Procedure for filling a Library Board vacancy [KRS 173.490]
1. For each vacancy, the Board selects two [2] names of individuals committed to the provision of library service.
2. The names are submitted to the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives;
3. The State Librarian and Commissioner approves the names and sends the recommendations to the local county Judge Executive.
4. The County Judge Executive, with the approval of Fiscal Court, appoints one of the two provided names;*
5. The newly appointed trustee takes the Oath of Office before the County Judge Executive or other judicial officer.
*unless the Fiscal Court has adopted the alternative appointment process
Board terms and compensation [KRS 173.490]:
1. Except for the initial establishment or filling unexpired terms, trustees may serve for two [2] consecutive terms [four years each] after which they shall not succeed themselves for at least one [1] year.
2. Members of the board shall not receive compensation for their services, but shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties.
Board meetings and attendance [KRS 173.490]
1. The board shall meet on a regularly scheduled basis once each month.
2. Absence of a trustee from four regular monthly meetings of the board during one year of the trustee’s term shall constitute automatic resignation.
Conflict of interest [KRS 173.510]
1. No person is eligible to this office who is directly or indirectly interested in the sale to the library of books, magazines, supplies, equipment, materials, insurance, or services for which library funds are expended.