Sec. 90.102. - Authority of Board.

(a) The Board shall have the authority to receive, accept, and exercise control over funds, property, gifts, legacies and devises now or hereafter granted to the library or its predecessor libraries and agencies for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a free public library in and for the Consolidated Government and its citizens. The Board shall be responsible for the administration of Chapter 662 and the provision of the library services provided for in that Chapter. (b) In connection with monies drawn from the City's General Fund in each budget year, the Board shall abide by the provisions of the City's Budget and Accounting Code, the Mayor's Executive Orders relating to the Mayor's Budget Committee Review Procedures and the Administration of Non-Departmental Lapse, and any other Executive Orders pertaining to budgetary matters and the City's budgetary policies as published from time to time. The Board shall ensure that no expenditure of budgeted funds from the General Fund shall exceed maximum permissible expenditure by object account within an activity except as allowed by the City's published budgetary policies. (c) The Board shall have authority to approve and execute through the Library Director or designee, for and on behalf of the City of Jacksonville, memoranda of understanding ("MOUs"), and amendments thereto, with the Library's Affinity Groups (friends of the Library organizations and foundations established to support the Library's programs and services), not-for-profit organizations, government agencies, and other libraries for the purposes of enhancing, expanding, and improving library services or providing training or professional development. The MOUs are authorized however such MOUs (i) do not require additional funding from the City, (ii) do not require the City to indemnify or hold harmless a third party beyond existing statutory and common law obligations, (iii) provide for termination at will upon 90-day notice clauses, (iv) contain, near the signature block, reference to new subsection (c) as the authority for the Board to make and execute same, (v) are reviewed and approved by City of Jacksonville Risk Management Division in advance of execution, (vi) are reviewed and approved as to form by the Office of General Counsel, and (vii) are maintained by the Office of General Counsel in the form of a fully signed and executed copy or duplicate original thereof. The Director shall provide Council with a quarterly report regarding the MOUs permitted under this Section. (Ord. 73-1048-513, § 4; Ord. 81-632-289, § 1; Ord. 83-591-400, § 1; Ord. 2010-557-E, § 11.7; Ord. 2021-591-E , § 2) Note— Former § 74.103.