North Dakota Century Code Title 54. State Government § 54-24.3-03. North Dakota library coordinating council powers and duties

1. Adopt rules for the conduct of business.

2. Provide guidance for the development, implementation, and improvement of regional library cooperatives.

3. Enter contracts necessary for establishing and governing regional library cooperatives.

4. Use the staff of the state library in consultation with the state librarian.

5. Adopt a compensation plan for staff as necessary for establishing and governing regional library cooperatives.

6. Set the terms and conditions of statewide service contracts with libraries.

7. Determine necessary or desirable regional or statewide library programs or services.

8. Propose standards for service.

9. Set reimbursement formulas among regional library cooperatives for reciprocal borrowing and other cooperative plans and set statewide policies for reimbursement formulas for reciprocal borrowing.

10. Conduct periodic performance reviews of all categories of coordinating council grant-funded projects and make service revisions.