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• agency), that the Director is a full-time director for the region (not in a shared <br />arrangement as we currently have), and that there be no need to demonstrate <br />"Maintenance of Effort" for the 1St Year after a regional dissolves. "Maintenance <br />of Effort" is defined as the ability of the county to financially support library <br />operations at a continual level from year to year. Ms. Boone is planning on <br />submitting the draft to the Secretary of Cultural Resources this fall for submission <br />to the General Assembly. If all goes as planned, they will go into effect July 1, <br />2011. <br />Ms. Pratt has completed a calculation of state aid received by the 3 counties, <br />if/when when they become individual county systems. <br /> State Aid State Aid <br />without <br />re ion <br />LIBRARY Po ulation Current Amt New Total <br />Oran e 71749 117, 590 117,963 <br />Caswell 23582 117,590 93,182 <br />Person 35748 117,590 101,351 <br /> <br />H coneechee 135824 379,423 ---------- <br />2007 Population Figures were used in calculations; however, for Orange County <br />• this does not include Chapel Hill. Currently, each county. allocates $17,000 for <br />personnel and operational expenses to administer the region. In addition to state <br />aid, the region shares POLARIS, a vehicle (approximately $7,000), and portions <br />of three salaries and benefits for Orange County employees who perform work <br />for the region ($39,989). These assets would have to be sold to one county and <br />additional employee costs would have to be absorbed by Orange County, which <br />could be accomplished through the use of state aid funding. <br />Orange County Current Regional With changes in Single County <br />Library Library Rules / System <br /> Regulations for <br /> Re Tonal Libraries <br />State Aid Income $117,590 $117,590 $117,963 <br />Expenses 18,097 130,288 40,273 <br />(personnel and <br />o erational) <br />POLARIS 9,000 9,000 16,000* <br />Maintenance fees <br />Net $90,493 $(21,698) $61,690 <br />*lt maybe possible to offsef additional cost bycharging //easing Polaris to Person and / <br />• or Caswell counties. <br />Pg 5 <br />