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173.350 Organization of board -- Meetings -- Powers and duties.
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The board of trustees shall constitute a corporate body with perpetual
succession. Within ten (10) days after their appointment, the appointive officer
shall call a meeting of the library board to organize by the election of such
officers as they deem necessary and meet on a regularly scheduled basis
thereafter once each month. If the appointive officer does not call a meeting,
the trustees may do so on their own initiative.
They shall adopt such bylaws and policies for their own guidance and for the
government of the library as they deem expedient; have the supervision, care
and custody of all property of the library including its quarters or buildings;
employ a library director and upon that person's recommendation employ such
other staff as may be necessary, who shall be certified in accordance with KRS
171.240 to 171.300, fix the compensation of the library director and staff; adopt
personnel policies which shall include dismissal of employees; submit annually
to the legislative body a budget containing estimates in detail of the amount of
money necessary for the library for the ensuing year; allot funds for the
purchase of library materials and supplies for the library; and do all other acts
necessary for the orderly and efficient management and control of the library.
They may accept such gifts of money or property for library purposes as they
deem expedient; lease or purchase land for library buildings; lease, purchase
or erect an appropriate building or buildings for library purposes and acquire
such other property and equipment as may be needed therefor; and may enter
into contracts for library service with other library boards as provided for in KRS
65.210 to 65.300 and with other units of government as provided for in KRS
173.310(4).
Effective:July 13, 1990
History: Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 58, sec. 2, effective July 13, 1990. -Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 8, sec. 5. -- Created 1944 Ky. Acts ch. 160, sec. 6.
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