Meeting Type: BCC Regular Meeting
Meeting Date: 10/6/2020
Item Status: New
From: Wayne Dyess, County Administrator
Submitted by: Victoria Key, Administrative Support Specialist
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ITEM TITLE
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Baldwin County Library Board - Board Appointment(s)
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STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Related to the Baldwin County Library Board (Baldwin County Cooperative, Inc.), take the following actions:
1) Reappoint Ms. Diane Sims as a member for a four-year term, to continue from October 1, 2020, and expire on October 1, 2024; and
2) Reappoint Ms. Betty Wood as a member for a four-year term, to continue from October 1, 2020, and expire on October 1, 2024.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Previous Commission action/date: November 5, 2019
Background: The Baldwin County Commission created the Baldwin County Library Board during its 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, its 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 are disallowed from receiving compensation for their service on said board. Notably, the governing law sets forth no required qualifications for appointments/re-appointments on this board.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
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LEGAL IMPACT
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ADVERTISING REQUIREMENTS
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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:
Ms. Diane Sims
7634 Hoppes Drive
Foley, Alabama 36535
Ms. Betty Wood
12889 Michigan Avenue
Elberta, Alabama 36530
Elizabeth Webb, Interim Director
Baldwin County Library Cooperative
director@baldwincountylibrary.org
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