Ordinance No. 91-20■
CITY OF TIGARD, OREGON
ORDINANCE NO. 91-JO
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TIGARD MUNICIPAL CODE (TMC) , CHAPTER 2.36.040,
OUTLINING THE LIBRARY BOARD RESPONSIBILITIES AND SETTING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, the Tigard Library Board has reviewed the Library Policy Manual
which includes reference to TMC 2.36.040 - Board Responsibilities; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed the changes proposed by the
Library Board to restate the duties and responsibilities of the Board;
and
WHEREAS, the Council is in agreement with the Board's recommended
changes which will more accurately reflect the duties of an advisory
board and how the Board carries out its, responsibilities.
THE CITE[ OF TIGARD ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: Tigard Municipal Code Chapter 2.36.040, Board--
Responsibilities, is amended as outlined in the attached
Exhibit "A."
SECTION 2: This ordinance shall be effective
b 0 the Maafter
ter, its and
passage by the Council, approval Y
posting by the City Recorder.
PASSED: By Un (11'k")t7U S vote of all Council members present
after being read by number and title only, this
day of , 1991.
Can� Wheatley, City Record
APPROVED: This day of % 1991
f�
Gerald R. Edwards, Mayor
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EXHIBIT "A"
The Tigard Municipal Code Chapter 2.36.040 currently reads as follows:
2.36.040 Board -- Responsibilities. The library board shall have
the following responsibilities:
(1) To advise the city administrator and city council of findings
and concerns relating to the management, control and operation of city
library facilities;
(2) To formulate for recommendation to the city council, rules,
regulations and policies as deemed desirable for the governance,
maintenance of order, safety, operation and utilization of library
facilities and to monitor the application of all adopted rules,
regulations and policies;
(3) To monitor the operation of the library for the purpose of
identifying any deficiencies in the level of service being provided to
the public and to recommend to the city administrator and city council
appropriate remedial actions where deficiencies are fund to exist;
(4) To make recommendations to the budget officer regarding
financial needs of the library during the preparation of the annual
budget;
(5) To encourage and support active volunteerism in support of the
use and improvement of the library facilities;
(6) To ascertain the library needs of the community and to present
to the city council evaluations and recommendations to present to the
city council evaluations and recommendations regardinq needs and desires
as expressed by library patrons;
(7) To perform such other duties and to provide such other advice
as the council may request from time to time in furtherance of the goal
of providing the best library service to the public as is possible under
the constraints of available revenue, space, manpower and other public
resources.
The foregoing wording shall be replaced in its entirety with the
following:
2.36.040 Board -- Responsibilities. The library board shall have
the following responsibilities:
(1) To represent the library needs of the community and
communicate those needs to the City Council;
(2) To recommend library policies as deemed desirable in the
operation and utilization of library facilities to the Council;
(3) To enc��urage and suprort active volunteerism in support of the
use and improvement of library facilities;
(4) To advise, as the Council may request, in furtherance of the
goal to provide the best library service to the public as possible
within the constraints of available resources, space and manpower.
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