Ordinance Number: 1825(29)
Introduced by: Committee of the Whole
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTIONS 6-5A,
6-5B, 6-5D AND 6-5F
OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF BURLINGTON TO INCORPORATE
CHANGES IN STATE LAW RELATED TO LIBRARY BOARDS
The Common Council of the City of Burlington do
ordain as follows:
I. Chapter 6 of the Municipal Code of the City of
Burlington, Racine and Walworth Counties, Wisconsin,
Boards, Commissions and Authorities, Section 6-5,
Library Board, subsection A., Membership, subsection (2)
is hereby amended as follows:
6-5A. Membership.
| (2) |
Pursuant to
s. 43.60(3), Wis. Stats., a County
Chairperson, with the approval of the County
Board, may appoint additional member(s) of
the Library Board from among the residents
of the County, as follows: |
| (a) |
Whenever the
annual sum appropriated by a County to the
Burlington Public Library during the
preceding fiscal year: |
| 1. |
Is equal to
at least 1/6, but less than 1/3, of the
annual sum appropriated to the Burlington
Public Library by the City of Burlington,
one additional member; |
| 2. |
Is equal to
at least 1/3, but less than 1/2, of the
City's appropriation, two additional
members; |
| 3. |
Is equal to
at least 1/2, but less than 2/3, of the
City’s appropriation, three additional
members; |
| 4. |
Is equal to
at least 2/3, but less than the City’s
appropriation, four additional members; |
| 5. |
Is equal to
at least the City’s appropriation, five
additional members. |
| (b) |
A County
Chairperson may appoint a County Supervisor
to serve as a member of the Library Board,
but no more than one County Supervisor (per
county) so appointed may serve on the
Library Board at the same time. |
| (c) |
No more than five additional
Library Board members may be appointed under
this subsection, pursuant to s. 43.54(1)(a),
Wis. Stats. |
II. Chapter 6 of the Municipal Code of the City
of Burlington, Racine and Walworth Counties, Wisconsin,
Boards, Commissions and Authorities, Section 6-5,
Library Board, subsection B., Terms, is hereby amended
as follows:
6-5B. Terms.
| (1) |
City
Appointees. The terms of the Library Board
members appointed pursuant to subsection
6-5A(1) are as follows: |
| (a) |
The Public
School Administrator shall serve during the
term of his or her occupancy of that office,
but if the Administrator appoints a
representative, the representative shall
serve for a term determined by the
Administrator, not exceeding the term of the
Administrator's occupancy of the office. |
| (b) |
If a member
of the Common Council is a member, that
member shall serve during the term of his or
her occupancy of that office. |
| (c) |
The terms of
the balance of the members shall be for
staggered three-year periods. |
| (d) |
The
appointments shall be made at the
organization meeting and shall commence on
the May 1 next following that meeting. |
| (2) |
County
Appointees. The terms of the Library Board
members appointed pursuant to s. 6-5A(2) are
as follows: |
| (a) |
The term of
each additional member appointed pursuant to
s. 6-5A(2) shall be three years from the May
1 next succeeding such appointment and
thereafter for a term of three years. |
| (b) |
If an additional member
appointed to the Library Board under s.
6-5A(2) loses the status upon which the
appointment was based, the member ceases to
be a member of the Library Board effective
on the following May 1. |
III. Chapter 6 of the Municipal Code of the City
of Burlington, Racine and Walworth Counties, Wisconsin,
Boards, Commissions and Authorities, Section 6-5,
Library Board, subsection D., Meetings; quorum, is
hereby amended as follows:
| (1) |
Meetings.
Regular meetings of the Library Board shall
be held each month. The May meeting shall be
the annual meeting. Special meetings may be
called by the President, or upon the written
request of two members, for the transaction
of business as stated in the call. |
| (2) |
Quorum. If there are ten or
fewer appointed Board members, a quorum for
the transaction of business shall consist of
three members. If there are more than ten
appointed Board members, a quorum for the
transaction of business shall consist of
five members. |
IV. Chapter 6 of the Municipal Code of the City
of Burlington, Racine and Walworth Counties, Wisconsin,
Boards, Commissions and Authorities, Section 6-5,
Library Board, subsection F, Duties, subsection (2) is
hereby amended as follows:
| (2) |
The Library Board may
contract with library organizations to
provide or receive library services as set
forth in s. 43.52, Wis. Stats. |
V. It is further ordained that the application of
this ordinance shall be effective after its passage and
publication as required by law.
All other language as contained in Chapter 6 of the
Code of the City of Burlington shall remain without
change and in full force and effect.
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Introduced:
February 6, 2007
Adopted: March 6, 2007
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_______________________________
Claude Lois, Mayor
Attest:__________________________
Beverly R. Gill, City Clerk
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