G-95-10-12-12A - 10/12/1995ORDINANCE NO. 'qg 4F4
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 1, §1.1902(2)(c), CODE OF
ORDINANCES (1995 EDITION), CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TO RAISE
THE NON-RESIDENT LIBRARY USER FEE FOR FAMILIES FROM
$25.00 TO $35.00; PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND
REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK,
TEXAS:
I.
That Chapter 1, §1.1902(2)(c), Code of Ordinances (1995
Edition) is hereby amended to read as follows:
(c) All other non-residents shall be charged an annual
non-refundable fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) per
person or thirty-five dollars ($35.00) per family
for the issuance of a library card.
II.
A. All ordinances, parts of ordinances, or resolutions in
conflict herewith are expressly repealed.
B. The invalidity of any section or provision of this
ordinance shall not invalidate other sections or provisions
thereof.
READ and APPROVED on first reading this the U day of
, 1995.
READ, APPROVED and ADOPTED on second reading this the
day of eter&A)
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, 1995.
ATTEST:
NE LAND, City Secretary
ARLES CULP,P, Mayor
City of Round Rock, Texas
2.
Non -Resident Membership
1 -member
1 316
64%
2 -member
52
3%
3 -member
161
8%
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est
TOTAL
2044
The 4-6 member categories will be most affected and most likely to purchase a family card (24%).
The 1-3 member category will most likely purchase the individual card or two individual cards.
Currently, all family cards are $25.00, with up to 60 books checked out at one time.
Recommend family cards go to $35.00, with 40 books checked out at one time.
Recommend single member card stay at $15.00 this year. A 10 book limit exists (true for
resident cards also).
10% of our card holders are non-residents
Non-residents do over 15% of our circulation
I expect the non-resident card to be more heavily used with the increase in City of Austin Library fees.
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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 1, §1.1902(2)(c), CODE OF
ORDINANCES (1995 EDITION), CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TO RAISE
THE NON-RESIDENT LIBRARY USER FEE FOR FAMILIES FROM
$25.00 TO $35.00; PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND
REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK,
TEXAS:
I.
That Chapter 1, §1.1902(2)(c), Code of Ordinances (1995
Edition) is hereby amended to read as follows:
(c) All other non-residents shall be charged an annual
non-refundable fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) per
person or twcnty fivc thirty-fivei
($25.003.540) per family for the issuance of a
library card.
H.
A. All ordinances, parts of ordinances, or resolutions in
conflict herewith are expressly repealed.
B. The invalidity of any section or provision of this
ordinance shall not invalidate other sections or provisions
thereof.
READ and APPROVED on first reading this the day of
, 1995.
READ, APPROVED and ADOPTED on second reading this the
day of , 1995.
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CHARLES CULPEPPER, Mayor
City of Round Rock, Texas
ATTEST:
JOANNE LAND, City Secretary
DATE: October 10, 1995
SUBJECT: City Council Meeting - October 12, 1995
ITEM: 12.A. Consider an ordinance amending the non-resident
Library User Fee. (Second Reading)
STAFF RESOURCE PERSON: Dale Ricklefs
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
The Library is recommending a change to the non-resident fee rate in the city's ordinance.
We recommend that the family rate be changed to $35.00 per year with a limit of 40 books
checked out at one time.
We currently have two card rates: $15.00 for the individual card and $25.00 for the family
card. With an individual non-resident card, 10 books may be checked out per card. This is
the same restriction followed by our residents. With the family non-resident card, currently
up to 60 books can be checked out at one time, with a small family paying the same rate as
a larger family using the library more regularly.
The ordinance change begins to treat each non-resident on an equal footing with our
residents. The cost of the library for each resident is almost $14.00 per person, excluding
services from other departments and the retirement of bond debt. The $15.00 per person
rate is a good baseline, and for this year, we do not recommend changing it.
However, when a non-resident family has 2 people or 6 people actively using the library,
the $25.00 card rate does not begin to cover, on an equal footing with our residents, costs
to administer and maintain the program.
In instituting the policy, we would encourage each non-resident user to obtain his or her
own card, and discourage the family card concept and related cheaper cost. However, we
have provided for a hypothetical family of 4 paying a card that is technically $25 less than
what a similar family in Round Rock is paying for library services. This is a first step in
weaning 5% of our user base from the family non-resident card.
Area library non-resident rates include $48 at the City of Austin Public Library effective
October 1, up from $36 per person. They do give additional cards to families, with an
additional fee of $5.00 per card. Westbank Community Library is proposing $35 per year,
up from their current $25 per year. Both libraries have only one card option (no breakdown
between individual and family cards). Georgetown, our reciprocal borrowing partner, has a
non-resident fee at our old rate, and will be investigating an increase next year. In my
discussions with the Georgetown Library Director, they are looking at alternative formulas
in deriving the non-resident fee rate.