City of Philadelphia - File #: 140417

• File #: 140417
• Version: 0
• Type: Bill
• Status: ENACTED
• File created: 5/8/2014
• In control: Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs
• Final action: 6/19/2014
• Title: Authorizing the Director of Finance to establish a Free Library Programs and Facilities Fund in which revenue generated from competitively awarded agreements for the use of areas or facilities in the Free Library system may be deposited for use to pay expenses for programs and facilities in the Free Library system, under certain terms and conditions.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Bass, Council President Clarke
• Indexes: LIBRARIES

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
6/27/2014	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
6/19/2014	0	CITY COUNCIL	PASSED	Pass	16:0
6/12/2014	0	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
6/12/2014	0	CITY COUNCIL	SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL	Pass
6/12/2014	0	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
6/5/2014	0	Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs	HEARING NOTICES SENT
6/5/2014	0	Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs	HEARING HELD
6/5/2014	0	Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs	REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
5/8/2014	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced and Referred	Pass

Title
Authorizing the Director of Finance to establish a Free Library Programs and Facilities Fund in which revenue generated from competitively awarded agreements for the use of areas or facilities in the Free Library system may be deposited for use to pay expenses for programs and facilities in the Free Library system, under certain terms and conditions.

Body
WHEREAS, The City of Philadelphia created the Trustees of the Free Library of Philadelphia (the "Trustees") by ordinance approved December 31, 1894;

WHEREAS, Commonwealth Act 398 of July 20, 1917 (the "1917 Act"), Section 9, provided that "the affairs of [the] public libraries... shall be under the exclusive control of a board of library directors..";

WHEREAS, The 1917 Act provided in Section 16 that, "All moneys appropriated for the establishment or maintenance, or both, of a free, public, nonsectarian library, and all moneys, if any, received from other sources for its use, shall be under the exclusive control and shall be disbursed under the direction of the board of library directors..";

WHEREAS, At the time The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter was enacted in 1951, the 1917 Act governed the Trustees' powers and duties;

WHEREAS, Home Rule Charter Section 4-800, provides, "Subject to the provisions of this Charter, the Board of Trustees of the Free Library of Philadelphia shall exercise the powers and perform the duties vested in and imposed upon it by statute or ordinance";

WHEREAS, The Trustees and City officials want to supplement City appropriations for the Free Library;

WHEREAS, The City intends to create a dedicated fund for certain revenue generated in the Free Library system to be used for library-related facilities and programs;

WHEREAS, The Trustees award competitive, revenue-generating agreements for the use of areas and facilities in the Free Library system; and

WHERE...