Seguin proposes ending notary service at its library

For a visitor who needs a notarized document, the practical change would be the loss of the library option. The memo links that outcome to the expiring commissions and management's decision against renewing them. It recommends removing the $5-per-document charge from Chapter 66 as part of ending the service; it does not describe a plan to keep providing notarizations at no charge.

What the ordinance would do

The proposed Chapter 66 fee schedule identifies the existing notary charge as $5 per document. The accompanying memo recommends removing it. In the retained text extraction, the proposed schedule still displays the $5 line because deletion formatting is not preserved, so that extracted line should not be read as a new $5 fee or a new zero-dollar service. The memo supplies the stated intent; the final enacted text will establish the legal wording.

Legistar file 26-492 lists a second reading of the proposed Chapter 66 ordinance for Nov. 20, 2026. The unsigned draft ordinance contains template passage dates of Nov. 3 and Nov. 17 and a projected Dec. 1 effective date. Those draft lines do not establish that the council has passed the measure; the date difference needs to be checked against the next official council record.

The next useful check is the council's action record and any final ordinance posted with file 26-492. Readers can inspect the file's memo and ordinance attachments to see what staff proposed, then check the same file for the recorded disposition and final text.