The City of Garnett, having established a public library under the general provisions of Kansas law, the governing body shall appoint a library board consisting of seven (7) members for said Garnett City Library. Members of the present board shall continue to hold office until December 31 following the expiration of the terms for which each is appointed, and on or before January 1 following each expiratiom of term a successor shall be appointed by the governing body for a term of four (4) years, with all terms expiring on December 31.

No person holding the office of city commissioner, city clerk, or city manager of the City of Garnett shall be appointed to said board while holding such office. All members appointed to the library board shall be residents of the city. No person who has been appointed for two (2) consecutive four (4) year terms to said board shall be eligible for further appointment to the board until two (2) years after the expiration of the said second term. Members of the library board shall receive no compensation for their services as such but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses in attenting meetings and in carrying out their duties as board members.

(Code 1961, 2-4-1; Ord. 2271; C.O. No. 30; Code 2023)

(a)   The said board shall, immediately after their appointment, meet and organize by electing one of their number president and by the election of such other officers as they may deem necessary. They shall have exclusive control of the expenditure of all monies collected and the supervision, care, and custody of all buildings and library property. They shall appoint a librarian and such assistants as needed and shall prescribe rules for their conduct. They shall appoint members to the standing committee for artwork, as specified in the next subsection, shall make and adopt such rules and regulations as may be expedient for the handling of all library business.

(b)   The standing committee for artwork shall be responsible for the care, maintenance, and custodianship of all artwork belonging to the city of Garnett, whether housed in the library or elsewhere, and including, but not limited to, the Mary Bridget McAuliffe Walker Art Collection. Such committee shall consist of not fewer than five (5), nor more than nine (9) members as follows: the library board shall appoint two (2) members to serve on the standing committee, at least one of whom shall be a current member of the library board; the City Commission shall appoint an additional two (2) members; and the four (4) members thus constituted shall name no fewer than one, nor more than five (5) additional members. The terms of appointment of those members appointed by the City Commission shall be three (3) years. The terms of all other appointees shall be as fixed by bylaws or rules of either the library board or the standing committee, but in no event shall the terms be for longer than three (3) years. An effort shall be made to stagger such members’ terms so as to promote continuity in the standing committee’s operations. The City Manager may from year to year name a curator of the art collections, who may be one of said committee’s members. If the curator is not a member of the standing committee, he or she shall attend standing committee meetings and shall be a nonvoting, ex officio member of the standing committee. Subject to the approval of the City Manager, the standing committee shall have authority to prescribe duties and establish rules for the operation of such committee, as may from time to time be necessary or expedient. The City Manager shall prescribe the duties of the curator.

(Code 1961, 2-4-2; Ord. 3983; Code 2023)

No person shall willfully or intentionally cut, tear, deface, break, injure or destroy any book, map, chart or other property belonging to the public library.

No person shall willfully retain any property belonging to the public library for more than thirty (30) days after notice in writing has been given to return the same. Such notice shall be given after the expiration of the time within which, by the rules of the library, such article or property may be kept.

(Code 1961, 2-4-3; Code 2023)

Vacancies occasioned by removal from the city, by resignation, or otherwise, shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired term.

(Code 1961, 2-4-4; Ord. 2271; C.O. No. 30; Code 2023)