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3) Said appointments will be effective on January 1, 2012, or a date to be determined by the City Council. 4) Following the initial appointment of the Library Board, all terms will be for three years, commencing on January I of the year the term begins, with Library Board members allowed to serve no more than three consecutive three-year terms. 5) The City Council will appoint an interim library director with the authority to organize and manage the Public Library System until a library director is appointed by the Library Board. The Library Board shall appoint a qualified library director and other staff, as necessary, establish the compensation of employees, and remove any of them for cause. 6) The City Council will levy an annual tax upon all taxable property within the City for the support of the library and will place such money in a designated Library Fund. 7) Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes § 134.11, the Library Board shall adopt bylaws and regulations for the library, and shall have exclusive control of the expenditure of all money collected for or placed to the credit of the Library Fund, of interest earned on all money collected for or placed to the credit of the Library Fund, of the construction of library buildings, and of the grounds, rooms, and buildings provided for library purposes. 8) The City shall set aside certain public property to be further specified by subsequent resolution for the benefit of the Public Library Service. With the approval of the council, the Library Board may erect a library building thereon. 9) The City Council may create a citizens' committee, to be comprised of residents from the City of Lake Elmo, to advise the City Council and the Library Board on issues of public concern related to the City of Lake Elmo Public Library Service. Notwithstandine, the foregoing, subsequent to date of this Resolution, the City will continue good faith discussions with Washington County for the purposes of maintaining and improving existing library services through continuation of existing Washington County Library System services or through the transfer of library services from the County to the City, subsequent affiliation, association or collaboration with Washington County, and adjustment of special levy limits therefore in accordance with Minnesota Statutes § 275.72. Passed and duly adopted this 19th day of July 2011 by the�ity Council (?£e City"of'-L-ake EInto,j Minnesota. ATTEST: Dean A. Johnston, Mayor Bruce Messelt, City Administrator