HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 870385.014 - Amending Chapter 14ORDINANCE NUMBER 870385.014
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 14, LIBRARY, OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN BY REVISING SECTIONS
14-15 14-25 14-3 TO CREATE A LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND SETTING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN:
SECTION 1. That Chapter 14, Library, of the Code of Ordinances of the
Georgetown be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 14-1 Library Board -Authorized.
The mayor is hereby
authorized to recommend
and the
council
shall appoint a nine
-member board
to be
known
as the
Georgetown Public
Library Advisory
Board.
Effective
upon
the second and final
Advisory Board shall
reading of this
replace the
ordinance,
existing
the
City
Library
Library
Board
which
will
be
dissolved
effective
the
same date.
Sec. 14-2.Same-Members; officers.
The Library Advisory Board shall be composed of nine (9)
members. The first appointed board shall consist of
members of the current City Library Board. Members shall
serve out their current staggered terms. Thereafter, the
term of each board member shall be for three (3) years on a
staggered basis The officers of such board shall be a
president and a secretary who shall be elected from among
the membership for a one-year term at the beginning of the
appointment cycle and shall serve until their successors
are elected and qualified a year later. The president
shall be a voting member of the board.
Sec. 14-3. Same -Purpose and duties.
The Library Advisory Board serves in the capacity of a
citizens advisory committee to the Georgetown City Council.
Such Library Advisory Board is authorized to seek funds
through grants from agencies and through fund-raising
events; and all funds received shall be forwarded to the
City and are subject to budgeting review and approval. The
Library Advisory Board shall also serve to promote Library
programs and services in the community.
City of
SECTION 2. If any section, paragraph, clause, phrase, or provision of this
Ordinance shall be adjudged invalid or held unconstitutional, the same shall
not affect the validity of this Ordinance as a whole or any part or provision
thereof other than the part so declared to be invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall become effective upon adoption of its second
and final reading by the City Council of the City of Georgetown, Texas.
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Read
on
first reading this
25 day
of
August
1987
Read
and
adopted on second
reading
this
8
day of
September 1987.
Jim Colbert, Mayor
ATTEST:
. ear uaaaiiero, city secretary
Approved as to legality in accordance with section 2.10 of the City of
GAorgetown Charter as amended.
C
City Attorney
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF WILLIAMSON
CITY OF GEORGETOWN
I, , being the current City Secretary of the
City of Georgetown do hereby certify that the attached ordinance of the City
Council of the City of Georgetown is a true and correct copy of such ordinance
adopted at a council meeting open to the public and notice of said meeting,
giving the date, place, and subject thereof, having been posted as prescribed
by Article 6252-17, Section 3A, VATCS.
Dated this day of
(City Seal)
City Secretary
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