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KENAI.
CITY OF KENAI
RESOLUTION NO. 2009 -63
Suggested by: Library
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, AUTHORIZING
AMENDMENT OF THE REGULATIONS OF THE KENAI COMMUNITY LIBRARY TO
CHANGE THE LATE FEE AND SERVICES CHARGE SCHEDULES AND TO MAKE
TYPOGRAPHICAL /GRAMMATICAL REVISIONS.
WHEREAS, the City Council has adopted regulations governing the fines and charges
assessed by the Kenai Community Library when a borrower does not timely return an
item or when an item is damaged or lost; and,
WHEREAS, the schedule for service charges in the library regulations is no longer
current with respect to the material classification systems used by the Library's new
computer automation system; and,
WHEREAS, the new computer automation system implemented at the Kenai
Community Library also sets protocols for lending that does not allow for a renewal
period on items borrowed that is different from the initial lending period; and,
WHEREAS, the current practice is to loan materials for an initial four -week period
with a two -week renewal period; and,
WHEREAS, the Library Commission recommends changing the lending period for most
items (books) from four weeks, with a two -week renewal period, to three weeks with a
three -week renewal period in order to increase circulation; and,
WHEREAS, library patrons are accustomed to a combined six -week lending and
renewal period and this would remain the same with the new automation system and
revised fee schedule; and,
WHEREAS, amendments to the fees and charges section of the library regulations are
necessary to meet the goals of increased circulation and to be consistent with the new
automation system; and,
WHEREAS, the Library Commission has evaluated the proposed changes in the late
fee and service charges schedule of the library polices and recommends these changes
be adopted.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI,
ALASKA, that paragraphs 2 and 3 of the library regulations for the Kenai Community
Library are hereby amended to read as follows:
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2. LATE FEES
a. Ten cents ($0.10) per day on books loaned for a three (3) week period [FOUR (4) WEEK
BOOKS].
b. One dollar ($1.00) per day on videos, DVD[']s and non -book materials.
c. Three dollars ($3.00) per day on cassette players, screens or projectors.
d. The maximum late fee accrual per item is [SET AT] ten dollars ($10.00).
3. SERVICE CHARGES
a. Full replacement costs of books or other materials that are lost or dama• ed be a)(Ire ai lus
either a five dollar ($5.00) handling charge for periodicals, IRS publications, maps and pamphlets
or a ten [TEN] dollar[S] ($10.00) handling charge for books and [OR] other materials that are lost
or damaged beyond repair. The [THIS] handling charge is due in addition to the full replacement
cost[S] of the lost or damaged item.
b. If the current replacement cost [PRICE] of the lost or damaged item is unavailable, the default
replacement cost[S] for each item is [ARE] as follows:
Twenty -five dollars ($25.00) for hardback [ADULT FICTION] books
Thirty-five dollars (535.00) for juvenile reference materials[ADULT NON FICTION]
[THIRTY -FIVE DOLLARS ($35.00) FOR ALASKA FICTION
FORTY -FIVE DOLLARS ($45.00) FOR ALASKA NON FICTION
FIFTEEN DOLLARS ($15.00) FOR JUVENILE FICTION
TWENTY -FIVE DOLLARS ($25.00) FOR JUVENILE NON- FICTION
FIFTEEN DOLLARS ($15.00) FOR EASY FICTION
TWENTY -FIVE DOLLARS ($25.00) FOR EASY NON FICTION]
Twenty dollars ($20.00) for m[M]usie CDs
Five dollars ($5.00) for p[P]eriodicals
Forty dollars ($40.00) for CD -ROMs
Forty -five dollars ($45.00) for Alaskan g[G]overnment d[D]ocuments
Twenty dollars ($20.00) for audio books [AUDIOCASSETTE]
Twenty -five dollars ($25.00) for v[V]ideos and DVD[']s
Twenty -five dollars ($25 00) for m
Interlibrary Loan aterials or the actual cost charged to the City
of Kenai by the lending library, whichever is higher
Forty -five dollars ($45.00) for adult reference materials
Twenty dollars ($20.00) for juvenile kits
Thirty -five dollars ($35.00) for microfilm reels or for microfiche flat films
Fifteen dollars ($15.00) for paperback books
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Sixty dollars (60.00) for fishing rods and reels
413]. Actual cost for rebinding a damaged book that may be rebound, plus a five [FIVE] dollar[S]
($5.00) handling charge [FOR DAMAGED BOOKS THAT MAY BE REBOUND, IN
ADDITION TO REBIND CHARGES]. The handling charge is due in addition to the cost of
rebinding the damaged book.
d[C]. Twenty dollars ($20.00) for proctoring tests.
PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, this 21st day of
October, 2009.
Al 1 EST:
Corey Hall, Deputy City Clerk
Approved by Finance:
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the
KENA ALASKA
MEMO:
TO: Krista Stearns
FROM: Mary Jo Joiner
DATE: 15 October 2009
SUBJECT: Library Regulations
'Village with a Past, Gc with a Future'
210 Fidalgo Avenue, Kenai, Alaska 99611 -7794
Telephone: 907 283 -7535 FAX: 907 283 -3014
At their meeting of August 4, 2009, the Library Commission reviewed those sections of the Kenai City
Code that relate to the library regulations. The proposed changes regard the late fee and service charges
only. The late fees have been changed to reflect an initial loan period of three (3) weeks instead of the
current one of four (4) weeks. We currently have an initial loan period of 4 weeks with a 2 week renewal.
Our new automation system does not allow for a renewal period that differs from the initial loan period.
Our library customers are accustomed to, effectively a six week loan period. This allows us to retain that
loan period. The effective change will be that fines will begin to accrue at the end of the initial three week
period instead of after the first four weeks.
The new automation system allows us to set default pricing according to item type rather than by item
classification. These service charges have been assigned by item type. We found in setting the defaults that
we had some materials that had not been covered under the existing regulations and have added those at the
end of the list.
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