Public Library Board Member

The West Fargo Public Library Board is now accepting applications for two board positions.

Please complete the board application to be considered. (Do not use the online employment application.) In addition, applicants must submit a cover letter in which they briefly state 1) the reasons for their interest in serving on the Library Board and 2) any experience, skills, or other assets they bring to the position.

Applications must be submitted to the address below by May 1st.
City of West Fargo ATTN: Boards
800 4th Avenue East, Ste 1
West Fargo ND 58078

West Fargo Public Library Board Bylaws

GENERAL POWERS – DUTIES OF LIBRARY BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Under North Dakota Century Code § 40-38-04, the West Fargo Public Library Board of Directors (the “Board”) shall have the following duties and responsibilities:

1. To make and adopt such bylaws, rules, and regulations relating to the duties of the officers of the Board.
2. To make and adopt such bylaws, rules, and regulations for the management of the Library.
3. To control, exclusively, the expenditures of all moneys collected for or contributed to the Library.
4. To ensure supervision, care, and custody of Library property, and of the rooms or buildings constructed, leased, or set apart for use of Library purposes.
5. To contract to furnish library service and to receive library service from other counties, school districts, and cities of the State of North Dakota and adjoining states, and the State Library.
6. To employ qualified personnel to administer the Library and dispense library services.

APPOINTMENT – TERMS OF OFFICE
The West Fargo Board of City Commissioners (the “Commission”) shall appoint five (5) members who serve as the Board. The Board members must be residents of the City of West Fargo (the “City”) and one (1) Board member must serve on the Commission or be a designated representative of the Commission. The term of office for each Board member is three (3) years, beginning the first day of July. Midterm resignations of Board members shall be submitted in writing to the Commission with a copy given to the President of the Board to be kept on file at the Library. An appointment to fill an unexpired term may be for the remainder of the term only. A Board member cannot serve more than two (2) consecutive terms to which they have been appointed. An interval of one (1) year must elapse after the end of the second term before the same member can be reappointed to serve another term. If a Board member is absent for more than three (3) consecutive meetings without due cause, he/she may be asked to resign.

LIBRARY BOARD – COMPENSATION
Library Board Members are uncompensated and serve on a volunteer basis.