LIBRARY BOARD
§33.150 LIBRARY BOARD CONTINUED
Pursuant to authority given by Minnesota Statutes Ch 134.07, the Library Board for the City of Harmony is hereby continued.
§33.151 MEMBERSHIP AND TERMS
The Library Board for the city shall consist of seven (7) members appointed by the Mayor
with approval of the city council. No more than one (1) council member shall be a member of the library board at a time. Because the library is a member of SELCO, the regional public library system, residents of the city and residents of rural Fillmore County may be appointed, provided that the majority of the members are residents of the city. Appointments shall be made before the first library board meeting after the end of the fiscal year. The term of each member shall be three years and they shall serve until their successors are appointed and qualified. All terms shall end with the fiscal year. According to MN Statutes Ch134.09, Subd. 2, and previously established procedure, two members’ terms shall expire in each of two years, and three members’ terms shall expire in the third year. The library board president shall report vacancies in the board to the council, which shall fill vacancies by appointment for the unexpired term. A library board member shall not be eligible to serve more than three (3)
consecutive three-year terms. The Mayor, with the consent of the council, may remove any member for misconduct or neglect. Library board members shall receive no compensation for their services, but may be reimbursed for actual and necessary traveling expenses incurred in the discharge of library board duties and activities.
§33.152 ORGANIZATION AND DUTIES.
The library board shall organize by electing one of its number as president and one as
secretary, and such other officers as it deems necessary. The board shall adopt bylaws and regulations for the government of the library and for the conduct of its business as may be expedient and conformable to laws. It shall have exclusive control of the expenditure of all money collected for or placed to the credit of the library fund, of interest earned on all money collected for or placed to the credit of the library fund, of the construction of library buildings, and of the grounds, rooms, and buildings provided for library purposes. All money received for the library shall be paid into the city treasury, credited to the library fund, kept separate from other money of the city, and paid out only upon approval by the board. The library board may lease rooms for library use.
The library board shall appoint a qualified library director and other staff as necessary,
establish the compensation of employees, and remove any of them for cause. With the approval of the council, the library board may purchase grounds and erect a library building thereon.
§33.153 ANNUAL REPORT.
As soon as practicable following the end of the fiscal year the library board shall report to the council all amounts received during the preceding year and the sources thereof, the amounts expended and for what purposes, the number of library materials on hand, the number purchased and loaned, and such other information as it deems advisable. No later than April 1 of each year the library board shall file a report containing this information with SELCO, the regional public library system, and with the Dept. of Children, Families and Learning on forms supplied by the department.
§33.154 FREE USE AND BENEFITS OF LIBRARY.
The Harmony public library shall be forever free to the use of the inhabitants of the city,
subject to reasonable regulations that the library board may adopt, and to the citizens of Fillmore County and the SELCO region, subject to contracts and regional agreements.
The library board may admit to the benefits of its library persons not residing within the State of Minnesota under regulations and upon conditions as to payment of a non-resident fee as established by SELCO, the regional library system.
The Harmony library, as a member of the Fillmore County libraries and the SELCO regional public library system, has contracted with the county board of Fillmore County to loan library materials to residents of the county and to receive annual compensation for that service. Reciprocal borrowing and lending services are also maintained throughout SELCO and the State of Minnesota.
§33.155 TITLE TO PROPERTY.
All property given, granted, conveyed, donated, devised, bequeathed to, or otherwise
acquired by the city for a public library shall vest in, and be held in the name of, the city, and any conveyance, grant, donation, devise, bequest, or gift made to, or in the name of, the city library or library board shall be deemed to have been made directly to the city to be used for library purposes.
§33.156 GIFTS.
With the consent of the city council, expressed by ordinance or resolution, the library board may accept any gift, grant, devise, or bequest made or offered by any person for public library purposes or for the establishment, enlargement, or maintenance of an art gallery or museum in connection with the library, and may carry out the conditions of the donation. The city is authorized to acquire a site, levy a tax, and pledge itself by ordinance or resolution to a perpetual compliance with all the terms and conditions of the gift, grant, devise or bequest so accepted.