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Approving and adopting the Saint Paul Public Library Agency Budget.
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WHEREAS, state law and city ordinances require that the Saint Paul Public Library Agency submit an annual budget to the Mayor and City Council; and
WHEREAS, the Saint Paul Public Library Agency Director submitted a budget request to the Mayor for 2016, pursuant to ordinance; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with sections 10.02 and 10.03 of the City Charter, Mayor Christopher Coleman presented his proposed 2016 budget for the Saint Paul Public Library Agency on Thursday, August 13, 2015 to the Board of Library Commissioners; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners, pursuant to city ordinance, considered Mayor Coleman's recommended budget and made adjustments, as indicated on Attachment A, to said recommended budget, and adopted the Library Agency budget for fiscal year 2016; and
WHEREAS, the City Council considered the budget adopted by the Library Agency Board, and recommended adjustments if any as indicated Attachment A; and
WHEREAS, the Saint Paul Public Library Board has adopted a 2016 financing plan, which includes property tax revenue, as indicated on Attachments A and B, and requests that the Saint Paul City Council certify a 2016 property tax levy on behalf of the Public Library Agency and adopt the 2016 Public Library Agency budget; now therefore be it
RESOLVED, that pursuant to the provisions of the City Charter, the Saint Paul Public Library Agency budget for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2016 as adopted by the Saint Paul Library Agency Board and detailed in Attachment A, is hereby adopted by the City Council; and be it
FINALLY RESOLVED, that the Director of Financial Services is hereby authorized to prepare the final 2016 Library Agency Budgets in accordance with the actions taken herein and to equalize, balance or set the final Library revenue sources and Library appropriations as necessary.
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