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Commission Memorandum
REPORT TO: Honorable Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Aimee Kissel, Deputy City Clerk Stacy Ulmen CMC, City Clerk SUBJECT: Appointment to the Library Board of Trustees
MEETING DATE: November 28, 2011 AGENDA TYPE: Action RECOMMENDATION: Mayor Krauss appoint one member to the Library Board of Trustees,
with the advice and consent of the Commission.
BACKGROUND: This board has one vacancy due to a resignation. Two new applications have been received. The library board would like to recommend the appointment of Donna Swarthout
as she has previously served on the board.
The Library Board of Trustees is created under Section 22-1-308 of the Montana Code Annotated and Section 2.56.010 of the Bozeman Municipal Code.: Under Section 2.56.010 of the B.M.C., the Board of Trustees of the Public Library shall be
composed of five persons and shall be appointed by the Mayor, with the advice and consent of
the Commission, and shall serve without pay. The trustees shall hold their office for the term of
five years, and one trustee shall be appointed annually at the beginning of each fiscal year (July 1) for the term of five years, and until his/her successor is appointed and qualifies. Trustees shall serve no more than two full terms in succession.
They shall have power to select librarians and other employees as they may determine and fix the
amount of any bond which they may require to be given by the librarian and other employees. They shall have power to receive books from all sources for the use and benefit of the library and to purchase books therefore with any money available for that purpose and power to prescribe all
rules and regulations for the use of books and the preservation of the same. The board shall keep
a record of its transactions and shall make a report to the City Commission at the close of each
calendar year, covering the business transacted by it during the year (Ordinance No. 1163, 1984; Ordinance No. 1094 S 1, 1982; prior code S 2.08.200). No residency requirements are contained in either the M.C.A. or the B.M.C. Under state
statutes, this Board is administrative.
The Library Board of Trustees has one vacancy and two new applicants.
Applying Applicants:
Donna Swarthout ALTERNATIVES: As suggested by the City Commission.
Jennifer Pawlak Attachments: Board Applications