Chapter 2.68
PUBLIC LIBRARY1
Sections:
2.68.010 Created.
2.68.030 Trustees – Appointment, term and duties.
2.68.050 Exemption from charge.
2.68.010 Created.
There is created and established a free public library in and for the city. (1958 Code § 1.28.010).
2.68.030 Trustees – Appointment, term and duties.
The management and control of the library is vested in a board of five trustees who shall be appointed by the mayor with the consent of the council. No trustee shall receive any compensation. Each trustee shall hold office for a term of five years. A vacancy on an unexpired term shall be filled for the duration of the unexpired term only. In January of each year the trustees shall meet and elect its president and other officers. The board of trustees may have bylaws, rules and regulations of their own guidance and for the government of the library. The board shall have the supervision, care and custody of all rooms or buildings constructed and leased, and exclusive control of the expenditures of all moneys collected for the library fund. (Ord. 1971 § 1, 1998; 1958 Code § 1.28.030).
2.68.050 Exemption from charge.
The provisions set forth in EMC 2.68.040 shall not apply to family units where member(s) thereof are paying real estate taxes on property within the city and shall not apply to student members of a family unit who are attending school within the corporate limits of the city. (1958 Code § 1.28.050).
Schlotfeldt fund for library – See Ch. 2.66 EMC.