Meeting Type: BCC Regular Meeting
Meeting Date: 5/16/2023
Item Status: New
From: Anu Gary, Administrative Services Manager
Submitted by: Carjetta Crook, Administrative Support Specialist IV
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ITEM TITLE
Title
Baldwin County Library Board - Board Appointment(s)
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STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Related to the Baldwin County Library Board (Baldwin County Library Cooperative, Inc), take the following actions:
1) Accept the resignation of Mr. Chad Yarbrough, dated March 22, 2023, and thank him for his prior civic service as a member of the board; and
2) Appoint Ms. Lolita Boykin as a member of the board, to fill the place seat formerly held by Mr. Chad Yarbrough, for a pro-rata reduced four (4) year term, said term commencing May 16, 2023, and expiring October 1, 2025.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Background: Staff received a resignation letter dated March 22, 2023, from Mr. Chard Yarbrough, Board Chairman, of the Baldwin County Library Board.
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.
Previous Commission action/date: 12/20/2022 - Last BCC board appointment.
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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Individual(s) responsible for follow up: Administration
Action required (list contact persons/addresses if documents are to be mailed or emailed): Administration send correspondence as follows:
Thank you letter to:
Mr. Chad Yarbrough
19117 Fairfield Drive
Fairhope, Alabama 36532
Appointment letter to:
Ms. Lolita Boykin
45086 Chalet Drive
Bay Minette, Alabama 36507
cc: via email only (director@baldwincountylibrary.org)
Elizabeth Webb, Director BCLC
Additional instructions/notes: Administration-update board list and upload to BCAP, Send notification email.