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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 1, 2010 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. —7 — C, <br />SUBJECT: Orange County Funding Support for the Town of Chapel Hill Library <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Frank Clifton, 245 -2306 <br />Status Report on Funding Support for <br />the Chapel Hill Town Library <br />PURPOSE: To provide the Board with an opportunity to discuss Orange County's funding <br />support for the Town of Chapel Hill Library. <br />BACKGROUND: Over the last few years, the Chapel Hill Town Council has made requests to <br />the Orange County Board of Commissioners to expand the County's financial support for the <br />Town of Chapel Hill Library. These requests have been based on the Town's belief that the <br />County needs to provide additional funding due to use of the library by non - Chapel Hill <br />residents. <br />This funding issue has been discussed at Assembly of Governments meetings, other various <br />meetings of elected officials, and among Town and County Managers and other staff members. <br />County Manager Frank Clifton has provided the attached status report regarding the most <br />recent discussions on this issue. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated with the Board discussing <br />Orange County's funding support for the Town of Chapel Hill Library. The Manager's <br />Recommended FY 2010 -11 Budget includes $250,000 in County funding support to the Town <br />of Chapel Hill to support the Town's library. This is the same amount the County has provided <br />in past years. <br />Should the Board determine an interest in providing funding in excess of the recommended <br />$250,000 for FY 2010 -11, the Board will need to determine a source for this additional funding. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board review the attached <br />status report, discuss Orange County's funding support for the Town of Chapel Hill Library, <br />provide any comments and /or direction to staff, and, if appropriate, consider directing the Chair <br />to send a letter to the Town of Chapel Hill with any Board comments. <br />