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File #: Ord. 2022-82    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 8/17/2022 In control: City Council
On agenda: 9/20/2022 Final action: 9/20/2022
Title: Consider approval of Ordinance 2022-82, on the first of two readings, amending Section 58.127 of the San Marcos City Code to, among other things, eliminate fees for overdue library materials; include procedural provisions; and providing an effective date.
Attachments: 1. Ordinance, 2. Sec._58.127.___Fees_and_charges_for_library_services, 3. Fine-free facts, 4. Fine-free letter to city council from board, 5. Fine-free memo from Library Director, 6. ALA Resolution on Monetary Library Fines as a Form of Social Inequity

AGENDA CAPTION:

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Consider approval of Ordinance 2022-82, on the first of two readings, amending Section 58.127 of the San Marcos City Code to, among other things, eliminate fees for overdue library materials; include procedural provisions; and providing an effective date.

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Meeting date:  September 20, 2022

 

Department:  Library

 

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Library Board and Library Director recommend the change to a fine-free library.

This action reflects the City Council’s direction to consider equity in services.