256.61 - LIBRARY SERVICE AREAS AND BOARDS OF TRUSTEES -- APPOINTMENT -- TERMS.
256.61 LIBRARY SERVICE AREAS AND BOARDS OF TRUSTEES
-- APPOINTMENT -- TERMS.
1. Seven library service areas shall serve and represent seven
geographic regions consisting of the following counties:
a. The southwestern area shall serve and represent the
counties of Adair, Adams, Audubon, Cass, Clarke, Decatur, Fremont,
Guthrie, Harrison, Lucas, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie,
Ringgold, Shelby, Taylor, Union, and Wayne.
b. The northwestern area shall serve and represent the
counties of Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford,
Dickinson, Emmet, Ida, Lyon, Monona, O'Brien, Osceola, Palo Alto,
Plymouth, Pocahontas, Sac, Sioux, and Woodbury.
c. The north central area shall serve and represent the
counties of Cerro Gordo, Floyd, Franklin, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin,
Humboldt, Kossuth, Mitchell, Webster, Winnebago, Worth, and Wright.
d. The central area shall serve and represent the counties of
Boone, Dallas, Greene, Jasper, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Polk,
Story, and Warren.
e. The southeastern area shall serve and represent the
counties of Appanoose, Davis, Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk,
Lee, Louisa, Mahaska, Monroe, Muscatine, Scott, Van Buren, Wapello,
and Washington.
f. The east central area shall serve and represent the
counties of Benton, Cedar, Clinton, Iowa, Jackson, Johnson, Jones,
Linn, Poweshiek, and Tama.
g. The northeastern area shall serve and represent the
counties of Allamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler,
Chickasaw, Clayton, Delaware, Dubuque, Fayette, Grundy, Howard, and
Winneshiek.
2. Each area shall have a board of trustees composed of seven
members, who shall be appointed as follows:
a. One member shall be appointed mutually by the area
education agency media divisions located within the boundaries of the
library service area.
b. One member shall be appointed mutually by the boards of
trustees of the public libraries located within the boundaries of the
library service area.
c. One member shall be appointed mutually by librarians
employed by public libraries located within the boundaries of the
library service area.
d. One member shall be appointed mutually by the boards of
trustees of the community colleges located within the boundaries of
the library service area.
e. One member shall be appointed by the commission of
libraries to represent library patrons residing within the boundaries
of the library service area.
f. Two members shall be appointed by the commission of
libraries to represent the public at-large residing within the
boundaries of the library service area.
3. All appointments shall comply with sections 69.16 and 69.16A.
4. The members of each library service area board shall be
appointed to four-year, staggered terms of office. A term shall be
effective on the first of July of the year of appointment and a
vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as
the original appointment.
5. The members of a board shall not receive compensation, but
shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred
in the performance of their official duties. The expenses of the
board members shall be paid from the appropriation to the library
service areas.
6. Each board shall elect a chairperson and vice chairperson
annually from among its membership. A board shall meet at the call
of its chairperson or upon written request of a majority of its
membership. Four members constitute a quorum. The concurrence of a
majority of the members of a board is required to determine any
matter relating to its duties.
7. The commission of libraries shall adopt rules providing for
the coordination of appointments made to the board of trustees in
accordance with this section. Section History: Recent Form
93 Acts, ch 48, §24; 2001 Acts, ch 158, §14
Referred to in §256.60