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(a) Appointment; members. The library advisory board shall have such members and be appointed as outlined in Chapter 2, Article III, Division 3 of the city code.
(b) Responsibilities. The advisory board will be responsible for providing policy recommendations and information to the city manager and the city council about citizen needs and requests that will improve the services of the department.
(c) Duties. The advisory board will recommend to the city manager and the city council plans for development of facilities and services to meet the needs of the city. The board will review and comment on the annual operating budget and capital improvement requests. Recommendations made by the board will be presented to the city manager and the city council for consideration.
(1964 Code, § 40-7) (Ord. 7207, § 1, passed 8-11-1975; Ord. 8908, § 1, passed 8-30-1983; Ord. 26353-08-2023, § 11, passed 8-8-2023)
Every person who shall take or borrow from a branch of the Fort Worth public library any library materials except through the customary check-out procedure of such library, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to punishment as provided in § 1-6 of this code. Any fines under such section shall not preclude the library assessing and collecting all fines normally assessed by it for each day’s violation of its rules, including the replacement cost of the unreturned property and associated fees as set forth in the library’s circulation policy.
(1964 Code, § 40-8) (Ord. 9035, § 1, passed 2-21-1984; Ord. 20993-10-2013, § 4, passed 10-15-2013)
Every person taking or borrowing from a branch of the Fort Worth public library any library materials according to the customary check-out procedure of such library, who has not returned the same by the due date thereof, and who shall neglect, refuse or fail to return the same within two weeks after the date of the mailing of a notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the address noted on the current library card of the person taking or borrowing the same, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine as provided in § 1-6 of this code for each offense. Such fine shall not preclude the library assessing and collecting all fines normally assessed by it for each day’s violation of its rules, including the replacement cost of the unreturned property and associated fees as set forth in the library’s circulation policy. For purposes of such notification, it shall be the responsibility of each person so taking or borrowing property to immediately notify the library of any change of address, and in case of the library notifying such person pursuant to this section, he or she shall be presumed to have received such notice if the library has not been advised of a change of address.
(1964 Code, § 40-9) (Ord. 9035, § 2, passed 2-21-1984; Ord. 20993-10-2013, § 5, passed 10-15-2013)
Every person who shall intentionally or knowingly cut, mutilate, mark, tear, write upon, deface or otherwise injure, in whole or in part, any library materials belonging to the city department of public libraries, or shall intentionally or knowingly permit any such injury to be inflicted while such property is in his or her custody, or shall intentionally or knowingly injure any of the furniture or property in any building or branch of the Fort Worth Public Library, or shall intentionally or knowingly mark or deface or in any way injure the Fort Worth Public Library or any branch thereof, or any fixtures therein or appertaining thereto, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, be subject to punishment as provided in § 1-6 of this code. A fine under such section shall not preclude the library assessing and collecting all fines normally assessed by it for each day’s violation of its rules, including the replacement cost of the injured or destroyed property and associated fees as set forth in the library’s circulation policy.
(1964 Code, § 40-10) (Ord. 9035, § 3, passed 2-21-1984; Ord. 20993-10-2013, § 6, passed 10-15-2013)
(a) Nonresidents individuals and nonresident institutions shall pay a nonresident user fee in order to borrow library materials or use library services of the Fort Worth Public Library. This fee shall not apply to nonresident city employees, nonresident donors, nonresident students and nonresident volunteers.
(b) Payment of nonresident individual and nonresident institution user fees shall not preclude payment of any regularly assessed fees which may be required for the use of library materials or library services.
(c) The library director shall establish a schedule of user fees for nonresident individuals and nonresident institutions.
(d) Nonresident status, and other policies relating to this section, shall be determined according to procedures established by the Fort Worth public library.
(Ord. 9317, § 1, passed 2-12-1985; Ord. 9529, § 1, passed 12-12-1985; Ord. 12059, § 1, passed 8-3-1995; Ord. 20993-10-2013, § 7, passed 10-15-2013)