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ORDINANCE NO. 3213
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS,
WASHINGTON, REPEALING AND REENACTING CHAPTER
10.50 PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD AND FIXING A TIME
WHEN THE SAME SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
WHEREAS, Ordinance 186 established the Edmonds Public Library and Public
Library Commission in 1909, and
WHEREAS, the structure of the Library arrangement within the City has changed
significantly over the years and the Public Library Commission has ceased to be a managing
body for the provision of library services, buf rather now acts in an advisory capacity to the
Mayor and City Council, as well as to the organization contracted with the City to provide
library services, and
WHEREAS, on the recommendation of the Public Library Commission, the
Edmonds City Council deems it appropriate to amend the provisions of Chapter 10.50 to:
(1) change the name and functions of the Commission to bring it into line with the terminology
and requirements of the Revised Code of Washington (RCW); and (2) reflect the current role of
the Commission as an advisory board,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS,
WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Edmonds City Code is hereby amended by the repeal of Chapter
10.50 and its reenactment in the following form in order to reconstitute the Edmonds Public
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Library Commission as the Edmonds Public Library Board.
CHAPTER 10.50
PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD
10.50.010 Appointment of Trustees -- Terms.
As provided in RCW § 27.12.190, the Mayor shall appoint five
trustees to serve on the Public Library Board. Appointments shall
be for a full term of five years on a rotating basis, i.e., one term
shall expire and one new trustee shall be appointed each year. No
trustee shall serve more than two consecutive full terms. An
appointment to fill an unexpired term less than two years in length
shall not be considered a full term. Trustees who are serving on
the date this amendment is adopted shall complete their term of
office.
10.50.020 Powers and Duties of the Library Board.
1. Advice to the Mayor and City Council. The Public Library
Board shall advise the Mayor and City Council at least annually or
on such other reporting schedule as may be agreed by the Mayor,
Council, and Board, regarding:
a. The planning, management, use, care, and
disposition of the Library's property, equipment and
physical facilities.
b. The policies, rules and regulations pertaining to the
use of the Library and its facilities;
C. The budget, administration, scope and quality of
Library resources and services provided to the City of
Edmonds under its contract with the Sno -Isle Library
System, including any requirements for amendment of the
contract;
d. The acceptance or rejection of all gifts of money or
property to the City for the benefit of the Library and its
patrons.
e. Such other matters as the Mayor or City Council
may assign to the Board at their discretion.
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2. Coordination. The Board shall coordinate its advice to the
Mayor and City Council with the liaison staff of the Parks,
Recreation, and Cultural Services Department of the City of
Edmonds before bringing matters to the Mayor and Council.
3. Advice to the Sno -Isle Library System. The Board shall
advise the Sno -Isle Library System, the Intercounty Rural Library
District organization which provides library services to the City of
Edmonds, on policies for the development of the Library's
collection, the use of the Library, and the scope and quality of the
services provided. Nothing herein shall be interpreted to delegate
the City Council's contractual or budgetary authority with respect
to library operations.
10.50.030 Survival of the Fund.
The fund established pursuant to the provisions of Ordinance 186
establishing Chapter 10.50 and subsequent revisions thereof
establishing special funds for the Library and monies deposited in
such funds shall survive the amendment of this ordinance and the
repeal of prior sections designed to establish such funds. The
special library fund established by Ordinance 1312 shall, in
particular, survive the amendment of this ordinance and shall be
maintained for voluntary contributions made for the purposes of
bettering library services and therefrom awards made by the
Board.
10.50.040 Administration of the Special Library Fund.
The Public Library Board of the City shall, from time to time as it
deems appropriate, recommend expenditures from the Special
Library Fund for the purposes for which such fund was
established, i.e., bettering library service. Such recommendations
shall be made in an open meeting of the Commission and duly
recorded in the minutes after which a City claim voucher shall be
certified by the Chair of the board and submitted for authorization
for payment to the City Council in accordance with such
procedures as the Council shall establish.
Section 2. Severabili1y. If any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this
ordinance should be held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction,
such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of any other
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section, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance.
Section 3. Effective Date. This ordinance, being an exercise of a power specifi-
cally delegated to the City legislative body, is not subject to referendum, and shall take effect
five (5) days after passage and publication of an approved summary thereof consisting of the
title.
APPROVED:
MAYOR BARBARA S. FAHEY
ATTEST /AUTHENTICATED :
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CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY
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FILED WITH THE CITY CLE 05/22/98
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: 05/26/98
PUBLISHED: 05/31/98
EFFECTIVE DATE: 06/05/98
ORDINANCE NO. 3213
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SUMMARY OR ORDINANCE NO. 3213
of the City of Edmonds, Washington
On the 26th day of May, 1998, the City Council of the City of Edmonds, passed
Ordinance No. 3213. A sun-unary of the content of said ordinance, consisting of the title,
provides as follows:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, REPEALING AND
REENACTING CHAPTER 10.50 PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD AND FIXING A TIME
WHEN THE SAME SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
The full text of this Ordinance will be mailed upon request.
DATED this 27th day of May, 1998.
CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
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RECEIVED
Affidavit of Publication JUN 0 31998
EDMONDS CITY CLERK
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
is
COUNTY OF SNOHOASISH,
SUMMARY OF
ORDINANCE NO. 3213
of the City of The undersigned, being first duly sworn on oath deposes and says
OEdmonds, Washington a ay,
1998, the City Council of the that she is Principal Clerk of THE HERALD, a daily newspaper
i CitY, of Edmonds passed'
Ordinance No. 321. A sum -
mary of the content of said printed and published in the City of Everett, County of Snohomish,
ordinance, consisting of the
titre, provides as follows, OF THE
AN RD AN CE OF and State of Washington; that said newspaper is a newspaper of
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MaY ATED this 27th day of . 1996.
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Published: May 31, 1998.
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a printed copy of which is hereunto attached, was published . in said
newspaper proper and not in supplement form, in the regular and
entire edition of said paper on the following days and times, namely:
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