Ordinance No. 2022-36 LibraryORDINANCE 2022-36
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE AMENDING ORDINANCES; (1) ORD OF 6-9-1970; (2) ORDINANCE NO. 80-20; AND (3) ORDINANCE NO. 95-24, THAT ESTABLISHED THE LIBRARY BOARD FOR THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE REQUIRING THE PUBLICATION OF THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; REPEALING ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT WITH THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY; MAKING OTHER PROVISIONS AND FINDINGS THERETO; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council by ordinance ordered the bound Huntsville Code of Ordinances be published online and said Code of Ordinances were published online and adopted on February 3, 2009;and
WHEREAS, the online Code of Ordinances adopted on February 3, 2009 provide in Chapter 1,
Section l-22(a) "Nothing in this Code, when adopted, or the ordinance adopting this Code shall affect the following in effect at the time of the adoption of this Code; and
WHEREAS, Chapter l, Section 1-22(a)(2 l) in the online Code of Ordinances provides "Any ordinance in effect concerning establishment and administration of the library board" which means
the online publication of the current City Code of Ordinances did not repeal any ordinance or ordinances that established the library board; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Huntsville ("City Council") by Ordinance adopted on June 9, 1970 created a Library Board; and
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 80-20 which amended the Ordinance adopted on June 9, 1970; and
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 95-24 which amended the Ordinance adopted on June 9, 1970; and
WHEREAS, the above three ordinances and the amendments were incorporated and are shown in the Exhibit A attached hereto and are hereinafter referred to as the Library Board Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined the Library Board Ordinance needs to be updated and to resolve any conflicts with the Huntsville Public Library Policies & Procedures and to provide for efficient administration and oversight of the Library; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, COUNTY OF WALKER, STATE OF TEXAS:
I.FINDINGS OF FACT
All of the above premises are hereby found to be true and correct legislative and factual findings of
the City of Huntsville, Texas, and are hereby approved and incorporated into the body of this ordinance as if copied in their entirety.