§ 58-42. Membership; qualifications; appointments; terms; attendance at meetings.

(a)

The library system advisory board shall consist of nine members chosen for their interest in public library service.

(b)

Each member of the board of county commissioners shall appoint one member to the library system advisory board. The appointee shall serve at the pleasure of the board of county commissioners, and the term of the appointee shall be for the same duration as the term of the county commissioner making the appointment. The libraries director will appoint one additional member to serve at-large. One member shall be appointed by the mayor and city council of the City of New Port Richey, one member shall be appointed by the mayor and city council of the City of Zephyrhills and one member shall be appointed by the mayor and city council of Dade City. All appointments made by the municipalities shall be subject to confirmation by the board of county commissioners.

(c)

Library system advisory board members appointed by the municipalities and the at-large member shall serve for three years.

(d)

Members will attend meetings regularly unless such absence has first been authorized by the chairman of the library system advisory board. Members who have an unexcused absence for three consecutive regular meetings or who fail to attend two-thirds of the regular meetings in any 12-month period shall be automatically dropped from membership. At this time, the chairman of the library system advisory board will forthwith request the board of county commissioners or the municipality, as applicable, to appoint another member to fill the term of the member leaving the library system advisory board.

(Code 1970, § 16-23; Ord. No. 80-13, § 6, 7-22-80; Ord. No. 08-22, § 1, 6-24-08)

Cross reference

Advisory board and committee membership, § 2-206 et seq.