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Any person subject to suspension of his or her borrowing or library visitation privileges, as authorized by subsection (A) or (B) of section 2.88.030, may appeal the suspension to a hearing officer by completing an appeal form, stating the basis of the appeal, and returning it to the city clerk’s office within seven days of the start of the suspension.
1. The city manager or his or her designee shall serve as the hearing officer for any appeal.
2. City staff shall submit a written report concerning the suspension to the hearing officer, with a copy to the person requesting the hearing, within ten business days of the city’s receipt of the request for appeal. The hearing officer may request additional written or oral information from city staff or the recipient of the suspension prior to issuing a written decision.
3. The hearing officer shall render a written decision within thirty business days of the city’s receipt of the request for appeal. The hearing officer may extend this thirty-day period, in writing, in order to gather and consider additional evidence.
4. Unless otherwise ordered by the hearing officer or by a court of competent jurisdiction, a suspension shall remain in effect during the pendency of any administrative or judicial appeal.
5. Any person directly aggrieved by an administrative decision of the hearing officer may obtain review of the administrative decision by filing a petition for review with the superior court in Los Angeles County.
(Ord. 2019-06-1507 §3 (part), 2019)
A. The legislative body of the city shall annually allocate from the general funds of the city a sum of money, the amount of which shall be determined by the legislative body, which sum, together with all money acquired by gift, devise, bequest or otherwise for the purposes of the library shall be apportioned to a fund to be designated the library fund and be applied to the purposes authorized under this chapter.
B. If such payment into the treasury should be inconsistent with the conditions or terms of any such gift, devise, or bequest, the city shall provide for the safety and preservation of the same, and the application thereof to the use of the library, in accordance with the terms and conditions of such gift, devise, or bequest.
C. Payments from the fund shall be made in the same manner as provided for the payment of other demands against the city; provided, that all demands on such fund shall be first presented to the city council and approved by it before being ordered paid.
(Ord. 2019-06-1507 § 3 (part), 2019; prior code §2.20.060 (Ord. 97 §6, 1928))
The library established under this chapter shall be forever free to the inhabitants and nonresident taxpayers of the city, subject always to such rules and regulations as may be adopted or established by the city, and provided that, for violations of the same, a person may be fined or excluded from the privileges of the library as set forth herein.
(Ord. 2019-06-1507 § 3 (part), 2019; prior code §2.20.080 (Ord. 97 §8, 1928))
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