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B. Applicants for membership on the Library Board of Trustees and all Board Members
shall be adult residents and registered voters of the City of San Bernardino, and no
member shall be an employee of the City or hold any other elected office in the City,
while applying for or holding a membership seat on the Library Board of Trustees.
Members shall be appointed on the basis of demonstrated knowledge and experience
in the area of library operations, fundraising, budget and personnel management,
education, legal services, purchasing, or other areas which relate to the mission and
purpose of the Board. Members shall commit to provide the best possible library
services for the community. Appointments shall be made with consideration of
community involvement, interpersonal and communication skills, geographical
distribution of commissioners and diversity. The Mayor shall determine the timing and
manner of interviewing qualified applicants, which may include interviews with the
Mayor, an ad hoc council subcommittee formed for that purpose, or setting of a special
meeting with public interviews of those selected for interview. Each appointee to the
Library Board shall be selected by a vote of the Mayor and entire City Council as
provided in Charter section 304(b). Removal of any member of the Library Board
shall also be subject to Charter section 304(b). Members of the Library Board of
Trustees shall serve without compensation.
2.27.020 Terms of Office
Each member of the Library Board of Trustees shall serve a four year term. Terms
shall be staggered so that three members are appointed in 2018 for a four year term and every
four years thereafter, and two members are appointed in 2018 for a two year term and every
four years thereafter. The term of each member of the board shall continue until a successor
has been appointed.
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2.27.030 Oath of Office
Prior to undertaking his or her duties as a member of the Library Board of Trustees,
the member shall subscribe and file his or her official oath of office with the City Clerk.
2.27.040 Meetings, Chair, Quorum and Attendance
The Library Board of Trustees shall meet at least once per month, with regular
meetings scheduled by adopted rules or regulations, and special meetings as needed, to be
posted and conducted in accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act. A quorum of three of the
board members is required to conduct any meeting. The Board shall elect a president and
vice-president from among its members, and the president and vice-president shall serve for a
term of two years. Any member who is absent for three (3) consecutive meetings, or in excess
of four (4) meetings per year, excused or unexcused, may be subject to removal from the
Board.
2.27.050 Reporting
The Library Board of Trustees shall provide a copy of its agenda, attachments and
minutes, to the Mayor, City Council, City Manager, City Attorney and such other City
officials as it may deem advisable. The Library Board of Trustees shall schedule, from time
to time, agenda items as requested by the City Manager for the purpose of discussing items in
closed or open session. The Library Department budget and all labor agreements shall be
submitted to City Council for approval pursuant to Charter Sections 508 and 602.
2.28.060 Approval of Rules and Regulations
The Rules and Regulations of the Library Board of Trustees in effect at the time of
adoption of this ordinance, copies of which Rules and Regulations are on file in the office of
the City Clerk, are approved for enforcement purposes. Subsequent amendments to the Rules
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and Regulations approved by the Library Board shall be submitted to the City Council for
approval by resolution and shall be enforceable pursuant to this chapter.
SECTION 2. INCONSISTENCIES. Any provision of the San Bernardino Municipal
Code or appendices thereto inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance, to the extent of
such inconsistencies, is hereby repealed or modified to the extent necessary to effect the
provisions of this Ordinance.
SECTION 3. SEVERABILITY. If any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence,
clause, phrase, or word in this Ordinance or any part thereof is for any reason held to be
unconstitutional, invalid or ineffective by any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision
shall not affect the validity or effectiveness of the remaining portions of this Ordinance or any
part thereof. The Mayor and City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted each
section irrespective of the fact that any one or more subsections, subdivisions, sentences,
clauses, phrases, or words be declared unconstitutional, invalid, or ineffective.
SECTION 4. PUBLICATION. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force
thirty (3 0) days from and after the passage thereof, and prior to the expiration of fifteen (15) days
from its passage shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation, printed and
published in the City of San Bernardino or, in the alternative, the City Clerk may cause to be
published a summary of this Ordinance and a certified copy of the text of this Ordinance shall be
posted in the office of the City Clerk five (5) days prior to the date of adoption of this Ordinance,
and within fifteen (15) days after adoption, the City Clerk shall cause to be published the
aforementioned summary and shall post in the office of the City Clerk a certified copy of this
Ordinance together with the names of the members of the City Council voting for and against
the same.
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ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN
BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA, ENACTING SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL
CODE CHAPTER 2.27 RELATED TO THE "LIBRARY BOARD"
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was duly adopted by the Mayor
and City Council of the City of San Bernardino at a joint regular meeting thereof, held on the
18a' day of April 2018, by the following vote, to wit:
Council Members:
AYES NAYS
MARQUEZ
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BARRIOS
VALDIVIA
SHORETT
NICKEL
RICHARD
MULVIHILL XCS
ABSTAIN ABSENT
Georgea arena, CMC, City Clerk
The foregoing Ordinance is hereby approved this 18th day of April 2018.
R. Carey Da4s, Mayor
City of Sari Bernardino
Approved as to form:
Gary D. Saenz, City Attorney
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