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~RA"T Attachment 1 ~ ~~~~~~~ R~~ZA~ ~X~R~R~ ~YTI D~~~~T~~N b.ereas, the coneeehee Regional ~~b~iar~ a~ incarpar~#ed under had#er A. of #ha o~~h aralina general statutes on o~ernber ~,1~5 #o estab~~sh and maintain free Publxe ~~brar~es in the noun#ies ~ ~rar~ge, Person and Caswell far #hc use and the benefi#~ of the general public; and. Whereas, in I99~, the yconeechee Rcg~ana~ ~~brar~ Board of Trustees and the a~cx~~~n bodes of grange, Person and ~sv~ell aunties desired to pro~~e ~.~ i~npro~red level afpubl~c serv~ees and es#ab~~shed ~o~n# libraries as cpa~an# i#hin each z~c~pee#~~'e eount~ ~o es#ablish policies and ~racedures regu~at~u.g praeurcn~en#, personnel, aecaunfi~n.g, #ra~e, and fae~l~ty aletenance act~~i#lcs thereby ffarding each ~oeaX l~bra~' the rights and respansibrlrtles of depa~~t.ent s#atus ~~th~n #he~r respce#~~Te eaunt~; and Whereas, the grange, Person and asell faun#ie entered in#o a j oin# con#ract Frith the ~~coneechee Regional Libra to ro~~de font sez~ics, according to the procedures and. ~ro~~si~ns of chap#er ~ BOA, Article ~a, Part ~ of the berth arolir~a enerai statutes a~ provided in the o~~th a~~olina general statutes 15~-70; and laeres, kl~eoneecb.ee R~iona ~,ibrar~ continued to receive and distribute to cash oUn#~ all regional, funds from the forth. arol~na Depar#rnent of cultural Resources and other gran#~ and or Bona#ian pra~ided to the ~.e~anal ~ibrar~ yste~n; and Whereas, in addxtzon the ~~eoneechee Regional Library retained the functions of estab~~shing ~ieional palic and priorities rely#ed to pub~~e ~ibra~~~r sez~~ee, xora~in, collection de~re~apn~ent, ~nate~~~as selection, grant funds, regional budget appra~ral, and appaintrnent and e~alua.tian of the reg~onai library director, and ail other functions not covered ar controlled by the bounties; and Whereas, over the dears grange, Person and as~rell Counties have de~eioped into distinct library seises areas that ~•e~uire targeted, focused libra~~y services based an each county's unique population, ~vhicl~ has been substar~#~a#ed ~ the aa9 ~ecbnalag~ Planning Report cornrnissioned by the Regional Board afTrutees~ and Whereas, a recen# change in the Administrative Rules and Regula#ia~xs ove~~ing ~pubi~e libraries ~rould require increased casts #o the ~cgional Library stem #hat could be mare appropriately absorbed bar oun~y DepartYnents; and Whereas, the or~i~ Caroii~.a to#e Librarian met ~vith the County ~ibrar~ Direc#Or's and it vas recommended that in l~gh# of tl~e c~~ange~ #o the Regional Lib~~a~ ~ Sys#em #ha.~ it may be in the best in#ez~est of the rcldents to have three independent library s~stenas; and