Ordinance 1965-16 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING
A PUBLIC LIBRARY AND READING ROOM FOR THE
USE AND BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE
UNITED CITY OF THE VILLAGE OF YORKVILLE,
KENDALL COUNTY, ILLINOIS
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the United City
of the Village of Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois :
Section 1. That there be, and. there is hereby es-
tablished in and for the United City of the Village of Yorkville,
Kendall County, Illinois, a public library and reading room for
the use and benefit of the inhabitants of said city, and said
library shall be free to the use of the inhabitants of the city,
subject to such reasonable rules and regulations as the library
board, hereinafter herein created, may adopt in order to render
the use of the library of the greatest benefit to the greatest
number.
Section 2. That the corporate authorities shall annually
levy a tax of not to exceed .12% of the full, fair cash value of
all the taxable property in the city as equalized and assessed
by the Department of Revenue for library purposes, said tax to
be levied and collected in a like manner with other general taxes
of the city and the proceeds paid over by the officer charged
with the collection thereof to the Board of Directors of the
library. The library tax herein provided for is to be in addi-
tion to all other taxes or tax rates authorized to be levied by
the city and shall not be a part of the taxes making up any rate
prescribed as a limitation on the amount of taxes said cityymay
levy.
Section 3 . The Mayor of said city shall, with approval
of the City Council, appoint a Board of nine (9) Directors,
chosen from city residents with reference to their fitness for
such office . Not more than one member of the City Council shall
be at any one time a member of the library board. The Directors
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shall hold office one-third (1/3) for one (1) ,year, one-third
(1/3) for two (2) years and one-third (1/3) for three (3)
years from the first of July following their appointment and
at their first regular meeting shall cast lots for their re-
spective terms. Annually thereafter the Mayor shall, before the
first of July of each year, appoint as before three (3) directors
to take the place of the retiring directors, wYD shall hold office
for three (3) years, and until their successors are appointed,
and tte Mayor may remove any director appointed by him whenever
he is of the opinion that the interests of the city demand re-
moval, but he shall report the reasons for the removal to the
City Council at a. meeting to be held not less than five (5) nor
more than ten (10) days after the removal,-,and if the Council
by two-thirds (2/3 ) vote of all its members disapproves of the
removal, the director shall be restored to the office and not re-
moved a second time for the same offense. Vacancies in the Board
of Directors occasioned by removal, resignation or otherwise,
shdl be filled in a like manner as original appcii.ntments . No
director shall receive compensation for services as such.
Section 4 . The Directors shall, immediately after appoint-
ment, meet and organize by the election of one of thEir number
as president and one cf their number as treasurer and such other
officers as they may deem necessary, and the treasurer shall be
designated as the custodian of the monies paid over to such
Board and give bond to be approved by the Board in an amount of
not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000. 00) nor more than
Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) , as may be fixed by the Board,
conditioned that hewill safely keep and pay over, upnn the order
of such Board, all-finds received and held by him for such Board
of DireciDrs .
Section 5. The Directors shall make and adopt such
bit-laws, rules and regulations for their own guidance and for the
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government of the library and reading room as may be expedient
and shall have all the powers as those conferred upon the cor-
porate authorities of cities under Division 48.1 of the Illinois
Municipal Code for the year 1961 as hereafter amended.
Section 6. Within fifteen (15) days after the expira-
tion of each fiscal year of the city, the Board of Directors
shall make a report of the condition of their trust on the last
day of the fiscal year to the City Council. Said report shall be
in writing, verified under oath and shall contain an itemized
statement of the various sums of money received and e4)ended for
the previous fiscal year, a statement of the financial require-
ments of the library forthe ensuing fiscal year and of the amount
of money which, in the judgment of the Board of Directors, it
will be necessary to levy for library purposes in the next annual
tax levy ordinance, and all other statitics, information and
suggestions that may be of interest or are required to be filed
with the Illinois State Library.
Section 7 . The City Council may provide for suta.ble
penalties for persons committing injury* upon the library or the
grounds or otter property thereof and for injury to or failure
to return any book belonging to the library.
Section 8 . Any person desiring to make donations of
money, personal property or real estate, may vest the title to
the money or real estate in the Board of Directors of such library
to be held and controlled by such Board when accented according
to the termsof the deed, gift, devise or bequest of such pro-
perty and the Board shell be held and considered to be a special
trustee of such donated property.
Section 9. This ordinance shall be in full force and
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effect after its due passage, approval and publication according;
to law.
Passed this 12th day of August, A. D. 1965 .
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Approved this 12th day of August, A. D. 1965.
Mayor