HomeMy WebLinkAbout1954-11-16; City Council; 1037; Library Commission created*
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Aw ORDLEiTANCE OF TI33 CITY OF CARLSBAD CREATmG A LI3RARY COMMISSIOH; PROVIDING FOR THE ORGAN- IZATION THEREOF AND ITS DUTIES AVD FUNCTIONS,
The City Council of the City of Carlsbad does ordain as
follows t
SECTIOH 1, LIBRARY CONMISSION CEATED, A Library Com-
mission for the City of Carlsbad is hereby created.
SECTION 2, MXW3ERS. The Library Commission shall consist of
five (5) members, to be appointed by the Mayor with the consent of
the City Council.
term of three years.
Members so appointed shall hold office for a
Of the members of the commission first appoint-
years, and two shall serve one (1) year,
otherwise
expired portion of the term in the same fashion as members are or-
iginally appointed.
Vacancies which occur
expiration of term shall be filled for such
SECTION 3. CWA- OF TEE LIBRARY COMMISSION. The appointed
members of the commissfon shalJ, eJ.ect their own chairman who shall
preside at zll meetings.
for a term of one year from and after the date of his election.
Chairman may serve for more than one successive term.
The Chairman as elected shall hold office
One
SECTION 4, MEETIXGS. Said commission shall meet at such time
or times as they may in their discretion see fit,_--md a majority of
the appointed members shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of
transacting the business of said codssion,
whenever called, shall constitute a regular meeting of the LibEary
-\ Any meeting however or
Commission, provided that all members of said commission have advance
notfce of the meeting and a quorum be present,
SECTIOIJ 5, SEcmTARY.
members a secretary to record
ings, The secretary shall be
Said commission may elect from its
the minutes of said commission meet-
eLected and serve a term in the same
fashion as heretofore provided for the chairman. The commfssion
shall further be authorized to nominate and appoint a person not a
member of the commission to act as an assistant; secretary, subject
to the availability of funds as provided by the City Council to the
Library Commission.
SECTION 6, COMPENSATION, Safd commission shall act as such
without any compensation,
SECTIOM 7, D'crrIES. The commission shall have the duty to
make recommendations to the City Council and to advise the City
Council in matters pertaining to the followbg:
(A) The duties and powers of the Librarian and other
library employees,
(B)
(C)
The number of employees and their compensation,
The purchase of equipment, real estate, buildings
md books.
(D) The availability and desirability of facilities
from the County Free Library.
(E)
(F)
SECTION 8, RWS AND REGULATIONS. The Library Commission
Amount of monies required to operate the library.
Persons entitled to utilize Library facilities.
is hereby authorized to adopt rules and regulations for administra-
tive purposes relative to all matters set forth in this ordinance.
Such power herein delegated shall not be construed as a delegation
of legislative authority, but purely a delegation of administrative
authority.
SECTION 9c ADVISORY CAPACITYt Bothing in this ordinance
shall be construed as restricting or curtailing any of the powers
of the City Council, or as a delegation to said commission of any
authority or discretionary powers fixed and imposed by law in the
City Council.
SECTION 10% EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall take
effect and be in force on the thirty-first day from and after its
date of fina3 adoption.
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SECTION 31, PUBLICATIOB: The City Clerk of the City of
Carlsbad is hereby directed to cause this ordinance to be published
-once in the Carlsbad Journal, a newspaper published and of general
circulation in said City of Carlsbad.
First read at a regular meeting of the City Council of said
City held on the 2nd day of Movember , 1954, and finally
adopted and ordered published at a regular meeting of said Council
held on the 16th day of Noveaber , 1954, by the following
vote:
AYES$
NAYS$ None,
ABSEHTt None,
Councilmen Castorena, Ede, Helton, Suttm, Mayor
McCle llan
oh the City of Carlsbad,
ATTEST:
%a Izcur4q.
M. 0. EWALD, City Clerk
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