256.66 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF REGIONAL TRUSTEES.
256.66 POWERS AND DUTIES OF REGIONAL TRUSTEES.
In carrying out the purposes of section 256.60, each board of
trustees:
1. Shall appoint and evaluate a qualified administrator who shall
have a master's degree in librarianship from a program of study
accredited by the American library association and who may be
terminated for good cause.
2. Subject to the approval of the annual plan of service by the
director of the department of education, may receive and expend state
appropriated funds.
3. May receive and expend other funds and receive and expend
gifts of real property, personal property or mixed property, and
devises and bequests including trust funds; may take title to the
property; may execute deeds and bills of sale for the conveyance of
the property; and may expend the funds received from the gifts.
4. May accept and administer trusts and may authorize nonprofit
foundations acting solely for the support of the library service area
to accept and administer trusts deemed by the board to be beneficial
to the operation of the library service area. Notwithstanding
section 633.63, the board and the nonprofit foundation may act as
trustees in these instances. The board shall require that moneys
belonging to a nonprofit foundation be audited annually.
5. May contract with libraries, library agencies, private
corporations or individuals to improve library service.
6. May acquire land and construct or lease facilities to carry
out the provisions of this part.
7. Shall provide consultation and educational programs for
library staff and trustees concerning all facets of library
management and operation.
8. Shall provide interlibrary loan and information services
throughout the area and across area lines according to the standards
developed by the commission of libraries.
9. Shall develop and adopt, in cooperation with other members of
the library service area and the director of the department of
education, a long-range plan for the area.
10. Shall prepare, in cooperation with all members of the library
service area and the director of the department of education, an
annual plan of service.
11. Shall provide data and prepare reports as directed by the
director of the department of education.
12. Shall encourage governmental subdivisions to maintain local
financial support for the operating expenses of local libraries.
13. Shall assume all of the outstanding obligations of the
regional library and be liable for and recognize, assume, and carry
out all valid contracts and obligations of the regional library that
the library service area replaces. Each regional library in
existence prior to July 1, 2001, shall transfer its assets and title
to any real estate owned by the regional library to the library
service area that replaces the regional library.
14. May perform other acts necessary to carry out its powers and
duties under this part. Section History: Recent Form
93 Acts, ch 48, §29; 2001 Acts, ch 158, §15, 16