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173.350 Organization of board -- Meetings -- Powers and duties.

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173.350 Organization of board -- Meetings -- Powers and duties. (1) The board of trustees shall constitute a corporate body with perpetual succession. Within ten (10) days after their appointment, the appointive officer shall call a <br>meeting of the library board to organize by the election of such officers as they <br>deem necessary and meet on a regularly scheduled basis thereafter once each month. <br>If the appointive officer does not call a meeting, the trustees may do so on their own <br>initiative. (2) They shall adopt such bylaws and policies for their own guidance and for the government of the library as they deem expedient; have the supervision, care and <br>custody of all property of the library including its quarters or buildings; employ a <br>library director and upon that person's recommendation employ such other staff as <br>may be necessary, who shall be certified in accordance with KRS 171.240 to <br>171.300, fix the compensation of the library director and staff; adopt personnel <br>policies which shall include dismissal of employees; submit annually to the <br>legislative body a budget containing estimates in detail of the amount of money <br>necessary for the library for the ensuing year; allot funds for the purchase of library <br>materials and supplies for the library; and do all other acts necessary for the orderly <br>and efficient management and control of the library. (3) They may accept such gifts of money or property for library purposes as they deem expedient; lease or purchase land for library buildings; lease, purchase or erect an <br>appropriate building or buildings for library purposes and acquire such other <br>property and equipment as may be needed therefor; and may enter into contracts for <br>library service with other library boards as provided for in KRS 65.210 to 65.300 <br>and with other units of government as provided for in KRS 173.310(4). Effective: July 13, 1990 <br>History: Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 58, sec. 2, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 8, sec. 5. -- Created 1944 Ky. Acts ch. 160, sec. 6.