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RESOLUTION REGARDING JOINT LIBRARY FOR CITY OF HUDSON,
VILAGE OF NORTH HUDSON AND TOWN OF HUDSON
RESOLUTION NO.
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 the county by appropriate
agreement of their governing bodies; and
WHEREAS, the City of Hudson, the Village of North Hudson and the Town of
Hudson have expressed to the County their intention to create a joint library; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Wisconsin Statutes §43.52(1m), the Town of Hudson
needs approval from the Board of Supervisors to participate in the joint library; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Hudson has submitted a request for approval to
participate in the joint library; and
WHEREAS, Wisconsin Statutes §43.64(1) allows a county to levy a tax to
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 board of supervisors, 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 would have been, calculated using a
formula set out in §43.64(2)(b); and
WHEREAS, the City of Hudson, the Village of North Hudson and the Town of
Hudson have each made application for exemption from the County's library tax levy;
and
WHEREAS, pursuant to discussions with the Finance Committee, the Mayor of
Hudson, President of North Hudson and Chairman of the Town of Hudson have all
acknowledged that the joint library board intends to reimburse any public library in the
County for any negative financial impacts for loss of collections for "rural circulation"
that would have been received had the joint library members remained subject to the
County library tax levy; and
WHEREAS, the Finance Committee recommends approval of the Town of
Hudson's participation in the joint library.
THEREFORE, be it resolved by the St. Croix County Board of Supervisors that
participation by the Town of Hudson in the joint library is approved.
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FURTHER, be it resolved that the City of Hudson, Village of North Hudson and
the Town of Hudson are exempted from the County library tax levy pursuant to
Wisconsin statutes §43.64.
Offered by the Finance Committee on October 29, 2002.
NEGATIVE AFFIRMATIVE
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STATE OF WISCONSIN
COUNTY OF ST. CROIX
t. Sue E. Nelson, St. Crotx
County Clerk. DO HEREBY CERTIFY that
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