3641 To enact an agreement with the County of Oxford to join the County Library Service within County of OxfordTOWN OF TILLSONBURG
BY-LAW NO. 3641
A BYLAW to enact an agreement with the County of Oxford to join the County
Library Service within County of Oxford.
WHEREAS the Council of The Town of Tillsonburg passed a resolution on July 9,
2012 requesting the Oxford County Library System permit admission.
WHEREAS the Council of the County of Oxford passed By-law #5379-2012
granting admission to the Town of Tillsonburg to the Oxford County Library
Service.
AND WHEREAS section 6 of the Public Libraries Act, R.S.O. 1990 provides that
every county library established under a predecessor of this Part that was being
operated immediately before the 29th day of March, 1985, is continued subject to
this Part.
AND WHEREAS subsection 10(2) of the Public Libraries Act, R.S.O. 1990,
provides that the appointing council shall not appoint more of its own members to
a board than the number that is, in the case of a county library or a county co-
operative library, a bare majority of the board.
AND WHEREAS on January 1, 1975, Bill 95, an Act to Restructure the County of
Oxford, came into effect that redefined the municipal boundaries and their names
as follows: City of Woodstock, Town of Ingersoll, Town of Tillsonburg, Township of
Blandford-Blenheim, Township of East Zorra-Tavistock, Township of Norwich,
Township of South-West Oxford, and Township of Zorra.
AND WHEREAS section 138 of Bill 95, an Act to Restructure the County of
Oxford, provided that the operating costs of the County library system shall be
apportioned amongst the area municipalities with the exception of the City of
Woodstock and the Town of Tillsonburg, in the proportion that the equalized,
weighted assessment for each such area municipality respectively, as ascertained
under section 81, bears to the total equalized, weighted assessment for such area
municipalities.
AND WHEREAS the Town of Tillsonburg Library Board and the Oxford County
Library Board has recommended that Oxford County Council amend the Oxford
County Library Service establishing by-law to include the Tillsonburg Library and
increase the Library Board member complement by one County Council member
and one layperson.
AND WHEREAS subsection 7(3) of the Public Libraries Act, R.S.O. 1990, states
that if the council of a non-participating lower-tier municipality or single-tier
municipality makes an agreement to bring the non-participating lower-tier
municipality or single-tier municipality into the county library, the county shall
amend the establishing by-law accordingly.
AND WHEREAS subsection 7(4) of the Public Libraries Act, R.S.O. 1990, sets out
the contents of the agreement referenced under subsection 7(3) that shall specify
what proportion of the cost of establishment, operation and maintenance of the
county library shall be paid by the county and the lower-tier municipality,
respectively.
NOW THEREFORE THE COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF TILLSONBURG
ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
1. That "The Town of Tillsonburg becomes a full member of the Oxford
County Library System effective January 1, 2013, and shall annually collect
and remit under the County taxation remittance the equalized assessment
of its portion of the shared library system."
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That the Mayor and Clerk are hereby authorized to endorse the
Agreement, attached hereto and forming part of this by-law as Schedule
"A", in accordance with subsection 7(3) of the Public Libraries Act, R.S.O.
1990.
That this By-law takes force and effect January 1, 2013, notwithstanding.
READ a first and second time this 13th day of August, 2012.
READ a third time and finally passed in this 13th day of August, 2012.
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Donna Wilson, CLERK
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