The board of trustees shall have duties and responsibilities which include but are not limited to the following:
(1) To employ a library director who meets state certification requirements and such other employees as necessary upon the recommendation of the library system director; provided, however, that the board shall be authorized to delegate employment of staff members to the library system director;
(2) To approve budgets prepared by the library system director and assume responsibility for the presentation of the library's fiscal needs to the supporting agencies;
(3) To attend board meetings;
(4) To establish policies governing library programs, including rules and regulations governing the use of the library;
(5) To set policy for the administration of gifts of money and property;
(6) To present financial and progress reports to governing officials and to the public;
(7) To notify the appropriate authorities of a vacancy on the board so that a person may be appointed to complete unexpired or full terms; and
(8) To notify the library system director, in advance, of all meetings of library boards and board committees.
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