Section 17-10. Purpose.
It is the desire and intent of the governing body of the Town to provide free public library service to the residents of the town for the benefit of the town, the state, and the nation.
Section 17-11. Library Established.
The Tryon Public Library is hereby established.
Section 17-12. Board of Directors.
The public library shall be governed by a board of directors consisting of five (5) members selected from the residents of the town with reference to their fitness for such office by the mayor and board of trustees. All library board directors shall serve thereon without compensation.
Section 17-13. Term.
The Board members shall hold office for a term of five (5) years from the first day of May following their appointment. At the first regular meeting of the board, the directors shall cast lots for respective terms of one year, two (2) years, three (3) years, four (4) years, and five (5) years; thereafter the terms of all directors shall be for five (5) years. Vacancies in the library board of directors shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments.
Section 17-14. Removal.
Any member of the board of directors may be removed by the appointing authority for misconduct or neglect of duty.
Section 17-15. Officers.
Immediately after the initial appointment, the board of directors shall meet and organize by electing one director as president, one director as secretary, and by electing such other officers as the board may deem necessary. They shall adopt such rules and regulations for their own guidance and for the governance and operation of the library as may be expedient and not inconsistent with this chapter and laws of the state, subject to the approval of the mayor and board of trustees of the town.
Section 17-16. Librarian.
The board shall, with the approval of the Mayor and the Board of Trustees, appoint a suitable librarian and assistants and set their compensation. The librarian shall be the administrative officer of the library. The board shall recommend an annual budget to the governing body of the town. The board shall set the policy of the library, control the expenditure of all moneys collected and placed to the credit of the library, supervise and care for the grounds, rooms, or buildings constructed, leased, or set aside for the library.
Section 17-17. Library Fund.
All moneys received by the board on account of the operation of the library shall be paid to the town treasurer, who shall deposit the same in the municipal treasury in a special and separate account designated the “library fund.” Such moneys shall be paid out only upon wants authorized by the library board of directors.
Section 17-18. Annual Report.
- The library board of directors shall make, on or before the thirty-first day of July in each year, an annual report to the mayor and board of trustees. Such report shall include:
- The condition of its trust on the thirtieth day of April;
- The various sums of money and property received by the library and how such moneys have been expended;
- The budget for the library for the next fiscal year;
- Statistics on the general character and number of books and periodicals which are on hand, are lost, have been added, have been loaned out; and
- The number of persons making use of the library during the year.
- A similar report shall be filed at that time with the Oklahoma Department of Libraries on forms supplied by that department.
Section 17-19. Appropriations.
The Mayor and Board of Trustees shall annually appropriate to the library board of directors from funds available to the Town such moneys as are deemed necessary to operate and maintain the public library for the education and cultural enrichment of the citizens of the Town.