HomeMy WebLinkAbout73-002RESOLUTION NO~ 73-2
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND, WASH-
INGTON, OPPOSING }lOUSE BILL 170 AND SENATE BILL
2166 OF THE 1973 SESSION OF THE WASHINGTON STATE
LEGISLATURE WHICH WOULD ESTABLISH A STATE WIDE
SYSTEM OF LIBRARIES T}~T WOULD REMOVE ALL LOCAL
CONTROL FROM LOCAL LIBRARY UNITS.
WHEREAS, House Bill 170 and Senate Bill 2166 have been
introduced into the 1973 Session of the Washington State Legislature
which bills would abolish municipal, rural county and regional
library districts and place those districts under full State fund-
ing and control with no assumption of bonded indebtedness by the
State; and,
WHEREAS, The City of POrt Townsend would then have to
continue to provide basic library funding from local tax sources
for its m~nicipal library, unless in the alternative the City were
to turn over its library facilities to the State in order to get
full State funding; and,
WHEREAS, the citizens of the City of Port Townsend would
in that event lose control of a valuable municipal asset, that is
their municipal library,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT
TOWNSEND, WASHINGTON, IN A REGULAR M~ETING DULY ASSEMBLED, DO HEREBY
RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Tt~T the Mayor and the City Council of the City of Port
Townsend, Washington, herewith advise all appropriate State, County
and Municipal agencies and members of the Legislature of the State
of Washington, of the opposition of the City of Port Townsend,
Washington, to House Bill 170 and Senate Bill 2166 and urge that
the~ex~$t~ng law be retained which would leave control of local
l~ry~-uq~i_~s with the local municipalities involved.
TTEST:_ .- -
DASD and SIGNED this
day of February, 1973.
CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND