HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2020 (31) Resolution No. 31 (2020)
�T NTY RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING LIBRARY LEVY
1 WHEREAS, Wis. Stat. § 43.12 requires that counties reimburse libraries for the cost of
2 serving residents living within municipalities located in the county that do not have their own
3 municipal library; and
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5 WHEREAS, such residents are referred to in Wisconsin library finance terms as "rural
6 residents;" and
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8 WHEREAS, the cost is determined by dividing the total operating expenditures by the
9 total number of circulations and then multiplying that amount by the number of actual
10 circulations provided to rural residents of the County who have used that municipal library; and
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12 WHEREAS, the County, in its Plan of Library Service 2019-2022 ("Library Plan"), has
13 determined that it is just and proper to reimburse the libraries at no less funding than the full cost
14 (100%) of providing library services to rural residents; and
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16 WHEREAS, the County retains the right under its adopted Library Plan to adjust funding
17 for reasons that are other than arbitrary; and
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19 WHEREAS, the Town of Hudson and the Town of St. Joseph requested approval from
20 the County to join the Hudson Area Joint Library in 2002 and 2004, respectively; and
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22 WHEREAS, there was concern that several of the neighboring municipalities with
23 existing libraries would lose rural circulation revenue if such approvals were granted; and
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25 WHEREAS, it is documented in 2002, and again in 2004, that the Hudson Area Joint
26 Library and its participating municipalities pledged to continue to pay the neighboring libraries
27 in the same manner as the County had been doing so that the affected neighboring municipalities
28 would lose no rural circulation revenue; and
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30 WHEREAS, the County relied on those representations in approving the participation of
31 the Town of Hudson and the Town of St. Joseph in the Hudson Area Joint Library in 2002 and
32 2004, respectively; and
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34 WHEREAS, in 2013 the participating municipalities of the Hudson Area Joint Library
35 and the Board of Trustees of the Hudson Area Joint Library decided to renege on this promise;
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38 WHEREAS, beginning in 2014 and continuing, Hudson Area Joint Library no longer
39 passes along to its neighboring libraries the share of tax revenue that had been promised; and
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41 WHEREAS, the County is required to pay at least 70% of the cost of rural circulation by
42 March 1 of each year to each public library.
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44 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that St. Croix County shall pay to the
45 Hudson Area Joint Library 70% of the cost of rural circulation by March 1, 2021 and shall pay
46 all other municipal libraries serving residents living in municipalities that do not have their own
47 municipal library 100% of the cost of rural circulation by March 1, 2021.
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49 THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the difference between 100% and
50 70% of the cost of rural circulation reimbursement to the Hudson Area Joint Library, $25,957, be
51 distributed by the County among those libraries within the County in proportion to how they
52 have been adversely affected by the Hudson Area Joint Library's breach of its original promise
53 that was relied upon by the County when the County granted its approval for the participation of
54 the Town of Hudson and Town of St. Joseph in the Hudson Area Joint Library. Said payment of
55 this distribution shall be made to the affected libraries by March 1, 2021.
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57 THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Resolution be reflected in the
58 County's budget for 2021.
Legal—Fiscal—Administrative Approvals:
Legal Note:
Fiscal Impact: Established levy amount and level of support for libraries.
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P ck Thompson,County Administrator 7/16/2020
07/21/20 Administration Committee RECOMMENDED
RESULT: RECOMMENDED [3 TO 2]
MOVER: Scottie Ard, Vice Chair
SECONDER: David Peterson, Supervisor
AYES: Scottie Ard, David Peterson, William Peavey
NAYS: Bob Long, Carah Koch
Vote Confirmation.
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SL Croix County Board of Supervisors Action:
Roll Call -Vote Requirement— Majority of Supervisors Present
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RESULT: ADOPTED AS AMENDED [13 TO 6]
MOVER: Scottie Ard, Supervisor
SECONDER: Judy Achterhof, Supervisor
AYES: Schachtner, Leaf, Hall, Ostness, Counter, Hansen, Ard, Tellijohn, Peterson,
Anderson, Achterhof, Tomtschik, Peavey
NAYS: Anderson, Long, Koch, Berning, Ottino, Feidler
This Resolution was Adopted as Amended by the St. Croix County Board of Supervisors on August 4, 2020
Cindy Campbell, County Clerk