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ORDINANCE NO. 17,875
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AN ORDINANCE APPROVING PARTICIPATION AS A PUBLIC
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AGENCY TO CREATE A PUBLIC BODY CORPORATE AND
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POLITIC TO BE KNOWN AS THE CENTRAL ARKANSAS
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LIBRARY SYSTEM; TO PARTICIPATE IN THE NEW
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AGREEMENT FOR JOINT COOPERATIVE ACTION;
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REPEALING LITTLE ROCK ARK. RES. NO. 5,850 AND LITTLE
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ROCK CITY CODE SECTIONS 16-26 THROUGH 16-31; AND FOR
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WHEREAS, the City of Little Rock, Arkansas is a party to an Amended Interlocal
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Cooperation Agreement made effective as of January 1, 1978 by which it, with other cities and
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association of governmental units;
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WHEREAS, the Director and Board of Trustees of the Central Arkansas Library
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System have recommended that the said cities and counties join with other cities to create a
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separate legal entity in the form of a public body corporate and politic as authorized by Act 813
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of 1995 (codified as A.C.A. §§ 25 -20 -201 et. seq.), to better enable all participating cities and
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counties to accomplish their purposes and objectives of constructing, operating and maintaining
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library facilities and services as efficiently and professionally as possible within their local
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communities;
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WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock has determined that it
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is the best public interest and welfare of the City of Little Rock and its citizens in accomplishing
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the such purposes to create a public body corporate and politic;
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WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock has reviewed and
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considered the following proposed documents prepared to create and govern the Central
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29 Application to Create a Public Body Corporate and
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31 Agreement for Joint Cooperative Action for
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SECTION 1. the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, hereby elects to participate as a public
agency in the public body corporate and politic to be known as "Central Arkansas Library
System."
SECTION 2. The names of the participating public agencies, and the number of
directors required from each agency to serve on the public body's board of directors, are as
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City of Little Rock, Arkansas 7
City of Jacksonville, Arkansas 1
City of Maumelle, Arkansas I
City of Sherwood, Arkansas I
City of Pulaski, Arkansas 2
County of Perry, Arkansas I
Each director shall have one (1) vote on all matters coming before the board of directors.
SECTION 3. Central Arkansas Library System, as a public body corporate and politic,
shall have powers ascribed to it by Arkansas law, and by the terms and provisions of the
Application to Create a Public Body Corporate and Politic of Central Arkansas Library System,
and the Agreement for Joint Cooperative Action for Central Arkansas Library System.
SECTION 4. The Application to Create a Public Body Cooperate and Politic of Central
Arkansas Library System, and the Agreement for Joint Cooperative Action for Central
Arkansas Library System, are hereby approved in form and substance. The filing of the
Application with the Secretary of State to create the public body corporate and politic, and the
filing of the Agreement with the Attorney General of the State of Arkansas, the County Clerk
for Pulaski and Perry Counties, and the Arkansas Secretary of State, are hereby authorized and
approved.
SECTION 5. A copy of this Ordinance, duly certified by the City Clerk, shall be filed
in the Office of the Recorder of Pulaski County and recorded in the records of the County.
SECTION 6. Little Rock, Ark. Res. No. 5,850 (November 15, 1997) and Sections 16-
26 through 16 -31 of the Little Rock City Code, 1988 are hereby repealed.
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