ORDINANCE NO. 1139

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 3, 4, AND 5 OF CHAPTER 13 OF THE 1953 COMPILED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO, THE SAME CONCERNING THE PUBLIC LIBRARY; SUCH AMENDMENTS CHANGING THE NUMBER AND CONSTITUTION OF THE LIBRARY BOARD, ALTERING THE PROCEDURE FOR THE FILLING OF VACANCIES THEREON, AND CHANGING THE MANNER OF APPOINTMENT OF THE LIBRARIAN.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO:

1. That Section 3 of Chapter 13 of the 1953 Compiled Ordinances of the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, be amended to read as follows:

Section 3. APPOINTMENT OF LIBRARY BOARD. Upon passage of this Ordinance, the President of the Council shall, with the approval of the City Council, proceed to appoint five (5) persons from the citizens of Grand Junction, with reference to their fitness for the duties, no more than one of whom shall be a member of such City Council, who shall constitute a Board of Directors for the City Library. In addition, the City Manager shall be an ex-officio, but not a voting member of such board.

2. That Section 4 of Chapter 13 of the 1953 Compiled Ordinances of the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, be amended to read as follows:

Section 4. TERM OF OFFICE OF LIBRARY BOARD - VACANCIES, HOW FILLED. The first appointments of such board shall be for terms of one, two, three, four and five years respectively, and thereafter a member shall be appointed annually to serve for five years. Vacancies on the board shall be filled by the President of the City Council with the approval of the Council. No member of said board shall receive any compensation as such, and any member may be removed by a majority vote of the board for misconduct, or neglect of duty.

3. That Section 5 of Chapter 13 of the 1953 Compiled Ordinances of the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, be amended to read as follows:

Section 5. LIBRARY BOARD A BODY CORPORATE. Such board of directors shall constitute a body corporate by the name and style of the "Board of Directors of the Public Library of the City of Grand Junction," and in that name shall have such powers as are now, or may hereafter be conferred on it by statutes of the State of Colorado, or ordinances of this City, except that the City of Grand Junction, in its name, shall have the sole power to lease, purchase, acquire, hold and dispose of real property for library purposes, construct, furnish, and equip library buildings, and, in the manner provided by the City Charter, to contract an indebtedness by borrowing money or issuing bonds for such purposes; and except that the City Librarian shall be appointed by the City Manager upon recommendation of the Library Board. Said City may receive real property by gift, grant, or devise, and said Board of Directors may receive personal property by gift, grant, or devise for the use of said library.

PASSED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of September, 1961.

Charles E. McCormick

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President of the City Council

ATTEST:

Helen C. Tomlinson

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City Clerk

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance No. 1139, was introduced, read and ordered published by the City Council of the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, at a regular meeting of said body held on the 16th day of August, 1961, and that the same was published in The Daily Sentinel, a newspaper published and in general circulation in said City at least ten days before its final passage.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City, this 7th day of September, 1961.

Helen C. Tomlinson

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City Clerk

1st Publication 8-19-61

Final Publication 9-9-61