173.490 Terms of board members -- Appointment to fill vacancies -- Removal of
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members -- Advisory board.
(a)One-third (1/3) of the persons first appointed to the board shall serve for a
term of two
(2)years, one-third (1/3) for a term of three
(3)years and one-
third (1/3) for a term of four
(4)years. Where the board consists of a number
of members not divisible by three (3), one-third (1/3) of the next higher
number divisible by three (3), shall serve for a term of two
(2)years, one-third
(1/3) for a term of three
(3)years, and the remaining number shall serve for a
term of four
(4)years. Thereafter, as their terms expire, the board shall make
recommendations on their successors, who shall be appointed as set out in
paragraph
(b)of this subsection.
(b)The board shall recommend two
(2)persons committed to the provision of
library services to the Department for Libraries and Archives for each
vacancy. The names shall be forwarded to the Department for Libraries and
Archives and the state librarian and commissioner shall recommend those
names to the county judge/executive. The county judge/executive shall
immediately, with the approval of the fiscal court, make the selection from
those recommended unless the fiscal court has adopted an alternative
appointment process through the passage of a resolution. For fiscal courts that
adopt an alternative appointment process, the county judge/executive:
1. a. May immediately, with the approval of the fiscal court, make the
selection from those recommended by the state librarian and
commissioner; and
b. For any appointments the county judge/executive decides not to
fill from the first recommendations, shall request the Department
for Libraries and Archives to submit within thirty
(30)days two
(2)additional recommended persons for each unfilled
appointment, and, with the approval of the fiscal court, may make
the selection from those recommendations; and
2. For any remaining unfilled appointments after the provisions of
subparagraph 1. of this paragraph have been followed, shall appoint,
with the approval of the fiscal court, individuals of his or her choosing
no later than thirty
(30)days after the day the county judge/executive
received the recommendations under subparagraph 1.b. of this paragraph
and made no appointment therefrom. The county judge/executive shall
notify the Department for Libraries and Archives of the name of any
individual appointed in the manner set out in this subparagraph.
(c)Board members thus appointed shall serve a term of four
(4)years each.
Trustees may serve for two
(2)consecutive terms after which they shall not
succeed themselves. They may be reappointed no earlier than twelve
months following the end of their last service. The members shall hold office
until their respective successors are appointed and qualified. After absence of
a trustee from four
(4)regular monthly meetings of the board during any one
(1)year of the trustee's term, the trustee shall be considered to have
automatically resigned from the board. An advisory board may be appointed
and serve as specified in the bylaws of the board of trustees.
(2)Any vacancy occurring in the terms of office of members shall be filled for the
unexpired term by the county judge/executive, with the approval of the fiscal court,
by appointment on recommendation of the state librarian and commissioner of two
(2)names of persons committed to the provision of library services and living in the
county in which the vacancy occurred unless the fiscal court has adopted an
alternative appointment process through the passage of a resolution. For fiscal
courts that adopt an alternative appointment process, the county judge/executive:
(a)1. May immediately, with the approval of the fiscal court, make the
appointment on the recommendation of the state librarian and
commissioner of two
(2)names of persons committed to the provision
of library services and living in the county in which the vacancy
occurred; and
2. If the county judge/executive decides not to make the appointment from
the first recommendations, shall request the Department for Libraries
and Archives to submit within thirty
(30)days two
(2)additional
recommended persons for the unfilled appointment, and, with the
approval of the fiscal court, may make the selection from those
recommendations; and
(b)For any remaining unfilled appointment after the provisions of paragraph
of this subsection have been followed, shall appoint, with the approval of the
fiscal court, an individual of his or her choosing no later than thirty
(30)days
after the day the county judge/executive received the recommendations under
paragraph (a)2. of this subsection and made no appointment therefrom. Any
person appointed in accordance with this paragraph shall be committed to the
provision of library services and living in the county in which the vacancy
occurred. The county judge/executive shall notify the Department for
Libraries and Archives of the name of any individual appointed in the manner
set out in this paragraph.
(3)A member of the board may be removed from office as provided by KRS 65.007.