RESOLUTION 2017-049 Library Services

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RUNUA-0-WAAM 11 LT MINNESOTA ggiqilll�i 1� I�pg ; I; I WHEREAS, on January 1, 2012, the Lake Elmo City Council established public library service for the City's residents, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 134.07; and WHEREAS, upon this establishment, the Library Board was appointed by the City Council which established the Lake Elmo Public Library; and WHEREAS, the City levies an annual tax on its taxable property for public library service for the library fund that funds the Lake Elmo Public Library; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 134.07, it has been determined by the City that public library services in the City will be expanded if the Lake Elmo Public Library becomes a branch of the Washington County Library System; and WHEREAS, the Washington County's library system is a member of a "regional public library system" as d6fined by Minnesota Statutes Section 134.001, subdivision 4; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 134.20, subdivision 3, a city which is excluded from the county tax supporting the county's regional public library system wider the provisions of Minnesota Statutes Section 134.20, subdivision 3, may, upon recommendation of its library board and upon action by its city council, be included in the county tax and become an integral part of the county's regional public library system; and WHEREAS, at its meeting on May 15, 2017, the City's Library Board made a recommendation that the City Council that the City be included in the County tax and become an integral part of the County's library system, provided that the City and the County enter into an agreement with certain terms as set forth in the Library Board's May 15, 2017 resolution regarding the City's library property and the library services that will be provided by the County to the City; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires that the City be included in the County library tax and become an integral part of the County's library system, provided that the City and the County enter into an agreement with certain terms as set forth in the Library Board's May 15, 2017 resolution regarding the City's library property and the library services that will be provided to the City by the County; and !11111[1 111 1 I! Eii I City staff is directed to notify the County that the City will turn over the proceeds of its levy for public library service to the County on the condition that the County approve and execute the Library Agreement; and 2. The Library Agreement which is attached hereto as Exhibit A is hereby approved and the Mayor and the City Clerk are authorized to execute it, subject to any changes that are deemed necessary by the City Administrator or the City Attorney. 499754vl SJS LA515-5