HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCES-2012-117-O-12• Effective Date: December 10, 2012
10/1/2012
117-0-12
AN ORDINANCE
Amending the Evanston City Code to Make Certain Changes
to the City of Evanston Public Library Board's Authority
WHEREAS, the City of Evanston, Cook County, Illinois, (the "City") is a
home rule unit of government under the Illinois Constitution of 1970; and
WHEREAS, the City considered, in consultation and cooperation with the
Evanston Public Library Board, certain amendments to the Evanston City Code of
2012, as amended ("City Code"), to conform certain Code provisions to the Act; and
WHEREAS,, the Evanston Public Library Board concurs in finding that the
code amendments set forth below are appropriate,
• NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THAT:
SECTION 1: The foregoing recitals are hereby found as fact and
incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION 2: Title 7, Chapter 14 of the City Code is hereby further
amended by the enactment of a new Section 6 thereof, to read as follows:
7-14-6: EMPLOYEES; CONTRACTS:
The Library Director shall have the authority to hire employees for the Library, fix their
compensation, and to remove such employees, subject to the approval of the Library
Board. The Library Board shall have the authority to contract with any public or private
corporation or entity for the purpose of providing or receiving library service.
SECTION 3: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
0 hereby repealed.
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SECTION 4: If any provision of this Ordinance 117-0-12 or application
thereof to any person or circumstance is held unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, such
invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this Ordinance that can be
given effect without the invalid application or provision, and each invalid application of
this ordinance is severable.
SECTION 5: The findings and recitals contained herein are declared to be
prima facie evidence of the law of the City and shall be received in evidence as
provided by the Illinois Compiled Statutes and the courts of the State of Illinois.
SECTION 6: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
its passage, approval, and publication in the manner provided by law.
Introduced:�1Qt�e4,-Y)bLr , 2012 Approved:
Adopted: `� �.�-21� # �D , 2012 J-10I- 3Q , 2012
Attest:
Rodney GrKne, City Clerk
EI' eth B. Tisdahl, Mayor
Approved as to form:
W. G r Fa rr ar, Corporation Counsel
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