Ordinance 88-071ORDIN~CE NO, 88- ?~
~M~ ORDIN~CE CONFIRMING T~E CRF~TION OF
THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD~ PROVIDING
FOR APPOI~ ~ND COMPOSITION~ SETTING
~- FORTH THE TERMS OF OFFICE~ PROVIDING · ~,
~ . .. ~EETINGS~ PROVIDING FOR OFFICERS, QUORUM, ~: ·
i~..~ ~ RULES OF PROCEDURE~ PROVIDING FOR R£IMBURSEH~.:.~
or · OF EXPENSES~ SETTING FORTH THE FUNCTIONS,
~ POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE ADVISORY BOARD~
SETTING FORTH THE DUTIES OF THE COUNTY
· ,: LIBRARY DIRECTOR OR HIS DESIGNEE~ PROVIDING
~,~ .. ~_.'-' FOR CONFLICT ARD SEVERABILITY~ PROVIDING
:'-' ~ AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHI~EAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Collier
County, Florida, established the Collier County Free Public
Library and the Governor of the State of Florida appointed five
(5) members to serve on the Library Board in September, 1957~ and
WHEREAS, Chapter 71-14, Laws of Florida, provides that the
Library Board be appointed by the Board of County
and
WHEREAS, in January, 1973, the Board of County
appointed the members of ~ho Library Board~
WHEREAS, County Ordinance No. 86-41 established
for creation and review of county advisory boards.
NO~, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY T}~ BOARD OF COUNTY
C~4MISSIONERS OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, that~
SECTION ONE. Confirm the creation of the L~bra~y' AdviSory ~oaFd
This ordknance is enacted pursuant to Ordinance No. 86-41 to
confirm the creation of the Library Advisory Board.
SECTION TWO. Appoi. ntment and Compositi0~'
a) The Library Advinory Board shall consist of five
m~ers which represent the County Ccm~salon Districts.
b) Members of the Library Advisory Board aha11 be al~9Ointed
by and serve at the pleasure of the Bo&rd of County
C~lssioners. Said members sh&ll be permanent residents and
electors of Collier County.
c) Appointment of members to the Library Advisory Board
shall be by resolution of the Board o£ County Co~miesionera,
which resolution shall set forth the date of eppointm~nt and the
term of office. Initial appointments to the LLbrary Advisory
Board shall be made from ~hose members presently serving on ~he
L£b~ary Advisory Board upon the effective date of this ordinance.
If for any reason there ia an insufficient number of members
which to designate the ~'~bership of the Library Advisory Board,
the Board of County Co~ulssionera shall request and accept
applications fro~ the general public to co.plate the initial
appo£ntment of e~ers to the Llbrary Adviaory Board.
SECTION THREB, Terms of Offic~
The initial terms of office of the Library Advisory Board
shall be as foll~wst
a) Two (2} members will serve until December ]1, 1990.
b) Three (3) members will serve until December 31, 1988.
Ther(~after, each appointment or resppointment aha11 be for a
term of four (4) years. A person shall not be considered to have
served a full term of office unless that ~erson has served at
least two (2) years. All terms of office shall expire on
31st day of December.
A member of the Libra~7 Advisory Board may be reappointed
the Board of County Co~issioners for one (1) successive term.
However, other qualified applicants~aybe cor~idered fo= any
vacancy. Appointments to fill any vaca~cies on the
Advi,oryBoard shall be for the remainder of the tmexpl=ed
of office.
SECTION FOUR. Re~oval from Office~ Fa!lure to
a) Any member of the hibraryAdvisoryBoardmaybe re~ved
frc~ office by a majority vote of the Board of County
Co~uission~rs.
b) If any member of the Library Advisory Board £ails to
attend two (2) consecutive Library Advisory Board meetings
without a satisfactory excuse, or if a member is absent frc~nmore
than one-half of the Library Advisory Board's meetings in a given
year, the Library Advisory Board shall declare the member's
to be vacant and the vacancy shall be filled by the Board of
County Co~issionera.
