Library Board Meeting Date: January 8, 2025
To: Library Board
From: Natalie Draper, Library Director
Title
Election of Library Board Officers of Chair and Vice-Chair.
Body
Action Requested:
Consideration of Election of Library Board Chair.
Summary Report:
The Library Board will nominate and vote in a new chair and vice-chair. Laura Turek is currently serving as Chair and Kate Carlson is serving as Vice-Chair.
Below are excerpts from City Code related to the role of Chair and Vice Chair.
Sec. 2-286. Officers.
(a) Chairperson and vice-chairperson. Each board or commission annually shall elect from its members a chairperson and vice-chairperson to serve a term of one year. Serving in such capacity shall conform to the members term on the board or commission. A chairperson elected to fill a vacancy shall be eligible to serve three full terms in addition to the remainder of the vacated term. There are no term limits for the position of vice-chairperson, except that serving in such capacity shall conform to the members term on the board or commission.
(b) The vice chairperson performs the duties of the chairperson in the chairperson's absence. If both the chairperson and the vice chairperson are absent, an acting chairperson may be assigned in advance by either officer or at the meeting by a majority vote of the members.
(Ord. No. 1061, ? 5, 6-4-2024)
Staff will give a summary introduction to the topic as outlined in the memo. Staff recommends a nomination process which is a formal proposal to the voting body in an election to fill an office or position, suggesting a particular person as the one who should be elected. It is recommended to use the following process of taking nominations from the floor (per Roberts Rules of Order option):
1. Vice Chair announces that "we will take nominations for the position of Chair from members of the floor for the office of "Chair."
a. Any member may then call out, for example "I nominate fill in name," without...
Click here for full text