The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-04-04

Approved as to form: Kenneth
E. Serier, City Attorney.
Date of publication: April 4
1916.
Ordinance No. 437
An Ordinance Relating TO ant
Creating Free Public Munic
ipal Library of the City o.
Kennewick. Washington. Estab
fishing q Board Of Library
Trustees and Providing fol
Their Appointment and Power
and Defining its Powers.
The City Council of the City Of
Kennewick does ordain as fol.
lows:
Section l.. That there be and is
hereby established in the City Of
IKennewick, a free public library,
to be maintained as an indepen-
dent library under the direction
of the City of Kennewick, as
hereinafter provided, and which
shall be known as "Kennew1ck
Public Library"
Section 2. The management and
control of the Kennewick Public
Library shall be vested in a
board of five trustees. The trus-
tees shall be appointed by the
mayor with the consent Of the
City Council and the first ap-
pointments under this ordinance
shall be for terms of one, two,
three, four and five years, re-
spectively, and thereafter a trus-
tee shall be appointed annually
to serve for term of five years.
Vacancies shall be filled for un-
expired terms as soon as possible
in the same manner in which
members of the board are ap-
pointed. A library trustee shall
not receive a salary or other conn
pensation for services as trustee.
but necessary expenses actually
incurred shall be paid from the
library fund. A library trustee
may be removed only upon vote
of the City Council.
Section 3. The said trustees,
Immediately after their appoint
ment, shall meet and organize by
the election Of such officers as
they deem necessary: The said
trustees shall then
l. Adopt such bylaws, rules
and regulations for their own
guidance and for the government
of the library as they deem ex-
pedient.
2. Exercise supervision, care
and custody of all property of the
library, including the rooms or
buildings constructed, leased or
set apart therefore; N
8. Employ a librarian, and up
on his recommendation, employ
such other assistants as may be
necessary, all in accordance with
the applicable laws or the State
of Washington, and to prescribe
their duties, fix their compensa-
ton, and remove them for cause;
4. Said trustees shall submit
annually to the City Council Of
the City of Kennewick a budget
containing estimates in detail Of
the amount of money necessary
for the library for the ensuing
year;
S. Trustees shall have exclu-
sive use and control of the fin
ances of the library;
6. They shall accept such gifts
of money or property for library
purposes as they deem expedien3;
Z. Trustees shalr have the pow
ers to lease or purchase land for
library buildings, lease, purchase
or erect an appropriate building
or buildings for library purposes
and acquire such other property
as may be needed therefor;
8. The board of trustees shall
purchase books, periodicals, maps
and supplies for the library and
do all other acts necessary for the
orderly and efficient management
and control of said library.
Section 4. There is hereby es-
tablished a separate fund to be
called the Free Public Library
Fund" which sum will not be
used for any but Library pur-
poses, and the City Council shall
levy a tax and appropriate mon
ey annually for the support OF
the Library. All funds for the
library, whether derived from
taxation or otherwise, shall be
in the custody of the Treasurer
of the City of Kennewick. The
Secretary of the Board of Trus-
tees shall account for and turn
over to the City Treasurer at
least once month, all moneys
collected by the library. The
board of trustees shall have the
exclusive control of the expendi-
lures from the funds, subject to
any examination of accounts re-
quired by the State of Washing.
ton, and the money shall be paid
from the fund only upon vouch-
ersbof the Board of Trustees sign
ed by the Chairman and Score
sary thereof, and presented to the
City Council of the City Of Ken
1ewick without further audit
The Board of Trustees shall not
make expenditures or incur in
debtedness in any year in excess
of the amount of money appro-
priated and available for library
purposes.
Section S. At the close of each
year the Board Of Trustees shall
make a report to- the City coun-