A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF GIRARD, KANSAS FROM THE PROVISIONS OF K.S.A. 12-1219, K.S.A. 12-1222, AND K.S.A. 12-1225 AND PROVIDING SUBSTITUTE AND ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS ON THE SAME SUBJECT
Be it Ordained by the Governing Body of the City of Girard, Kansas:
Section 1. In accordance with the authority granted to municipalities by Article 12, Section 5, of the Constitution of the State of Kansas, the City of Girard, Kansas hereby elects to exempt itself from and to make inapplicable to the City of Girard Kansas the provisions of K.S.A. 12-1219, K.S.A. 12-1222, and K.S.A. 12-1225. The provisions of the aforementioned statutes apply to the City of Girard, Kansas but do not apply uniformly to all cities in Kansas.
Section 2. The City Council of the City of Girard, Kansas shall have the direct responsibility for the maintenance, management, and operation of the Girard Public Library in accordance with the provisions hereinafter set forth in Section 4.
Section 3. The City Council of the City of Girard, Kansas shall exercise the maintenance, management, and operation of the Girard Public Library by a majority vote thereof. In the event of a tie vote the Mayor of the City of Girard, Kansas shall be entitled to cast the deciding vote and only in the event of a tie shall the Mayor be entitled to vote.
Section 4. In maintaining, managing and operating the Girard Public Library, the City Council shall have the following powers and duties:
a. To make and adopt rules and regulations for the administration of the library;
b. To acquire by purchase, gift or exchange, books, magazines, papers, printed materials, slides, pictures, films, projection equipment, phonograph records and other material and equipment deemed necessary by the City Council for the maintenance and extension of modern library service;
c. To employ a librarian and such other employees as the City Council deems necessary and to remove them and fix their compensation;
d. To establish and maintain a library or libraries and traveling library service within the municipality or within any other municipality with which service contract arrangements have been made;
e. To contract with other libraries established by law or the governing body of a municipality not maintaining a public library for the furnishing of library service to the inhabitants of such municipality to the extent and upon such terms as may be agreed upon, and to contract with any school board to furnish library service to any school library or to use the library facilities of the public school to supplement the facilities of the public library;
f. To receive and accept and administer any money appropriated or granted to it by the state of the federal government or any agency thereof for the purpose of aiding or providing library service;
g. To receive and accept any gift or donation to the library and administer the same in accordance with any provisions thereof. If no provisions are specified, the City Council shall have the power to hold, invest or reinvest the gift and any dividends, interest, rent or income derived from the gift in the manner the City Council deems will best serve the interests of the library;
h. To make annual reports to the state librarian on or before January 31 of each year for the preceding calendar year, showing receipts and disbursements from all funds under its control, and showing such statistical information relating to library materials acquired and on hand, number of library users, library services available, and other information of general interest;
i. As to money received from sources other than a tax levy for library purposes, in its discretion, to place such money in a separate fund or funds, or to place the money in the fund to which the tax levy money is credited unless the granter or donor directs how and for what purpose the money shall be handled and spent.
Section 5. To the extent not already owned by the City of Girard, Kansas, title to all real and personal property, tangible and/or intangible, including cash, checking accounts, and investments, upon the effective date of this Ordinance shall be transferred to the City of Girard, Kansas. The cash, proceeds of any checking, and the proceeds of any investments shall be credited to a fund to be established by the City Clerk for the operation and maintenance of the Girard Public Library.
(05-05-2014)