Ord. 0187 02-26-70ORDINANCE NO. / 8 7
AN ORDINANCE CREATING A LIBRARY BOARD IN .AND FOR THE CITY
OF PEARLAND, TEXAS, PROVIDING FOR QUALIFICATIONS AND
TERMS OF OFFICE FOR DIRECTORS OF SAID BOARD; PROVIDING FOR
ORGANIZATION, POWERS AND FUNCTION OF SAID BOARD; PROVIDING
FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF RULES AND REGULATIONS BY SAID
BOARD; DEFINING POWERS OF CITY COUNCIL; PROVIDING A SAVINGS
CLAUSE AND PROVIDING EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1: Creation. There is hereby created a board of library
directors for the City to be known as the Pearland Library Board. The
board shall consist of Seven directors, one director of which shall be
designated as heairman, to be appointed by the Mayor by and with the
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consent of the Council. The Mayor shall, with the advise and consent
of the Council, designate one of the members as Chairman.
SECTION 2: Qualifications. Directors of the Library Board shall
reside within the City, and be persons qualified to perform the duties of
such board.
SECTION 3: Term of Directors. The initial board of directors
shall be appointed and hold office as follows:
(a) Three Directors to be appointed for three years;
(b) Two Directors to be appointed for two years; and
(c) Two Directors to be appointed for one year.
Members thereafter appointed or reappointed shall hold office for a term
of three years from the date of their appointments and until their success
sors shall be appointed and qualified. Directors shall serve without com-
pensation but may be reimbursed for any personal expense incurred in
the performance of their duties.
SECTION 4: Organization of Board:
(a) A majority of the directors of the board shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business, and they may hold general. or
special meetings in the City Hall or other designated meeting places, at
such times as they may by order direct.
(b) The chairman of the board shall, as soon as possible after
appointment, call an election and cause to be elected thereby one of the
directors as Secretary and one as Treasurer. The Secretary and Treasurer
shall serve for one year terms and may be re-elected for consecutive terms.
(c) The Treasurer before entering upon his duties as such shall execute
a good and sufficient Fidelity Bond, renewable annually, conditioned for the
faithful performance of his duties and for the faithful accounting for all money
or funds which by virtue of his office comes into his hands, and to be in such
amount, forms and with such securities as may be prescribed and approved
by the City Council. The Treasurer shall have the custody of all money and
property received by said board of directors from all sources, and shall pay out
the same only on vouchers, orders or checks properly co -signed by the
Chairman and Treasurer thereof, and the Treasurer shall keep permanent
books of records of all such funds, and all receipts and disbursements thereof,
and for what purposes received and disbursed, and shall at the end of the
City's fiscal year make a report in writing to said board of directors and to
the City Council under oath, showing balances, receipts and disbursements,
including a statement showing the amount and principal of trust funds on hand
and how invested, which report shall be audited by a firm or person designated
by the City Council, and if found correct, shall be transmetted to the City
Council at the same time that the Treasurer or City Administrator is required
to make his annual report, and to be approved and preserved in the same
manner, if found correct.
(d) The Secretary of said board of directors shall keep a permanent
record of the proceedings of the board in the book proveded for that purpose,
and shall also keep a permanent record of the several trust funds, from what
sources received, the amounts thereof and for what uses and purposes, res-
pectively, and he shall annually, at the same time of transmitting the
Treasurer's report or audit to the City Council, make a report in writing
under oath,to the City Council stating therein, substantially the same
matter required to be reported by the Treasurer of said board, which
report, if found correct, shall be approved and preserved by the City
Council.
SECTION 5: Powers and Function. The Library Board shall have
the following expressed powers and function..
(a) To determine the purposes of the public library and develop
long range plans and programs for public library development and service
within the City.
(b) To select and employ such personnel, agents or consultants
as the board deems necessary for the proper management and development
of any and all library facilities and services.
(c) To prepare, with recommendations, an annual library operating
budget, to be submitted for approval by City Council not less than two
months prior to the commencement of the City's fiscal year.
(d) To act as the City's agent in all matters relating to State,
Federal and County Library Systems.
(e) To arrange and conduct any form of publicity relative to its
activities for the general purpose of public understanding.
(f) To negotiate and enter into agreements and contracts with
the United States Government, the State of Texas, Municipal. Corporations
or political subdivisions thereof for the planning, developing, construction,
or funding of library facilities or other facilities incidental thereto, pro-
vided such agreements and contracts are first ratified by the City Council.
(g) To accept gifts, donations and grants on behalf of the City for
the development of public library facilities.
(h) To establish and fix schedules of fees and charges for the use
of the public library and attendant facilities and from time to time as the
board deems necessary modify the same.
(i)
To recommend library sites for the present and future develop-
ment of libraries within the City.
(j) To actively encourage and secure support from the citizens
of Pearland for the development of a public library system.
SECTION 6: Rules and Regulations. The board of directors shall
adopt, enforce and promulgate any reasonable rules and regulations govern-
ing the use of any and all facilities and incidental to the purpose and interest
of this ordinance.
SECTION 7: Powers of City Council. The Mayor and City Council
shall have the power to remove from office any or all of said board of
directors or the said secretary or treasurer for nonperformance of duties
or for misappropriation or wrongful use of fun dscjproperty and to require
just and proper accounting of the same.
SECTION 8: Savings Clause. If any section, paragraph, clause,
or sentence shall be declared void and unenforceable or unconstitutional,
it is hereby declared the intention of the City Council of the City of
Pearland that the remainder of such ordinance shall remain in full force
and effect.
SECTION 9: Effective Date. This ordinance shall be effective
and be in full force and effect after its passage and publication in the
official newspaper of the City of Pearland.
PASSED AND APPROVED at a regular meeting of the City Council
of the City of Pearland, at which meeting a quorum was present, on the
first and final reading, the r4v day of J_�.�+• , 1970.
Mayon, "t of Pearlan•, Texas
Attest: