<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 24-36. - Established.</div>
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               (a)
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               There is created and established in and for the county a board to be known as the
               Catawba County Library Board of Trustees.
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               (b)
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               The library board of trustees is an advisory board and shall be composed of seven
               members. The members shall be appointed by the board of commissioners. Representatives
               should be selected to adequately represent the various areas of the county, as well
               as to ensure that the board remains diverse with respect to gender, age, ethnicity,
               economic status, profession, experience, skills, and ability, when possible.
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               (c)
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               Two of the board positions shall be filled by representatives recommended by the respective
               governing bodies of the four municipalities with county branch library presence within
               their boundaries on a rotating basis: Claremont, Conover, Maiden, or Newton. The governing
               bodies may nominate a council member or a citizen. After serving one four-year term,
               the council member or citizen from the respective municipality shall rotate off the
               board and the next municipality shall fill the next four-year term. The rotation shall
               be alphabetical: Claremont, Conover, Maiden, and Newton.
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               (d)
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               If the person or persons recommended by the governing body of the municipality are
               not acceptable to the board of commissioners, the board of commissioners shall ask
               the governing body to recommend another person or persons until each vacancy is filled
               by the appointment of a person acceptable to both the recommending governing body
               and the board of commissioners.
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               (e)
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               The board of commissioners may remove a trustee at any time for incapacity, unfitness,
               misconduct, or neglect of duty.
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               (Ord. No. 2016-05, 3-7-2016)
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