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173.040 Board of trustees -- Officers and employees.
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As soon as practicable after the passage of the ordinance providing for a free
public library, the mayor shall appoint twelve (12) trustees. The appointments
shall be made for four (4) year terms except that the original appointees shall
be so appointed that the terms of three (3) members shall expire each year.
Each appointee must be, at the time of his appointment, a taxpayer and
qualified voter in the city and must have resided therein for two (2) years prior
to his appointment. The mayor shall continue to appoint all twelve (12) trustees
unless the county judge/executive becomes authorized to appoint trustees
under the provisions of KRS 173.105, after which the mayor shall appoint only
the trustee positions not appointed by the county judge/executive. The trustees
shall serve without compensation. The twelve (12) trustees, whether appointed
under this subsection or under KRS 173.105, together with the mayor of the
city, shall constitute the board of trustees of the free public library, and shall be
a corporation with power to make such rules and regulations to govern itself
and the property entrusted to its care as it deems proper. Absence of a trustee
from four (4) regular monthly meetings of the board during any one (1) year of
the trustee's term shall constitute automatic resignation from the board by the
trustee.
Vacancies in the office of trustee shall be reported by the board to the mayor, if
the vacancy occurs in a trustee position filled by appointment of the mayor, or
to the county judge/executive if the vacancy occurs in a trustee position which
the county judge/executive has authority to fill under KRS 173.105. The
vacancy shall be filled by the mayor if so authorized or the county
judge/executive if so authorized under subsection (1) of this section and KRS
173.105, for the remainder of an unexpired term or for a full term if the vacancy
results from the expiration of a term. The trustees shall, before entering upon
the duties of office, make an oath or affirmation before a judicial officer that
they will discharge their duties.
At its first meeting and each year thereafter, the board shall select members of
the board to serve as president and vice president, and it may choose other
necessary officers and employees, fix their duties and compensation, and
remove them at pleasure.
Effective:July 15, 1982
History: Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 245, sec. 8, effective July 15, 1982. -Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 267, sec. 1, effective March 30, 1978. -- Recodified
1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat.
secs. 2801b-3, 2801b-4.
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