§ 26-35. Name of county-wide library system; library board of trustees; membership; appointment; terms; removal; vacancies; per diem allowance; executive director.

(a)

The county-wide library system shall be named the Fulton County Library System. Within the corporate limits of the City of Atlanta, the system may, but is not required to, continue to use the name Atlanta-Fulton County Library System, but the legal name of the system shall remain the Fulton County Library System. Responsibility for constructing, operating, and maintaining all library facilities and services within the service area of the library system shall hereinafter be vested in the county-wide library system which shall be administered by the library board of trustees.

(b)

(1)

The term of office of each member of the library board of trustees serving as such trustee on June 30, 2015, shall expire on July 1, 2015. On and after July 1, 2015, the library board of trustees shall consist of eight members as provided in this section.

(2)

The mayor of the City of Atlanta shall appoint one member to serve on the board of trustees as an ex officio, nonvoting member.

(3)

There shall be seven Fulton County appointed members, with one such member appointed by each member of the Board of Commissioners of Fulton County. Each member of the board of trustees appointed by a member of the board of commissioners shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing member of the board of commissioners and for the same term as the commissioner making such appointment. Each member of the board of trustees appointed by a member of the board of commissioners shall reside within Fulton County during his or her service on the board of trustees or that office shall become vacant.

(c)

No person may be appointed or serve as a member of the library board of trustees who holds any elective office.

(d)

Any vacancy on the library board of trustees shall be filled in the same manner as the initial appointment.

(e)

Members of the library board of trustees shall be removed for cause or for failure to attend three consecutive meetings or for failure to attend four or more meetings in a calendar year. Upon being removed for cause or for failure to attend meetings, such member shall not be eligible for reappointment during the appointing authority's present term of office.

(f)

Members of the library board of trustees may receive a per diem allowance for each meeting of the board of trustees which they attend. Such allowance shall be in such amount as may be fixed from time to time by the Board of Commissioners of Fulton County.

(g)

There shall be an executive director of the library system who shall be hired by and serve at the pleasure of the library board of trustees with the confirmation of a majority of the Board of Commissioners of Fulton County and shall report directly to the library board of trustees for purposes of job performance, evaluation, and budgeting.

(1982 Ga. Laws (Act No. 1017), page 4174, § 4; 1983 Ga. Laws (Act No. 369), page 4228, § 2; 1984 Ga. Laws (Act No. 1071), page 4711, § 1; 1986 Ga. Laws (Act No. 1358), page 5370, § 3; 1988 Ga. Laws (Act No. 1028), page 4613, § 1; 1990 Ga. Laws (Act No. 752), page 3715, § 1; 1995 Ga. Laws (Act No. 169), page 4084, § 1; 1996 Ga. Laws (Act No. 725), page 3859, § 1; 1997 Ga. Laws (Act No. 73), page 3635, § 1; 2004 Ga. Laws (Act No. 296), page 4347, § 1; 2015 Ga. Laws (Act No. 263), page 4054, § 1)

Cross reference

Boards, commissions and authorities, § 2-356 et seq.