Friends Responsibilities Sample Clauses

Friends Responsibilities a. The Friends shall manage and operate the Nature Center Building as an interpretive nature center in accordance with its mission statement which is attached to this Agreement as Exhibit D. The Friends shall prepare a five-year maintenance and management plan for the Nature Center that shall be provided to the City at the time the budget and financial disclosures set forth in Article III of this Agreement are provided. The Friends will maintain the Nature Center Building in a structurally sound, safe, clean, and attractive manner, and in accordance with applicable regulations, as a condition of the lease. If such maintenance is not done, the City may give the Friends 90 days’ notice to correct the problem, unless seasonal conditions require a longer correction time. b. The Friends must make available to the public a variety of programs at the Nature Center Building for the education and enjoyment of people of all ages. The Friends may determine the type, frequency, and content of all of its programs. c. The Friends shall be responsible for hiring employees and contractors and recruiting volunteers to administer and support its programs at the Nature Center Building and to maintain the Nature Center Building. The Friends shall be responsible for compensating its employees and contractors and paying for any employee benefits. d. The Friends shall include one member that is appointed by the City Council as a voting member on its Board of Directors. The City Council is responsible for selecting the person who is to serve on the Friends’ Board of Directors. e. In conducting its operations, the Friends shall abide by the terms of the Land Trust conservation easement that applies to the Property and all state and federal laws and regulations and City ordinances. The Friends may recommend to the City Council the adoption of rules and regulations, as shall be deemed appropriate, prescribing the use of the Nature Center Building, the Property and the conduct of persons upon the premises. Rules and regulations pertaining to the Nature Center Building and the Property which have been adopted by resolution of the City Council shall have the force of law. All duly adopted rules and regulations governing the use of the Nature Center Building and the Property shall be conspicuously posted by the Friends on the premises.

Friends Responsibilities. During the term of this Operating Agreement, the Friends agree to the following responsibilities: a. The Friends shall use its best efforts to liquidate the Surplus Material through a book sale. The Friends agree that any and all money raised at a book sale held at the Library or raised from the sale of Surplus Materials shall be spent exclusively for Library programs, services, and other Library-defined needs unless otherwise agreed to by both the Friends and the Library or used for reasonable expenditures and expenses of the Friends. b. The Friends agree to publicly support the Library, Library staff and its policies. c. The Friends agree that all communication with the library shall be through the Library Director and/or designee. d. The Friends agree that the Library Director has the final decision in accepting or declining any and all gifts made to the Library. e. The Friends agree to engage in advocacy efforts on behalf of the Library under the guidance of the Library Director and the Library Board. f. The Friends will make available to the Library Director all monthly financial statements and minutes of the Friends’ Board. . g. The Friends agree that its Board members and volunteers are not employees of the Library. h. The Friends shall determine which funding requests identified in paragraph 1(b) that it shall approve. Upon approval, the Friends shall notify the Library Director of the approved funding so that the staff may proceed with purchasing the requested items, programs or services. If the Library pays for the item, program or service and desires reimbursement from the Friends, the Library shall provide an invoice to the Friends. The Friends shall reimburse the Library for any approved expenditure after receipt of an invoice from the Library. In the alternative, the Friends may purchase the item, program or service directly for the Library. The Friends understand that all personal property purchased pursuant to this paragraph shall be owned and maintained by the Library.

Friends Responsibilities