3.120 Rahr-West Art Museum Boards and Association.

(1) Rahr-West Art Museum Board.

(a) Creation. There is hereby created a Rahr-West Art Museum Board to consist of 13 members. One member shall be a member of the Common Council and the remaining 12 members shall consist of citizens at large appointed pursuant to MMC 3.270. For purposes of this section, the definition of citizen is interpreted to mean a person is eligible to hold a nonelective City office even though he or she is not a resident of the City of Manitowoc.

(b) Term of Board Member. Citizen Board members shall serve a three-year term, limited to two consecutive terms. Citizen Board members may serve more than two terms; provided, that at least one-year term hiatus from the Board is observed by the member after each two consecutive three-year terms served. The Rahr-West Art Museum Director shall be a nonvoting member of the Rahr-West Art Museum Board. Prior to July 1st of each year the Board shall meet and select officers.

(c) Powers and Duties. The Board shall direct and supervise the activities of the Rahr-West Art Museum and recommend a director for the museum to the Common Council for approval. The Common Council shall determine the compensation of the director. The director shall hire and discharge all other employees of the museum upon concurrence and recommendation of the Board.

The Board shall have care, custody and control of all buildings and property of the Rahr-West Art Museum and it shall be the duty of the Board to recommend any improvements of the buildings to the Common Council. Budgeted funds appropriated by the Common Council for the Rahr-West Art Museum shall be disbursed by the Board according to its best judgment and in accordance with the approved budget.

The Board is authorized to accept or reject gifts or loans of items offered to the collections of the museum. The Board is also authorized to release and transfer properties of the permanent collections. Any funds received from the sale of these released and transferred items shall be retained in a special account for the purchase of additions to permanent collections.

(2) Rahr-West Museum Association.

(a) Creation. There is hereby created an organization known as “The Rahr-West Art Museum Association.” This organization is created for the sole purpose of obtaining funds for the Rahr-West Art Museum, which is a nonprofit museum operated by the City of Manitowoc.

(b) Organization. The Rahr-West Art Museum Association shall be governed by a Board of Directors appointed by the Rahr-West Art Museum Board. This Board of Directors shall be composed of three persons who shall serve indefinite terms at the pleasure of the Rahr-West Art Museum Board. The Rahr-West Art Museum Board shall appoint one of the directors as president of the Rahr-West Art Museum Association. The Board shall appoint a second director as the secretary and a third director as treasurer. The Rahr-West Art Museum Board may change these appointments at any time.

(c) Powers. The Rahr-West Art Museum Association Board of Directors is empowered to conduct projects and to accept contributions and memberships for the association.

(d) Account. A separate fund for the Rahr-West Art Museum Association is hereby established, to be known as the Rahr-West Art Museum Association Account. All contributions and memberships designated for the Rahr-West Art Museum Association shall be deposited in this fund. All proceeds shall be used only for the Rahr-West Art Museum. These funds are intended to supplement but not replace the normal budget support provided by the City of Manitowoc. No funds shall be disbursed without the order of the Rahr-West Art Museum Board.

(3) Tax Qualification. The Wisconsin District Director of Internal Revenue shall be notified of this action so as to enable contributions to enjoy tax deductions.

[Ord. 20-564 § 7, 2020. Prior code § 3.12]