HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2010-041CITY OF LAKE ELMO
WASHINGTON COUNTY9 MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO 2010-041
A RESOLUTION STAYING ESTABLISHMENT OF A PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM,
AUTHORIZING A LIBRARY LEVY, AND ESTABLISHING A PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD FOR
THE CITY OF LAKE ELMO
WHEREAS, the City of Lake Elmo is a municipal corporation organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Minnesota; and
WHEREAS, the residents of the City currently receive library services through
Washington County; and
1) The City Council of the City of Lake Elmo hereby stays establishment of a Municipal
Public Library System pursuant to Minnesota Statutes § 134.09, including establishment
of a Public Library Board.
2) The City Council of the City of Lake Elmo hereby stays authorization and imposition of a
library levy upon all taxable property within the City, as well as the setting aside of
certain public property for the benefit of the Public Library Service.
3) The City Council of the City of Lake Elmo extends the sixty (60) day period for formal
dissolution of Resolution No. 2010-031 for an additional one hundred and twenty (120)
days.
4) The City Council of the City of Lake Elmo will continue good faith discussions with
Washington County for the purposes of maintaining and improving existing library
services or transferring library services from the County to the City and adjusting the
special levy limits therefore in accordance with Minnesota Statutes § 275.72.
Dissolution of Resolution No. 2010-031 regarding establishment of the Public Library System
and the Library Board shall be contingent upon the City's determination that there is sufficient
County funding for the host community's Branch Library for 2011 or a viable alternative service
arrangement of transition plan is in place. If the City Council determines that there is not
sufficient funding for local library services for 2011 within either the County or City annual
budgets, the City Council may by resolution dissolve the Public Library System and Library
Board.
Passed and duly adopted this 17th day of August 2010 by the =CIty C . ncil o
Elmo, Minnesota.
ATTES Dean A. Johnston, Mayor
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Bruce Messelt, City dministrator