Chapter 2.35 PUBLIC LIBRARY

Chapter 2.35
PUBLIC LIBRARY

Sections:

2.35.020 Advisory board created – Powers and duties – Librarian.

2.35.010 Public library established.

A. The Eagle Mountain City public library is hereby established as a department of the municipal government of Eagle Mountain City under the supervision of the city manager.

B. The books and materials collection accumulated under the auspices of the city by volunteers acting to establish the Eagle Mountain City public library are hereby designated as under the jurisdiction of the Eagle Mountain City public library. [Ord. O-21-2024 § 2 (Exh. A); Ord. 99-23 §§ 1, 1.1].

2.35.020 Advisory board created – Powers and duties – Librarian.

A. There is hereby created an advisory board which shall be known as the Eagle Mountain City library advisory board (referred to herein as the board or the library board). The board shall be comprised of seven individual residents of Eagle Mountain City appointed in accordance with Chapter 2.27 EMMC.

B. Members of the library board shall hold office for a period of three years or until a successor for a member whose term has expired is appointed by the city council. Initial terms for members of the library board shall be staggered to provide that all terms of office do not expire at the same date. To establish staggered terms of office for the initial board, one member shall be appointed for a term of one year, two members of the board shall be appointed for terms of two years and two members shall be appointed for terms of three years.

C. The Eagle Mountain City library advisory board shall conduct its meetings in accordance with the Utah Open and Public Meetings Act and the written documents prepared by the advisory board in its official capacity shall be public documents in their final form.

D. The advisory board shall meet as often as necessary and shall serve without compensation. The advisory board shall review the operations of the city library including the collection of library materials, space for the materials collection, accessibility to the public, staffing and related matters and shall periodically report to the city manager as often as necessary or when specifically requested to do so by the city manager on activities of the board, the library and its needs, and financial information concerning the Eagle Mountain City public library and other matters which the city manager may from time to time define and identify for consideration by the board.

E. All recommendations and proposals from the advisory board shall be forwarded, in writing, to the attention of the city manager for consideration by the city council. The city council may invite the members of the advisory board to meet with the city council at regularly scheduled meetings or special meetings from time to time in compliance with the provisions of the Utah Open and Public Meetings Act.

F. The advisory board shall annually elect one of its members as chair of the library board and the chair of the board shall be the contact agent for the board.

G. The board shall appoint a competent and qualified person to serve as librarian and such other personnel as necessary for the operation of the library. The appointment of a librarian shall be approved by the city council. Competency to serve as a librarian shall be, among other criteria established by the board, state certification as a librarian or not less than five years of direct library experience. Interim appointments, not to exceed two years, may be made for the purpose of finishing certification.

H. Any board member or the librarian may be removed by the city council for misconduct or neglect of duty.

I. Vacancies in the board shall be filled for the unexpired term of office in the same manner as original appointments to the board.

J. The library board shall make rules, not inconsistent with general law, for the governing of the library.

K. The librarian shall provide for the keeping of records required by the State Library Board in its request for an annual report from the public libraries of the state and submit that annual report to the State Library Board. The report to the State Library Board shall be approved by the board before it is released. [Ord. O-21-2024 § 2 (Exh. A); Ord. O-05-2021 § 2 (Exh. A); Ord. O-13-2018 § 1; Ord. 99-23 §§ 2 – 2.9].

2.35.030 Funds.

A. All funds received for the use of the library shall be funds of Eagle Mountain City and are dedicated for the benefit of the library. Each year prior to March 15th the board shall prepare and deliver to the city manager a proposed budget in the form required by the city manager defining the requested appropriation, anticipated grants, fees and donations, and anticipated expenditures for library operations.

B. Library funds shall be held as required by Utah law and disbursed in accordance with the approved budget under direction of the city manager. [Ord. O-21-2024 § 2 (Exh. A); Ord. 99-23 §§ 3, 4].

2.35.040 Purchase of library materials.

Library materials such as books and other reference or circulating materials shall be purchased under the direction of the librarian with oversight and review by the library board. [Ord. 99-23 § 5].