HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Amending Chapter 21 of Municipal Code; Relating to Library Board of Trustees ORDINANCE NO. 2496
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER #k21 OF' THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE
CITY OF AMES , IOWA; REPEALING SECTIONS 21-1003 , 21-1009 , 21-1010 ,
AND 21-1011; ESTABLISHING NEW SECTIONS 21-1003 , 21-1009, 21-1'519 ,
21-1011 , 21-1013 , 21-1014, 21-1015 AND 21-1016 FOR THE PURPOSE
OF BRINGING CHAPTER #21 INTO CONFORMITY WITH CHAPTER 378 OF THE
CODE OF IOWA; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH AND
ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COU14CIL OF THE CITY OF AMES,
I OWA :
Section 1 . Sections 21-1003 , 21-1009 , 21-1010 and
21-1011 of the Municipal Code of the City of Ames , Iowa, as
hitherto existing are hereby repealed.
Section 2 . New sections to be numbered 21-1003 , 21-1009,
21-1010 , 21-1011 , 21-1013, 21-1014 , 21-1015 and 21-1016 are
hereby added to the Municipal Code of the City of Ames , Iowa, as
follows :
Sec. 21-1003 . Qualifications of trustees .
All members of the board of trustees shall
be bona fide citizens and residents of the city
and over the age of eighteen (18) years .
Sec. 21-1009 . Trustees to propose budget.
The board of trustees shall, in accord with
such schedule and procedure as may be announced
by the director of finance, file with the
director of finance a proposed budget of its
funds for the following fiscal year.
Sec. 21-1010 . Annual report of trustees.
The board of trustees shall, immediately
after the close of each municipal fiscal year,
make to the council a report containing a state-
ment of the condition of the library, the
number of books added thereto , the number
circulated, the number not returned or lost,
the amount of the fines collected, and the
amount of money expended in the maintenance
thereof during such year, together with such
information as required by the council.
Sec. 21-1011. Library funds ; expenditures .
All monies allocated by the council for the
maintenance of the library shall be deposited
in the treasury of the city to the credit of
the library fund, and shall be kept by the
treasurer separate and apart from all other
monies , and paid out upon the orders of the
board of trustees , signed by its president
and secretary.
Sec. 21-1013. Power to contract.
Contracts may be made between the board of
trustees of the Ames library and other boards
of trustees of free public libraries , and any
city , town, school corporation, township or
county or with the trustees of any county library
district for its use by their respective
residents .
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Sec . 21-1014 . Method of use.
Such use shall be accomplished by one or
more of the following methods in whole or in
part:
(a) By lending the books of the Ames
Public Library to such residents on
the same terms and conditions as
to the residents of the City of Ames.
(b) By the establishment of depositories
of books of the Ames Public Library
to be loaned to such residents at
stated times and places.
(c) By the transportation of books of the
Ames Public Library by mobile or other
conveyance for lending the same to such
residents at stated times and places.
(d) By the establishment of branch libraries
for lending books to such residents .
Sec. 21-1015. Rate of tax
Such contracts shall provide for the rate of
tax to be levied during the period thereof.
They may, by mutual consent of the contracting
parties , be terminated at any time, They may
also be terminated by a majority of electors ,
represented by either of the contracting parties,
voting on a proposition to terminate which shall
be submitted by the governing body upon a
written petition of electors in a number not less
than five (5) percent of those who voted in the
area for governor at the last general election.
The proposition may be submitted at any
election provided by law which covers the area
of that seeking to terminate the contract.
The petition shall be presented to the governing
body not less than forty days before the election
at which the question is to be submitted.
Sec. 21-1016 . Uniting with historical
associations.
Whenever a local county historical association
shall be formed in Story County, the trustees
of the Ames Public Library are hereby authorized
to unite with such historical association and
to set apart the necessary room and to care for
such articles as may come into possession of
said association; the library trustees are also
authorized to purchase necessary receptacles and
1st readin materials for the perservation and protection of
12/17/74 such articles as are in their judgment of
Nelson-Koelber historical and educational nature and pay for
6-0 the same out of the library fund.
2nd reading
1/7/75 Section 3 . All ordinances or parts of ordinances in
Nelson-PoundSonflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby
6-0 repealed.
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Koerber-Nelson Section 4 . This ordinance shall be in full force and
5-0 effect from and after its final passage, approval, and publica-
Pounds tion as provided by law.
absent
Passed this 21 day of January 1975.
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