Chapter 10.50
PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD

Sections:

10.50.010  Appointment of trustees – Terms.

10.50.020  Powers and duties.

10.50.030  Survival of the fund.

10.50.040  Administration of the special library fund.

10.50.010 Appointment of trustees – Terms.

As provided in RCW 27.12.190, the mayor shall appoint five trustees to serve on the public library board. Appointments shall be for a full term of five years on a rotating basis, i.e., one term shall expire and one new trustee shall be appointed each year. No trustee shall serve more than two consecutive full terms. An appointment to fill an unexpired term less than two years in length shall not be considered a full term. Trustees who are serving on the date this amendment is adopted shall complete their term of office. [Ord. 3213 § 1, 1998].

10.50.020 Powers and duties.

A. Advice to the Mayor and City Council. The public library board shall advise the mayor and city council at least annually or on such other reporting schedule as may be agreed by the mayor, council, and board, regarding:

1. The planning, management, use, care, and disposition of the library's property, equipment and physical facilities;

2. The policies, rules and regulations pertaining to the use of the library and its facilities;

3. The budget, administration, scope and quality of library resources and services provided to the city of Edmonds under its contract with the Sno-Isle library system, including any requirements for amendment of the contract;

4. The acceptance or rejection of all gifts of money or property to the city for the benefit of the library and its patrons;

5. Such other matters as the mayor or city council may assign to the board at their discretion.

B. Coordination. The board shall coordinate its advice to the mayor and city council with the liaison staff of the parks, recreation, and cultural services department of the city of Edmonds before bringing matters to the mayor and council.

C. Advice to the Sno-Isle Library System. The board shall advise the Sno-Isle library system, the intercounty rural library district organization which provides library services to the city of Edmonds, on policies for the development of the library's collection, the use of the library, and the scope and quality of the services provided. Nothing herein shall be interpreted to delegate the city council's contractual or budgetary authority with respect to library operations. [Ord. 3213 § 1, 1998].

10.50.030 Survival of the fund.

The fund established pursuant to the provisions of Ordinance No. 186 establishing Chapter 10.50 ECC and subsequent revisions thereof establishing special funds for the library and monies deposited in such funds shall survive the amendment of the ordinance codified in this chapter and the repeal of prior sections designed to establish such funds. The special library fund established by Ordinance No. 1312 shall, in particular, survive the amendment of the ordinance codified in this chapter and shall be maintained for voluntary contributions made for the purposes of bettering library services and therefrom awards made by the board. [Ord. 3213 § 1, 1998].

10.50.040 Administration of the special library fund.

The public library board of the city shall, from time to time as it deems appropriate, recommend expenditures from the special library fund for the purposes for which such fund was established, i.e., bettering library service. Such recommendations shall be made in an open meeting of the commission and duly recorded in the minutes after which a city claim voucher shall be certified by the chair of the board and submitted for authorization for payment to the city council in accordance with such procedures as the council shall establish. [Ord. 3213 § 1, 1998].