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ANORDINANCEAMENDINGCHAPTER2.36 OF THEMOSESLAKEMUNICIPALCDOEENTITLED"BOARDOF LIBRARYTRUSTEES"
THECITY COUNCILOF THECITY OF MOSESLAKE,WASHINGTONDOORDAINAS FOLLOWS:
Section 1.Chapter 2.36 of the Moses Lake municipal Code entitled "Board ofLibraryTrustees"is amended as follows:
I 2.36.010 Board Created -Eligibility:There is created a Board of LibraryTrustees,consisting of five (5)members,who shall be appointed bytheCityManager,from citizens of recognized fitness for suchpositionswhoresideinthecity.No trustee shall receive anycompensationforhisservices.
2.36.020 Terms of Trustees -Filling Vacancies:The first trustees ap-pointed shall determine by lot whose term of office shall expire inone(1),two (2),three (3),four (4),and five (5)years respec-tively,and their terms shall begin after their appointment,upontakingtheusualoathofqualification.The terms of office,ex-cept the first,shall begin on the first Monday in June,and atexpirationofeachtrustee's term,the City Manager shall appointonememberforafive-year term.
2.36.030 Removal:A member may be removed for cause during his or her termbytheCityManager.If a memberis absent from two (2)meetingsperyearwithoutexcuse,excuses being permitted for personal orfamilyillnessandvacations,cause exists for removal.The memberwishingtobeexcusedfromameetingmustnotifythesecretarytotheBoardpriortothemeeting.The absence shall be announced andthereasonthereforatthetimerollcallistakenatthemeetingandshallberecordedasexcusedintheminutesofthemeeting,ifminutesaretaken.
I 2.36.040 Meetings:The Board members shall appoint from amongthemselves achairmanandvice-chairman whose terms shall run for one year,fromthefirstmeetingoftheBoardafterJune1ofeveryyearuntilanewchairmanandvice-chairman are appointed in the subsequent
year.A majority of the Board shall constitute a quorum for thetransactionofbusiness,and three (3)affirmative votes shall benecessarytocarryanyproposition.A meeting of the Board shallbeheldinJanuary,March,May,July,September,and November ofeachyear,unless a future meeting is canceled by a majority voteofaquorumwithatleastthree(3)members voting in favor of thecancellation.
2.36.050 Powers and Duties of Board:The Board shall adopt such bylaws,rules,and regulations for their own guidance and for the govern-ment of the library as it deems expedient.The Board shall advisetheMayor,the Council,the City Manager,or other city officialsregardingthelibraryandalsoprovideadvicetotheNorthCentralRegionalLibraryDistrictoranyotherlibrarydistricttowhichtheCityofMosesLakeisincorporatedinorwhichprovideslibraryservicestoitbycontract.
Section 2.This ordinance shall take effect and be in force five (5)daysafteritspassageandpublicationasprovidedbylaw,
i Adopted by the City Council and signed by its Mayor on Februar 14,1989.
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SUMMARYPUBLISHED:2/21/89