hereby certify that rdinance No. 788 was duly and properly adopted by the CityCouncil at a meeting on th, 7th day of February, 1955 and published by codifying on j the jc day of l (_ 19- . W. Prather, City Clerk I i 1 I i i I I i i I f i