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MEMORANDUM
To: Mayor, City Council, and City Manager
From: Jose' Martinez, Library Director
Date: September 18, 2009
Subject: P. R. No. 15506; Council Meeting of September 22, 2009
Attached is P. R. No. 15506 appointing a lay
representative and an alternate lay representative to the
Houston Area Library System.
Attachment
z.pr15506_memo
P. R. No. 15506
09/18/09 - JDM
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION APPOINTING A LAY REPRESENTATIVE
AND AN ALTERNATE LAY REPRESENTATIVE TO THE
HOUSTON AREA LIBRARY SYSTEM
WHEREAS, the Port Arthur Public Library is a member of the Houston Area
Library System; and,
WHEREAS, Section 441.130 (a) of the Texas Government Code requires the
following as it pertains to the appointment of an advisory council:
"(a) Each major resource system has an advisory council composed of six (6) lay
members representing the member libraries of the system.
(b) The governing body of each member library• of the system shall elect or
appoint to elect council members"; and,
WHEREAS, the Lay Representative appointment is Fernando Ramirez and the
Alternate Lay Representative is Deanie Delee whose terms of office will be from
September 22, 2009 through August 31, 2011, as delineated in Exhibit "A" attached
hereto.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS:
Section 1. That the facts and opinion in the preamble aze true and correct.
Section 2. That the City Council hereby confirms the appointments to the
Houston Area Library System as delineated in the attached Exhibit "A".
Section 3. That a copy the caption of this Resolution be spread upon the
Minutes of the City Council.
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READ, ADOPTED AND APPROVED this day of
A.D., 2009, at a
meeting of the City Council of the City of Port
Arthur, Texas, by the following vote: Ayes:
Mayor
Council Members
Noes:
ATTEST:
Mayor
City Secretary
AP~~ D AS TO FORM: p
Civvty Atto e `y,~ 0\
APPROVED FOR ADMINISTRATION
City Manager
Library Director
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EXHIBIT "A"
FORM A
APPOINTMENT OF LAY REPRESENTATIVE
FOR THE PORT ARTHUR PUBLIC LIBRARY
The City/County of Port Arthur. Texas hereby appoints Fernando Ramirez to serve as the Lay
Representative for the Port Arthur Public Library to the Houston Area Library System. The
term of the appointment shall be September 22 2009 through August 31 2011.
The City/County of Port Arthur. Texas also appoints Deanie DeLee to serve as alternate Lay
Representative and to perform the duties of Lay Representative in the Representative's
absence.
In the event that neither the appointed Lay Representative nor the appointed alternate Lay
Representative can attend a meeting of the Houston Area Library System such that the Library
will have no voting authority, the Chairman of the Library Board is hereby authorized to attend
or to ask a member of the Library Board to attend such meeting and to vote on behalf of the
Library.
Signed:
Date:
City Manager
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