Our Board

Current Agenda

The Board Meets January, April, July and October on the first Monday at 6:15 PM

1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes
4. Introduction of any guests.
5. Updates on any upcoming events or items of interest from any board members.
6. Discussion of any Old Business
7. Discussion of any New Business
8. Adjournment

Governance

There is hereby created a board of directors for the governance and control of the library, to consist of all nine (9) members of the City Council of the City. No director shall receive compensation for performing the services required hereunder.

The directors shall hold office and shall serve until their successors are elected or appointed and otherwise qualified, and such latter persons, shall without any further act or conveyance become fully vested with all the estate, properties, rights, duties and obligations of their predecessors hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as director hereunder.

The board of directors shall conduct regular meetings to discuss library business at least quarterly during each calendar year and otherwise meet in special meetings as deemed appropriate to properly and faithfully execute their responsibilities hereunder.

At least annually, the board of directors of the library, in conjunction with the head librarian, shall file a list of directors, terms of office and meeting times with the Oklahoma Department of Libraries.

The directors shall, immediately after appointment, meet and organize by the election of one of their number as president, one director as secretary and by the election of such other officers as they may deem necessary.

The board shall have control of the library building and of the supervision, care and custody of the grounds, rooms or buildings constructed, leased or set apart for that purpose, and shall, in general, fulfill the purposes of a library board as provided by state law and city ordinance. The board shall have power, with the approval of the City Council, to recommend purchase of grounds and a suitable building for the use of the library. All powers delegated to the board of directors shall be executed subject to the approval of the City Council.

The board hereby adopts the Rules and Regulations for State Aid Grants to Public Libraries, promulgated by the Oklahoma Department of Libraries, and recommends that the library be operated in accordance with such rules and regulations so as to maximize public funding.

The board shall from time to time plan, prepare and implement a Long Range Plan consisting of a written strategy for action for improvement of library services over a specified period of time officially adopted by the library board.