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Home My WebLink About2330 11-22-2022ORDINANCE NO. 2330 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF EULESS, TEXAS, CHAPTER 30, "FEES," SECTION 30-28, "LIBRARY," AND SECTION 30-38, "MISCELLANEOUS FEES," PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EULESS, TEXAS, THAT: SECTION 1. Chapter 30, "Fees," Section 30-28, "Library," be amended to hereafter be and read in its entirety as follows: Sec.30-28 Library (a) Library materials and facilities. The following fees are established for use or misuse of library materials and facilities: Duplicate library card $2.00 Items lost or damaged Replacement cost plus $5.00 per item reprocessing fee Items not listed in replacement data bases: Children's book, CD, or DVD $15.00 Adult hard cover book $25.00 Trade paperback book $10.00 Mass market paperback $5.00 Missing bar code $1.00 Cost of sending overdue notice by certified mail Actual cost of postage Fax received, per page $0.25 Fax send, per page $1.00 Copies (from copier, microfiche reader/printer, and personal computers), per copy $0.10 Collection agency charge for overdue and non- returned materials Actual cost of collection agency charge Color copies $0.50 each (b) Library meeting room: 1) Base room charge: Euless residents $60.00 per hour Non -Euless residents $120.00 per hour 2) Attendant fee - per hour (if required): $20.00. 3) Payment polic : A signed contract and payment in full of the room charge is required to secure the room reservation. Refunds on room charges are made when the cancellation is received in writing two weeks prior to the event. If the reservation is cancelled less than two weeks prior to the event refunds will be considered on an individual basis. 4) Damage deposits: This deposit will serve as security for any additional cleanup of the facility and will be applied toward any damage to the facility. The deposit is to be paid by separate check with signed contract. The damage deposit will be refunded to the patron within ten business days after the date of the reservation and after a thorough inspection of the meeting facility. The damage deposit will be refunded if the reservation is cancelled two weeks prior to the event. If the reservation is cancelled less than two weeks prior to the event the damage deposit refund will be considered on an individual basis. No food or drinks served $50.00 Food or drinks served $200.00 5) Security officer: Actual cost. All events will be reviewed to determine if the city will require security officer(s) be present. This fee is in addition to attendant fee. 6) Catering: An approved caterers' list will be available to those wishing to have an event catered. Approval of a caterer involves providing a certificate of insurance with the city named as an additional insured on said certificate, a copy of certificate of health, and a signed catering agreement with the city is due two weeks prior of planned event. SECTION 2. Sec. 30-38 Miscellaneous fees The schedule of miscellaneous fees is as follows: Ordinance No. 2330, Page 2 of 4 Processing fee on credit and charge card transactions: Department: Fee: Municipal Court 2.9% per transaction in addition to $1.00 for payments under $100, $2.50 for payments $100 and over, and $3.50 for advanced online transactions. Court records requests $1.25 Eas Pa . Police Alarms $3.00 per transaction Police Jail 5% per transaction by phone and 4% per transaction on-line Police Records 300 per transaction plus 0.029% of transaction Delinquent court debt or account referred for collection Additional 30 percent fee Returned check $35.00 Municipal court of record technology fee, per incident $4.00 Municipal court of record local truancy prevention and diversion fund $5.00 Municipal court of record building security fee 1 $4.90 Fees related to documents and publicly available information will be charged according to state law. SECTION 3. SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. That it is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordinance are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared invalid or unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such invalid or unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section. SECTION 4. SAVINGS CLAUSE. That applicable chapters of the Code of Ordinances, City of Euless, Texas, as amended, shall remain in full force and effect, save and except as amended by this ordinance. SECTION 5. PUBLICATION CLAUSE. The caption, penalty clause, and effective date clause of this ordinance shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Euless, in compliance with the provisions of Article II, Section 12, of the Euless City Ordinance No. 2330, Page 3 of 4 Charter. Further, this ordinance may be published in pamphlet form and shall be admissible in such form in any court, as provided by law. SECTION 6. PENALTY FOR VIOLATION. It shall be a violation of this ordinance to conduct any activity or commence any use for which payment of a fee is required under Chapter 30 of the Code of Ordinances until such fee has been paid. Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the terms and provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in accordance with Chapter 1, "General Provisions," Section 1-12, "General Penalty," Euless Code of Ordinances. Each such violation shall be deemed a separate offense and shall be punishable as such hereunder. SECTION 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall become effective immediately from and after its passage. PRESENTED AND APPROVED ON FIRST AND FINAL READING at a regular meeting of the Euless City Council on November 22, 2022, by a vote of 7 ayes, 0 nays, and 0 abstentions. APPROVED: ATTEST: 3 i Sutte , TRMC, CMC, City Secretary APPROVED AS TO FORM: 060-'A�-- Wayne K. Olson, City Attorney Ordinance No. 2330, Page 4 of 4 AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION Account # Order Number Identification Order PO Amount Cols Depth 10663 352042 Print Legal Ad-IPL00998390 - IPL0099839 $43.76 1 41 L Attention: Mike Lowry THE STATE OF TEXAS CITY OF EULESS COUNTY OF TARRANT 201 N ECTOR DR Before me, a Notary Public in and for said County EULESS, TX 760393543 and State, this day personally appeared Stefani Beard, Bid and Legal Coordinator for the Star - Telegram, published by the Star -Telegram, Inc. at ORDINANCE NO. 2330 Fort Worth, in Tarrant County, Texas; and who, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE after beingdui sworn, did depose and say that Y p Y CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF EULESS, TEXAS, CHAPTER the attached clipping of an advertisement was 30, "FEES," SECTION 30-28, "LI- BRARY;' AND SECTION 30-38, "MIS- ; published in the above named paper on the listed CELLANEOUS FEES," PROVIDING A dates: SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER; PROVIDING A PENALTY No. of Insertions: 2 FOR VIOLATION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. PENALTY FOR VIOLATION. It shall Beginning Issue of: 11/25/2022 be a violation of this ordinance to conduct any activity or commence Ending Issue of: 11/27/2022 any use for which payment of a fee is required under Chapter 30 of the Code of Ordinances until such fee has been paid. Any person, firm, or cor- poration violating any of the terms and provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in accordance with Chapter 1, "Gener- al Provisions,' Section 1-12, "General Penalty," Euless Code of Ordinances. Each such violation shall be deemed a separate offense and shall be punish- able as such hereunder. EFFECTIVE DATE. The ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, asa provided the o Euless City Charter and the laws of the r State of Texas. PRESENTED AND APPROVED ON FIRST AND FINAL READING at a regu- lar meeting of the Euless City Council Sworn to and subscribed be ore met Is 28th day 0 an November 22, zo2z. IP IPL0099839 y November in the year of 2022 Nov 25,27 2022 Notary Public in and for the state of Texas, residing in Dallas County := '�`'' • STEPMANIE HATCHER =* •- My Notary 10 # 133590 Expires January 14, 2026 Extra charge for lost or duplicate affidavits Legal document please do riot destroy)