SECTION FIVE. O~ficers~ ~uorum~ Rules of Procedure
a} Annually, at its first maeting~ the ~mberah£p o£ the
Library Advisory Board shall elect a chairman and vice-chair~an
from Being the members. Of£1cers' terms shall be for one {1)
ye&r, with eligibility for reelection. '
b} The presence of three (3} or more members shall
constitute a quorum of the Library Advisory Board necessary to
take action and transact business. In addition, an affirmative
vote of three (3) or more members shall be necessary in order to
take official action, regardless of whether three (3) or more
meml~rs of the Llbrary AdvtsoryBoard are present at a meeting.
c) The library Advisory Board shall, by majority vote of
t~.o entire membership, adopt rules of procedure for the
transaction of business and shall keep · record of meetings,
resolutions, findings and deters/nations.
SECTION SiX. ~eim~u...rsement. 0f Expenses
~embera of the Library Advisory Board shall serve without
compensation, but shall bm entitled to receive reimbursement for
expenses reasonably Incurred in the performance of their duties
upon prior approval of the Board of County Commissioners.
SECTION SL%~N. Functionsr Powers and Dutlg~ 9~ the Library
The functions, po~ers and duties o£ the Library Advisory
Board shall be as follo~s=
a) Act in an advisory capacity to the Board of County
Commissioners in matters relating ~o library affairs.
b) Review, investigate and study special problems relating
to Library policies.
c) Identify, study, evaluate, and provide recoem~ndations
to the Board of County Commissioners on programs that will
benefit the Collier County Library Syste~.
d) Review and recon~nd to the Board of County
C~e~issioners budget =ecoe~endations for the forthcoming fllCal
year for the operation of the Collier County Library System.
e) The Library Advisory Bo&rd may adopt and amend
"~uiaelines and Bylaws# to govern the operation of the Library
Advisory Board, subject to approval by the Board of County
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Des£anee
The duties of the County Libra=y Director or h~s
a) ~niste~ the act~v~tiea o~ the L~b~a~ ~v~so~ ~ard
~n accordance w~th est~l~shed ~l~c~es o~ ~he Board of
C~Iss~oners and ~delines and ~laws adopt~ ~ the
~v~o~ard.
b) P~epa~e the annual ~dget In accordance w~th Section
Seven, Paragraph d, ~ve.
c) Provide ~rl~lc written =e~rt~ to the Llbra~
the Collier County Library System and its finances in accordance
with established guidelines of the Board of County Commissioners
or the Llbrary AdvisoryBoard.
d) Attend all Llbrary Advisory Board ~etings.
SECTION NINE. ~gvi~w ~rocess
The Library Advisory Board shall be reviewed once ever~ four
(4) years co~mencing with the year 1988, in accordance with the
procedures outlined in Ordinance No. 86-41.
SECTION TEN. Conflict and Severabilit¥
In the event this ordinance conflicts with any other
ordinance of Collier County or other applicable law, the more
restrictive shall apply. If any phrase or portion of the
ordinance is held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of
c~Btent Jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate,
distinct and independent provision and such holding shall not
affect the validity of the remaining portion.
SECTION K~. l~fective Date
This ordinance shall become effective upon receipt of notice
from the Secretary of State that this ordinance has been £11ed
with the secretary of State.
PASSED ARD DULY ADOPTED by the Board of
of Collier County, Florida, this /-~ day
1988,
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.~TATE OF FLOR I DA
COUNTY OF COLLIER
I, JAMES C. GILES, Clerk of Courts in and for the
T~entleth Judicial Circuit, Collier County, Florida, do
hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of:
Ordinance No. 88-71
t~hich was adopted by the Board of County Commissioners on the
13th day of September, 1988, during Regular S=ssion.
WITNESS my hand and the official seal of the Board of
County Commissioners of Collier County, Florida, this IEth
day of September, 1988.
JAMES C. GILES
Clerk of Courts and
Ex-officio to Board of
County~ommiss toners ':;~..' ' "'..'~
~puty Clerk ,~.::
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