HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2004 (35) RESOLUTION APPROVING THE TOWN OF ST. JOSEPH JOINING THE
HUDSON AREA JOINT LIBRARY
RESOLUTION NO. 3 5 Caooy)
ST. CROIX COUNTY, WISCONSIN
WHEREAS, Wisconsin Statutes §43.53 allows the creation of a joint library by
any 2 or more municipalities located in whole or in part in a county by appropriate
agreement of their governing bodies; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Wisconsin Statutes §43.52(1m), a town needs approval
from the County Board to join a joint library; and
WHEREAS, the Town of St. Joseph has submitted a request to the County for
approval to join the Hudson Area Joint Library; and
WHEREAS, Wisconsin Statutes §43.64(1) allows a county to levy a tax to
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provide funds for public library service; and
WHEREAS, Wisconsin Statutes §43.64(2)(b) provides that any city, town, village
or school district shall, upon written application to the County Board, be exempted from
the library tax levy if the city, town, village or school district making the application
levies a tax for public library service and appropriates and expend for a library fund an
amount at least equal to what the county levy on the city, town, village or school district
would have been, calculated by using the formula set out in §43.64(2)(b); and
WHEREAS, the Town of St. Joseph has made application for exemption from the
County's library tax levy; and
WHEREAS, the Finance Committee recommends approval of the Town of St.
Joseph joining the Hudson Area Joint Library.
THEREFORE, be it resolved by the St. Croix County Board of Supervisors that it
approves the Town of St. Joseph joining the Hudson Area Joint Library.
FURTHER, be it resolved that the Town of St. Joseph is exempted from the 2005
County library tax levy and thereafter pursuant to Wisconsin statutes §43.64.
Offered by the Finance Committee on October 28, 2004.
NEGATIVE AFFIRMATIVE
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Reviewed by Corporation Counsel on llG r.t4 Y-rti I , 2004.
Greg merman
This resolution was duly adopted by the St. Croix County Board of Supervisors on
October 28, 2004.
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Cindy Campbell, County Clerk