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REPORT
CLERK'S DEPARTMENT
Meeting:
General Purpose and Administration Committee
File#:
Res. st Gf'Pt - Ifr.,S-03
By-Iaw#: /)003 -j:?c
Date: DECEMBER 8, 2003
Report #: CLD-48-03
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SUbject:
COMPOSITION OF LIBRARY BOARD
RECOMMENDATIONS:
It is respectfully recommended that Council approve the following:
1) THAT Report CLD-48-03 be received;
2) THAT the Clarington Public Library Board be composed of nine members, two of
whom are members of Municipal Council;
3) THAT the appropriate by-law be forwarded to Council; and
4) THAT the Municipal Clerk place an advertisement in the local newspaper seeking
applications from interested parties, FORTHWITH.
Submitted by:
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Reviewed by: Franklin Wu,
Chief Administrative Officer
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CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON
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BACKGROUND AND COMMENT
In 1,985, Council passed a by-law to establish the composition of the Newcastle Public Library
Board in accordance with Section 9(3) of the Public Libraries Act, 1984, The Government
Efficiency Act has repealed and substituted Section 9 of the Public Libraries Act. The
substitution removes detailed requirements on the size of the library board related to the size of
the community, Public library boards must now be composed of at least five members, with no
upper limit, whereas the former Public Libraries Act imposed a limit of nine members. The
substitution has also removed the requirement that school boards recommend a person to
Council for appointment to the Library Board.
The Clarington Public Library Board has voted in favour of recommending to Council that the
number of members remain at nine and that Council continue to appoint two of its members to
the Board. They also recommend that the requirement for school boards to recommend a
person for appointment be removed. Staff concur with these recommendations as the present
size of the board serves the municipality well and the school board appointees are very difficult
to fill when a vacancy occurs.
It is therefore respectfully recommended that the composition of the Library Board be amended
to reflect the changes to the legislation and that the appropriate by-law be forwarded to Council.
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