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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 064-1968RESOLUTION NO. 64 -68 DECLARING INTENTION TO PARTICIPATE IN FORMING A COOPERaTIVE LIBRARY SYSTEM RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Burlingame, California, that: WHEREAS, by the eastablishment of a cooperative library system formed of the various existing, independent city library systems in the County of San Mateo, the needs of the public will be more fully satisfied and library services improved for the benefit of the people of Burlingame, library patrons residing within its service area, and the participating cities; and WHEREAS, by the establishment of such a cooperative sys- , savings can be effectuated in the cost of performing certain ations and providing certain services without loss of local 1 and jurisdiction over material and services within the lingame Library System. NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY DETERMINED AND ORDERED that: 1. The public interest and convenience will be served by articipating in a cooperative library system and this Council does declare its intent to enter into a Joint Exercise of Powers , pursuant to Sections 6500 et seq, of the Government , for the establishment of a cooperative library system, subj the following conditions: (a) The terms of any agreement shall be subject to full complete review by this Council and this resolution shall not e construed to obligate the City of Burlingame to execute such (b) Any agreement prepared shall expressly provide that City of Burlingame shall retain full, complete and exclusive over any and all materials selected for its libraries and )ver the personnel of the library staff. -1- (c) The agreement shall provide that the City of Burlingame shall incur no financial obligations and that the ex- pense of establishing the cooperative system shall be borne by the establishment and/or per capita grants from the State of Californi (d) The agreement shall be for a trial period not to exceed two (2) years and shall provide that the City of Burlingame may withdraw from the system on a 30-day notice. (e) The agreement shall provide that each library par- ticipating is responsible to the lending library for any books issued to its card holders. 2. The City Librarian be, and he is hereby ordered, to proceed with the negotiation of the agreement with other indepen- dent city library systems in the County of San Mateo, and to make such applications and prepare such statements of eligibility and a Plan of Service as may be necessary to secure a grant from the State of California pursuant to Sections 27144 et seq, of the Education Code. Mayor I. HERBERT K. 1,IHITE, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was in- troduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 3rd day of September 1968, and adopted thereafter by the following vote: AYES: Councilmen: Crosby-Diederichsen-George-Johnson- Martin. NOES: Councilmen: None. Absent Councilmen: None. City Clerk -2-