Ordinance 024-1976
ORDINANCE NO. 24 -1976
AN ORDINANCE PERTAINING TO MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA,
ESTABLISHING A FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND FREE
LIBRARY SERVICE FOR SAID COUNTY; AUTHORIZING THE
BOARD OF COUNTY CO~1ISSIONERS TO OPERATE AND MAIN-
TAIN SAID LIBRARY; CREATING A LIBRARY BOARD TO BE
COMPOSED OF FIVE (5) MEMBERS APPOINTED BY SAID
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO ADMINISTER SAID
LIBRARY AND LIBRARY SERVICE; PROVIDING TER}1S FOR
SAID BOARD MEMBERS AND THEIR SUCCESSORS; PROVIDING
FOR ELECTION OF OFFICERS FOR SAID LIBRARY BOARD;
AUTHORIZING SAID LIBRARY BOARD TO ESTABLISH RULES
AND REGULATIONS FOR ITS OPEP~TION; AUTHORIZING
SAID BOARD TO EMPLOY THE NECESSARY PERSONNEL TO
OPERATE SAID LIBRARY AND LIBRARY SERVICE AND TO
FIX SALARIES, DUTIES AND COMPENSATION OF SAID
EMPLOYEES; GRANTING ALL PRIVILEGES AND BENEFITS
TO SAID EMPLOYEES GIVEN TO OTHER COUNTY EMPLOYEES;
PROVIDING FOR SUBMISSION OF A TENTATIVE BUDGET
AND REPORTS OF OPERATIONS TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS; PROVIDING THAT TITLE AND OWNERSHIP
OF LIBRARY AND BRANCH LIBRARIES TO BE IN SAID
COUNTY; AUTHORIZING SAID LIBRARY BOARD TO ACCEPT
GIFTS, BEQUESTS OR DEVISES FOR SAID LIBRARY WHICH
SAID FUNDS SHALL BE DEPOSITED BY SAID BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IN A COUNTY FREE LIBRARY
FUND; AUTHORIZING BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
TO LEVY AN ANNUAL TAX FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING
EXPENSES AND OPERATION OF SAID LIBRARY AND LIBRARY
SERVICE; CREATING A COUNTY FREE LIBRARY FUND AND
AUTHORIZING ALL EXPENSES TO BE PAID BY COUNTY
WARRANTS OUT OF SAID FUNDS; LIMITING THE EXPENSES
AND INDEBTEDNESS IN ANY YEAR TO THE AMOUNT AVAIL-
ABLE FOR LIBRARY PURPOSES; REPEALING ALL SPECIAL
ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE, ORDINANCES AND RESOLU-
TIONS IN CONFLICT WITH THIS ORDINANCE TO THE EX-
TENT OF SAID CONFLICT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA:
Section 1.
There is hereby established in Monroe County,
Florida, a free public library and free library service.
Section 2.
The Board of County Commissioners of Monroe
County, Florida, shall be responsible for the operation and main-
tenance of said library and library services.
Section 3.
The Board of County Commissioners of Monroe
County, Florida, shall appoint a library board to administer said
library and library services which shall be comprised of five (5)
members who shall be registered voters of the county, one of each
who shall reside in each of the county commissioners' districts at
the time of their appointment. The members of the library board
created under Chapter 150, Florida Statutes 1969, shall remain in
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office until their present terms expire. Their successors shall
be appointed for a term of four (4) years, except that an appoint-
ment to fill a vacancy shall be for the unexpired term only.
Section 4. The library board shall annually elect one
member chairman, another vice-chairman and another secretary,
whose duties shall be those usually pertaining to said respective
offices. The library board may establish rules and regulations
for its own government and that of the library or library service
not inconsistent with law, and may elect and employ a librarian
and such assistants or employees as to said board may seem reason-
able and proper, and fix their salaries, duties and compensation.
All employees of said library board shall have all privileges and
benefits of county employees.
Section 5. On or before July 1 of each year, the library
board shall file with the Board of County Commissioners a tenta-
tive budget for the ensuing fiscal year; and on or before Novem-
ber 1 of each year, the chairman of the library board shall file
with the county board a report of the operation of the library dur-
ing the last fiscal year, giving such statistics and other infor-
mation as may be required by said county board.
Section 6. The title and ownership of the free library
and any branch libraries shall be in the County.
Section 7. The county library board is authorized to
receive on behalf of the county any gift, bequest, or devise for
the county free library. Said county library board shall turn over
to the Board of County Commissioners any moneys received under the
provisions of this section to be deposited in the county free
library fund.
Section 8. The Board of County Commissioners shall levy
an annual tax, in the same manner and at the same time as other
county taxes are levied, not exceeding one mill upon all taxable
property within such county, or shall appropriate from the general
fund of the county a sum not to exceed the yield of a one mill tax,
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for the purpose of providing the funds required to pay the expenses
of the operation and maintenance of such free library or free
library service.
