11-MOTION TO APPROVE ANNUAL LIBRARY FEES FOR NON-CITY RESIDENTSCITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM BRIEFING SHEET
Submittal Date:
Originating Department:
Presented By:
Agenda Item No.:
9-15-11
Council Date:
City Manager
Gene Anderson
11.
9-26-11
RECOMMENDED MOTION:
Motion to approve annual library use fees for non-City of Paris residents.
POLICY ISSUE(S):
Fiscal Management
At the direction of the City Council, an ordinance is being presented for your approval that would set the
fees for non-Paris users of the Paris Public Library. These fees would represent the cost of obtaining a
library card which is necessary to check out materials from the library or use the public computers
located in the Library. These fees would not prevent somebody from entering the Library and using
Library materials within the Library itself.
Lamar County resident individual $15
Lamar County resident family $30
Texas resident individual (not Lamar Co.) $20
Texas resident family (not Lamar Co.) $40
Non-Texas resident individual $25
Non-Texas resident family $50
BOARD/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
None
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Ordinance
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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS,
AMENDING CHAPTER 20 LIBRARY OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF
THE CITY OF PARIS,TEXAS, BY ADDING A NEW SECTION 20-4, LIBRARY
USER FEES, TO SET ANNUAL FEES FOR NON-PARIS RESIDENT USERS OF
THE PARIS PUBLIC LIBRARY; SUCH FEES WOULD REPRESENT THE COST
OF OBTAINING A LIBRARY CARD WHICH IS NECESSARY TO CHECK OUT
MATERIALS FROM THE LIBRARY OR USE THE PUBLIC COMPUTERS
LOCATED IN THE LIBRARY; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS
RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND
DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, annual maintenance and operation of the Paris Public Library is funded
in part by property taxes paid by the residents of the City of Paris; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that patrons of the Paris Library who reside
outside the city limits and therefore do not pay any municipal property taxes in support of
the City Library should be assessed a reasonable fee to defray in part the cost of
maintaining and operating said library.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PARIS, TEXAS:
Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby
in all things approved.
Section 2. That a new Section 20-4, Library User Fees, be added to Chapter 20, of
the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Texas, to assess an annual fee for use of the
library by patrons who reside outside the corporate city limits of the City of Paris, said
Section 20-4 to read as follows:
"Sec 20-4 Annual fee for library patrons whose primary residence is located outside of
the corporate city limits of the City of Paris.
All persons who wish to check out books or other materials from the Paris
Public Library and those persons wishing to use the Library computers must possess a valid
library card issued by Paris Public Library. Gibrary patrons whose primary residence is
located outside the corporate city limits of the City of Paris are required to pay an annual user
fee as follows:
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Lamar County resident individual
$15.00
Lamar County resident family
$30.00
Texas resident individual (not Lamar Co.)
$20.00
Texas resident family (not Lamar Co.)
$40.00
Non-Texas resident individual
$25.00
Non-Texas resident family
$50.00"
Section 3. That by a supermajority vote of _ ayes and _ nays, the City Council
voted to suspend the rule requiring two readings before adoption of this ordinance.
Section 4. That this ordinance shall become effective from and after its passage of the
first reading and publication as required by law.
READ, ADOPTED, AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUIVCIL at a regular meeting
duly called and held at the City Council Chamber, 107 E. Kaufman in the City of Paris on this
the 26th day of September, 2011.
A.J. Hashmi, M.D., Mayor
ATTEST:
Janice Ellis, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
W. Kent McIlyar, City Attorney
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