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173.340 Library board of trustees.

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173.340 Library board of trustees. (1) The management and control of a library shall be vested in a board of trustees. In cities and counties, the board shall consist of five (5) members except that in cities <br>of the second class, it shall consist of seven (7) members. In the event a contract for <br>library service is made pursuant to subsection (4) of KRS 173.310, the board may <br>consist of equal representation from the contracting parties with the total <br>membership not to exceed twelve (12). In a library region, there shall be five (5) <br>members, except if the number of counties exceeds five (5), there shall be one (1) <br>trustee from each county in the region. (2) Within thirty (30) days after the establishment of a library has been authorized by any of the methods authorized by KRS 173.310, a library board shall be appointed. <br>In cities the trustees shall be appointed by the mayor and in counties they shall be <br>appointed by the county judge/executive. There shall be established a board of <br>trustees in each regional library district for purposes of coordinating library <br>programs and effecting economies and efficiencies of the member county library <br>systems. In each regional library district, the trustees shall be appointed by the joint <br>action of the judges/executive of the respective counties or as may be agreed upon <br>by contract. In any region in which there are four (4) or less counties, provision <br>shall be made in the contract for rotation of members and an equitable adjustment of <br>terms. If a region consists of an even number of counties, the trustees appointed by <br>the judges/executive of the respective counties shall appoint an additional trustee <br>whose term of office shall be four (4) years and whose successor shall be appointed <br>by the trustees in office at the time of expiration of such term. Trustees shall be <br>appointed from the governmental unit at large with special reference to their fitness <br>for such office. Upon initial establishment of the board, members of the board shall <br>be appointed to terms as follows: two (2) members for two (2) years, one (1) <br>member for three (3) years, and two (2) members for four (4) years respectively, and <br>thereafter trustees shall be appointed to serve terms of four (4) years. Trustees may <br>serve for two (2) consecutive terms after which they shall not succeed themselves. <br>They may be reappointed no earlier than twelve (12) months following the end of <br>their last service. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired terms as soon as <br>possible in the same manner as the original appointments. In the event that <br>vacancies have existed for a period of at least six (6) months, the Governor of the <br>Commonwealth of Kentucky, upon the recommendation of the state librarian, may <br>make such necessary appointments. After absence of a trustee from four (4) regular <br>monthly meetings of the board during any one (1) year of the trustee's term, the <br>trustee shall be considered to have automatically resigned from the board. An <br>advisory board may be appointed and serve as specified in bylaws of the public <br>library board of trustees. (3) Library trustees shall not receive a salary or other compensation for their services, but may be reimbursed for actual expenses necessarily incurred in the performance <br>of their duties, upon approval by the board. Before entering upon the duties of his <br>office, a trustee shall take oath that he will faithfully discharge his duties. No board <br>shall employ as a member of its library staff any member of the board or any person related closer than a second cousin to any member of the board. No person is <br>eligible to this office who is directly or indirectly interested in the sale to the library <br>of books, magazines, supplies, equipment, materials, insurance or services for <br>which library funds are expended. (4) A library trustee may be removed only by vote of the legislative body of the respective governmental unit from which he was appointed. Effective: July 13, 1990 <br>History: Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 58, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 245, sec. 9, effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 367, sec. 2. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 8, sec. 4. -- Amended 1970 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 109, sec. 1. -- Created 1944 Ky. Acts ch. 160, sec. 5.