The administrating body of the Mount Horeb Public Library
Please contact the board with your comments, concerns, and kudos. They are your representatives.
Current board members:
• Wayne Anderson, President, School
Board Representative (437-5595)
• Phoebe Blackman, Dane County Rural
Representative (437-8855)
• Jon Kuse
• Lillian McGrew (437-3990)
• Georgia Post, Village Board Representative
(437-8203)
• Jane Topper, Treasurer (437-3379)
• Teri Verima (437-4346)
| 11.10.2008 |
Powers and duties of the board
Mount Horeb Library Board of Trustees/Job Description (Reference: Wisconsin Statutes, Chapter 43.58, 43.60)
Legal Responsibilities
Members of the library board are mandated by Wisconsin law to control:
• Library funds
• Library property
• Library expenditures
• Selection and hiring of a library director
Members of the library board are required to maintain open records and hold open meetings under the requirements of Chapter 19 of the Wisconsin Statutes.
Fundiciary Responsibilities
Public library trustees are public officials and therefore have a responsibility to:
• Obey federal, state, county and local laws as they relate to libraries
• Conform practices to board by-laws
• Manage all library assets wisely
• Recognize that the library's best interests must prevail over
any individual interest
• Attend board meetings regularly, participate actively, and ensure
adequate record keeping and documentation
• Be diligent in developing library plans and policies
Examples of Duties:
• Select, hire, and oversee a competent and qualified library
director.
• Determine and adopt written policies to govern the operation
and program of the library.
• Develop a long-range plan for commitment of resources to meet
the changing needs of the service population.
• Submit an annual report to the State.
• Prepare a statement of purpose, service goals and objectives.
• Adopt an annual budget adequate for meeting goals and objectives;
work actively for public and official support of the budget.
• Review monthly financial statements in the context of the annual
budget, approve reasonable expenditures that are within the approved
budget, forward approved bills for payment by village.
• Develop and maintain capital improvement plan.
• Establish, support, and participate in a planned public relations
program.
• Interpret the library's role and plans to community boards and
committees, governing officials and the general public.
Cont'd powers and duties
Mount Horeb Library Board of Trustees/Job Description (Reference: Wisconsin Statutes, Chapter 43.58, 43.60)
Qualifications for Library Trustees:
• Willingness to devote time and talents
• Ability to think clearly, question objectively, and plan creatively
• Skill in communicating and cooperating
• Awareness and appreciation of the library's past, present and
future role in society.
• Willingness to become more knowledgeable about library services
and standards of operation.
• Ability to represent the Library Board in public forums, to
act as an advocate for library services, and to reflect the concerns
of the public at library board meetings
Composition of the Library Board of Trustees:
• A five member board; two additional members may be appointed
for a seven member board
• Not more than 2 members may be residents outside the village
• When annual sum appropriated by the county equals or exceeds
one-sixth of the annual sum appropriated to the public library
by the village, a county resident may be appointed to the library
board of trustees.
• Members are appointed by the village president. One member to
be appointed is a school district administrator, or administrator's
representative. Not more than one member of the village board
shall at any one time be a member of the library board.
• The Library Board of Trustees should represent: a diversity
of interests; a balance of age, race, sex and socioeconomic levels,
a variety of occupational and personal backgrounds.
• Appointment of term is for 3 years.