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050 <br />§ 153A -266. Powers and duties of trustees <br />• If a board of trustees is appointed, it shall elect a chairman and may elect other officers. The <br />governing body may delegate to the board of trustees any of the following powers: <br />(1) To formulate and adopt programs, policies, and regulations for the government of the <br />library; <br />(2) To make recommendations to the governing body concerning the construction and <br />improvement of buildings and other structures for the library system; <br />(3) To supervise and care for the facilities of the library system; <br />(4) To appoint a chief librarian or director of library services and, with his advice, to appoint <br />other employees of the library system. If some other body or official is to appoint the chief <br />librarian or director of library services, to advise that body or official concerning that <br />appointment; <br />(5) To establish, a schedule of fines and charges for late return of, failure to return, damage <br />to, and loss of library materials, and to take other measures to protect and regulate the use of <br />such materials; <br />• (6) To participate in preparing the annual budget of the library system; <br />(7) To extend the privileges and use of the library system to nonresidents of the county or city <br />establishing or supporting the system, on any terms or conditions the board may prescribe. <br />(8) To otherwise advise the board of commissioners on library matters. <br />The board of trustees shall make an annual report on the operations of the library to the <br />governing body of the county or city and shall make an annual report to the Department of <br />Cultural Resources as required by G.S. 125 -5. If no board of trustees is established, the <br />governing body shall make the annual report to the Department. <br />0 <br />