173.040 Board of trustees -- Officers and employees. - Kentucky Statutes

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173.040 Board of trustees -- Officers and employees. (1) As soon as practicable after the passage of the ordinance providing for a free public library, the mayor shall appoint twelve (12) trustees. The appointments shall be
made for four (4) year terms except that the original appointees shall be so
appointed that the terms of three (3) members shall expire each year. Each
appointee must be, at the time of his appointment, a taxpayer and qualified voter in
the city and must have resided therein for two (2) years prior to his appointment.
The mayor shall continue to appoint all twelve (12) trustees unless the county
judge/executive becomes authorized to appoint trustees under the provisions of
KRS 173.105, after which the mayor shall appoint only the trustee positions not
appointed by the county judge/executive. The trustees shall serve without
compensation. The twelve (12) trustees, whether appointed under this subsection or
under KRS 173.105, together with the mayor of the city, shall constitute the board
of trustees of the free public library, and shall be a corporation with power to make
such rules and regulations to govern itself and the property entrusted to its care as it
deems proper. Absence of a trustee from four (4) regular monthly meetings of the
board during any one (1) year of the trustee's term shall constitute automatic
resignation from the board by the trustee. (2) Vacancies in the office of trustee shall be reported by the board to the mayor, if the vacancy occurs in a trustee position filled by appointment of the mayor, or to the
county judge/executive if the vacancy occurs in a trustee position which the county
judge/executive has authority to fill under KRS 173.105. The vacancy shall be filled
by the mayor if so authorized or the county judge/executive if so authorized under
subsection (1) of this section and KRS 173.105, for the remainder of an unexpired
term or for a full term if the vacancy results from the expiration of a term. The
trustees shall, before entering upon the duties of office, make an oath or affirmation
before a judicial officer that they will discharge their duties. (3) At its first meeting and each year thereafter, the board shall select members of the board to serve as president and vice president, and it may choose other necessary
officers and employees, fix their duties and compensation, and remove them at
pleasure. Effective: July 15, 1982
History: Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 245, sec. 8, effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 267, sec. 1, effective March 30, 1978. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts
ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 2801b-3, 2801b-4.