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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1722 ResolutionEvelyn Wel s, City Clerk ste W Jack , Mayor A l.d1 APP1VD S 0 1 111"ubs , City A V4 torn R S. L V Y I 0 1 n1 NJ _ 1722 A RESOLUTION of the City Council of Pasco asking the Board of Directors of the Mid-Columbia Library District to seek cost containment objectives and to establish a fee schedule for specialized services WHEREAS, cost reduction and/or cost containment are expected of local government by the majority of the tax payers, and WHEREAS, the City Council and staff of Pasco have been industriously implementing service reductions and cost containment in many sectors of municipal government, and WHEREAS, the City Council appreciates the excellent and diverse library services the District offers to the citizens of Pasco, and WHEREAS, the City Council is seriously apprehensive about its capability to meet its future obligations, including library services, in view of the likely revenues to be received, and WHEREAS, the City Council desires assurance that the Board of Directors of the District is assiduously seeking to implement specific cost reduction or cost containment objectives, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO Section 1 The City Council requests the Board of Directors of the District to investigate and to seek to establish a fee schedule for identifiable specific specialized services which require a significant investment of staff time or which services, in order to provide them, entail a significant capital investment to make the service available For example, the Council has in mind reference librarian service which requires an inordinate amount of staff research Section 2 The City Council urges the Board of Directors,in looking forward to 1987 and its budget for the library, to earnestly seek reasonable service reductions or, at the very least, to implement belt tightening steps to contain the cost of library service and, therefore, minimize the property tax levy deemed necessary to pay for the library service P SED lay the City Council of the City of Pasco this 2 day of , 1986