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HomeMy WebLinkAbout007 - 12/04/1942 - CREATING A BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE PIONEER MUSEUM AND PRESCRIBING THEIR POWERS AND DUTIES (EMERGEN ORDINANCE NO. 7 1942) BEING AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE, CREATING A BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE FORT COLLINS PIONEER MUSEUM AND PRESCRIBING THEIR POa-VERS AND DUTIES BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS Section 1 The Fort Collins Pioneer Museum, situate in Lincoln Park, shall be in the immediate charge of a Board of Directors under the name and style of the "Board of Directors of the Pioneer Museum", which Board shall consist of five members to be appointed by the City Council, who shall hold office for a period of four years, together with the Commissioner of Public Safety and Health, who shall be an ex-officio member of said Board The five appointive members of said Board shall serve without compensation Section 2 The said Board of Directors immediately after their appointment shall elect a President, Vice-president and Secretary from their membership, whose duties shall be such as may be prescribed by the by-laws, rules and regulations to be adopted by said Board, which said by-laws, rules and regu- lations shall not be inconsistent with the Charter and Ordinances of the City of Fort Collins, or with the laws of the State of Colorado A copy of said by-laws, rules and regulations and all amendments thereto shall be filed with the City Clerk Section 3 The Board of Directors shall recommend to the City Manager a suitable person to be appointed as custodian of the Museum and all other employees required by said Board and the compensation to be paid to said employees The said Board of Directors, under the necessary supervision of the City Manager, shall have the immediate supervision, care and custody of the Museum Building and the personal property -1- received by said Museum for display therein Section It shall be the duty of said Board of Directors annually in the month of October of each year to prepare and submit to the City Council a budget of the esti- mated amount required to pay the expenses of managing and operating said Museum for the next ensuing fiscal year , and all bills in- curred in the management and operation of said IVluseum shall be audited and approved by the Board monthly on or before the first Monday in eachVmonth and filed with the City Clerk for approval of the City Manager for audit and payment as provided by the City Charter Section 5 It shall be the duty of the Board of Directors to do any and all things usual and necessary and not in conflict with the Charter and Ordinances of this City or the laws of the State of Colorado in developing the museum for the benefit of the inhabitants of the City of Fort Collins Section 6 The Museum shall be forever free to the use of the public generally, subject only to such reasonable rules and regulations as the Board may adopt in order to render the use of said Museum of the greatest benefit to the greatest number, said Board of Directors shall have power to exclude any and all persons from the use and benefit of said Museum who shall willfully violate the rules thereof. It shall be the duty of the Board of Directors annually on or before the first Monday in January of each year to make a report to the City Council of the condition of the Museum and its operation and management, which said report shall cover the fiscal year end- ing December 31st preceding said report, said report shall show the total amount of money received on account of the Museum Fund, its sources and disbursements and the amount on hand at -2- 1 the close of the fiscal year and shall also contain a complete inventory of the articles of personal property displayed in said Museum, which inventory shall be segregated so as to show the articles owned by the Museum and the articles loaned to the Museum, together with such other statistics, information and suggestions as the Board may deem of general interest Section 7 It shall be the duty of the City Council to pass ordinances imposing suitable penalties for the punish- ment of persons violating any of the rules and regulations of the Board of Directors or committing any injury to the real or personal property in charge of the Board of Directors Section 8. In the opinion of the City Council an emergency exists for the preservation of the public health, peace and safety and this Ordinance shall take effect upon its passage under and by virtue of the authority contained in Sections 6 and 7 of Article IV of the City Charter. Introduced, read at length and adopted by the un- animous vote of all members of the City Council, at a regular meeting of the City Council, held this 4th day of December A D 1942 D yo Attest City Cleric -3- STATE OF COLORADO, ) ss County of Larimer ) I , MILES F HOUSE, City Clerk of the City of Fort Collins , do hereby certify and declare that the aforesaid Ordinance , consisting of eight (8) Sections, was duly proposed and read at length at a regular meeting of the City Council , held on the 4th day of December , A D 1942, and was duly adopted and ordered published in the Fort Collins Express Courier, a daily newspaper and official newspaper of the City of Fort Collins , by the unanimous vote of all members of the City Council , as an Emergency Ordinance, in accordance with the provisions of Sections 6 and 7 of Article IV of the City Charter, and thereafter and on to-wit the 8th day of December , A D 1942 , said Ordinance No. 7 was duly published in the Fort Collins Express Courier, a daily newspaper published in the City of Fort Collins, Colorado. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto stt my hand and affixed the seal of said City, this 8th day of December A D 1942. / City Clerk