<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 38-4. - Board of trustees.</div>
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               (a)
               
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               The board of trustees shall consist of 12 members, each of whom shall be appointed
               in the manner prescribed herein or otherwise hold office as set out in subsection
               (b)(2) of this section. Each appointed member of the board of trustees shall serve
               a term of three years or until a successor shall have been appointed and duly qualified.
               A trustee may be reappointed but no appointed member shall serve more than two successive
               terms (a total of six years).
               
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               (b)
               
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               In order to create staggered terms, the county board may designate terms of one, two,
               and three years for the members it appoints so that the terms of three appointed members
               shall expire each year. The procedure for determining the membership of the board
               of trustees shall be as follows:
               
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               (1)
               
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               <span class="ital">Qualifications.</span> In making appointments to the library board of trustees, the county board shall take
               into consideration diversity of opinion and the broadest possible representation.
               To that end, there should be representation from those governing bodies that provide
               financial support and there should be at large members from the various areas of the
               county, including the Morganton area, the Valdese area, and the rural areas of the
               county.
               
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               (2)
               
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               <span class="ital">Standing membership.</span> The duly elected chairperson of the county board of commissioners, mayor of the City
               of Morganton, and mayor of the Town of Valdese, by title, shall be a member of the
               board of trustees by virtue of their elected position, but only during their term
               of elective office, and it shall not be necessary for the county board to appoint
               those three members. In sole discretion of each such elected official, a representative
               may be appointed by such official to serve in their place and when designated in writing
               by such official shall have all of the authority as if the elected official were personally
               serving.
               
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               (3)
               
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               <span class="ital">Appointment.</span> The remaining nine members of the board of trustees shall be appointed by the county
               board; however, in making such appointments, three of the members shall be residents
               of the City of Morganton, two of the members shall be residents of the Town of Valdese,
               one member shall be a resident of the Town of Hildebran, two of the members shall
               be residents of areas other than Morganton, Valdese, and Hildebran and one member
               shall be an at large member appointed in the sole discretion of the county board.
               In making such appointments, the sitting trustees of the Burke County Public Library
               may propose recommendations for consideration by the county board.
               
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               (Code 1993, Â§ 38-4; Ord. of 4-17-2007, Â§ 4)
               
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