Section 9 . All funds of the county free library, whether
derived from taxation or otherwise, shall constitute a separate
fund to be known as the county free library fund, and shall be
expended only for library purposes . The expenses incurred by the
county library board shall be paid by warrants drawn by the Board
of County Commissioners , payable out of the county free library
fund.
Section 10 . The county library board shall not make ex-
penditures or incur indebtedness in any year in excess of the
amount available for library purposes .
Section 11. All special acts of the legislature, ordi-
nances , and resolutions in conflict herewith are hereby repealed
to the extent of such conflict.
Section 12 . This ordinance shall take effect upon receipt
of the official acknowledgment from the Department of State acknowl-
edging receipt of certified copy of this ordinance and that said
ordinance has been filed in said office.
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NOTICE OF INTENTION TO CONSIDER
ADOPTION OF COUNTY ORDINANCE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN that on
Tuesday, October 26 , 1976 , at 2 : 00 P .M. at the Monroe County
Courthouse Annex, Key West , Florida, the Board of County Commis-
sioners of Monroe County, Florida, intends to consider the
adoption of the following County Ordinance :
ORDINANCE NO . -1976
AN ORDINANCE PERTAINING TO MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA,
ESTABLISHING A FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND FREE
LIBRARY SERVICE FOR SAID COUNTY; AUTHORIZING THE
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO OPERATE AND MAIN-
TAIN SAID LIBRARY; CREATING A LIBRARY BOARD TO BE
COMPOSED OF FIVE (5) MEMBERS APPOINTED BY SAID
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO ADMINISTER SAID
LIBRARY AND LIBRARY SERVICE ; PROVIDING TERMS FOR
SAID BOARD MEMBERS AND THEIR SUCCESSORS ; PROVIDING
FOR ELECTION OF OFFICERS FOR SAID LIBRARY: BOARD;
AUTHORIZING SAID LIBRARY BOARD TO ESTABLISH RULES
AND REGULATIONS FOR ITS OPERATION; AUTHORIZING
SAID BOARD TO EMPLOY THE NECESSARY PERSONNEL TO
OPERATE SAID LIBRARY AND LIBRARY SERVICE AND TO
FIX SALARIES, DUTIES AND COMPENSATION OF SAID
EMPLOYEES ; GRANTING ALL PRIVILEGES AND BENEFITS
TO SAID EMPLOYEES GIVEN TO OTHER COUNTY EMPLOYEES ;
PROVIDING FOR SUBMISSION OF A TENTATIVE BUDGET
AND REPORTS OF OPERATIONS TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS; PROVIDING THAT TITLE AND OWNERSHIP
OF LIBRARY AND BRANCH LIBRARIES TO BE IN SAID
COUNTY; AUTHORIZING SAID LIBRARY BOARD TO ACCEPT
GIFTS , BEQUESTS OR DEVISES FOR SAID LIBRARY WHICH
SAID FUNDS SHALL BE DEPOSITED BY SAID BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IN A COUNTY FREE LIBRARY
FUND; AUTHORIZING BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
TO LEVY AN ANNUAL TAX FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING
EXPENSES AND OPERATION OF SAID LIBRARY AND LIBRARY
SERVICE ; CREATING A COUNTY FREE LIBRARY FUND AND
AUTHORIZING ALL EXPENSES TO BE PAID BY COUNTY
WARRANTS OUT OF SAID FUNDS ; LIMITING THE EXPENSES
AND INDEBTEDNESS IN ANY YEAR TO THE AMOUNT AVAIL-
ABLE FOR .LIBRARY PURPOSES; REPEALING ALL SPECIAL
ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE, ORDINANCES AND RESOLU-
TIONS IN CONFLICT WITH THIS ORDINANCE TO THE EX-
TENT OF SAID CONFLICT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE .
DATED at Key West, Florida, this 29th day of September,
A. D. 1976 .
RALPH W. WHITE
Clerk of the Circuit Court of
. Monroe County, Florida, and
ex officio Clerk of the Board
of County Commissioners of
• Monroe County, Florida
(SEAL)
Publish: Monday, October 4, 1976
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STATE OF FLORIDA
THE CAPITOL
TALLAHASSEE 32304
(904) 488-3918
BRUCE A. SMATHERS
SECRETARY OF STATE
November 1, 1976
Honorable Ralph W. White
Clerk of Circuit Court
Monroe County Courthouse
Key West, Florida 33040
Attention: Virginia Pinder, Deputy Clerk
Dear Mr. White:
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 125.66, Florida
Statutes, this will acknowledge your letter of October 28 and
certified copy of Monroe County Ordinance No. 76-24, which
was received and filed in this office on November 1, 1976.
Kindest regards.
Cordially,
BRUCE A. SMATHERS
Secretary of State
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