Duties and Responsibilities of Boards of Trustees

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7. Duties and Responsibilities of Boards of Trustees

The board of trustees shall have duties and responsibilities which include but are not limited to the following:

1. To employ a library director who meets state certification requirements and such other employees as necessary upon the recommendation of the library system director; provided, however, that the board shall be authorized to delegate employment of staff members to the library system director;
2. To approve budgets prepared by the library system director and assume responsibility for the presentation of the library's fiscal needs to the supporting agencies;
3. To attend board meetings;
4. To establish policies governing library programs, including rules and regulations governing the use of the library;
5. To set policy for the administration of gifts of money and property;
6. To present financial and progress reports to governing officials and to the public;
7. To notify the appropriate authorities of a vacancy on the board so that a person may be appointed to complete unexpired or full terms; and
8. To notify the library system director, in advance, of all meetings of library boards and board committees.

(Code 1981, §20-5-43, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1005, § 1.)

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