Meeting Type: BCC Work Session
Meeting Date: 8/13/2019
Item Status: New
From: Commissioner Billie Jo Underwood, District 3
Submitted by: Tawanda Gulley, Administrative Support Specialist
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ITEM TITLE
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Baldwin County Library Board - Board Appointment
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STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Related to the Baldwin County Library Board (Baldwin County Library Cooperative, Inc.), take the following actions:
1) Appoint Dr. Theresa Hardy as a member of the board to fill the place-seat formerly held by Mr. Joe Coleman for a pro-rata reduced four (4) year term, said term to commence on August 20, 2019, and expire on October 1, 2022.
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Previous Commission action/date: October 4, 2016 - Last Board Appointment by the Baldwin County Commission
Background: PROPOSED APPOINTMENT:
Commissioner Underwood requests that Dr. Theresa Harden be appointed to the Baldwin County Library Board. This appointment is at the discretion of the County Commission which can either make said appointment or make another appointment if so desired.
GENERAL BACKGROUND:
The Baldwin County Commission created the Baldwin County Library Board during their April 2, 1963, regular meeting, pursuant to the authority granted the County Commission per Title 55 §285, 286, 287 & 289, Code of Alabama 1975 Recompiled 1958, as a five (5) member Library Board to supervise the business of the, then, county library. Today, the county library is called the "Baldwin County Library Cooperative, Inc."
In 1975, the Alabama Legislature recompiled the General Laws of Alabama, found within and known, at that time, as the Code of Alabama Recompiled 1958, into what, today, is known as the Code of Alabama 1975. Within the Code of Alabama 1975, specifically at §11-90-1, et seq., remains, substantively, the provisions found at Title 55 §285, 286, 287 and 289, Code of Alabama Recompiled 1958. Therefore, per §11-90-1, et seq., specifically §11-90-2, Code of Alabama 1975, the County Commission is authorized and required to appoint all members to the five (5) member library
board known as the Baldwin County Library Board.
While the "Baldwin County Library Cooperative, Inc." is a non-profit corporation established in 2000, their governing records require the County Commission to appoint the membership of the board pursuant to the above cited Alabama law found at §11-90-1, et seq., of the Code of Alabama 1975.
Today, all members of the five (5) member Baldwin County Library Board serve four (4) year terms, each, through appointment by the Baldwin County Commission and disallowed from receiving compensation for service on said board. Notably, the governing law sets forth no required qualifications for appointment/re-appointment on this board.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
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If this is not a budgeted expenditure, does the recommendation create a need for funding? N/A
LEGAL IMPACT
Is legal review necessary for this staff recommendation and related documents?
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ADVERTISING REQUIREMENTS
Is advertising required for this recommendation? N/A
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FOLLOW UP IMPLEMENTATION
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Action required (list contact persons/addresses if documents are to be mailed or emailed): Administration:
Send correspondence to:
Appointment letter to:
Dr. Theresa Harden
23382 Cornerstone Drive
Loxley, Alabama 36551
Thank you letter to:
Mr. Joe Coleman
28540 County Road 65
Loxley, Alabama 36551
Additional instructions/notes: N/A