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DRAFT R E S- ao ~ ~- 0~7 ~ 3 <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />Resolution Regarding Orange County's FY 2011-12 Funding to Support the <br />Town of Chapel Hill Library <br />WHEREAS, the Town of Chapel Hill operates a municipal library system that serves both <br />residents within the Town limits as well as residents outside the Town corporate limits; and <br />WHEREAS, for many years, and without the benefit of a formal agreement, Orange County <br />has contributed funding to the Town to help support the library services provided to all Library <br />patrons; and <br />WHEREAS, the Town in recent years has voiced an expectation that Orange County <br />significantly increase its annual funding allocation to the Town to support the use of the Town <br />Library by Orange County residents living outside the Town's limits; and <br />WHEREAS, the County in recent years has expressed an interest in entering into a formal, <br />written interlocal agreement with the Town that addresses issues such as graduated increases <br />in County funding contributions and efforts to achieve interoperability between the Town and <br />County library systems; and <br />WHEREAS, although extensive discussions have occurred, the Town and County have been <br />unable to reach agreement on County annual funding contributions, interoperability, and other <br />issues, leading the Chapel Hill Town Council to consider implementing a library services user <br />fee effective August 15, 2011 for Orange County patrons living outside Town limits; <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of County <br />Commissioners establishes the following: <br />1) The County will provide total funding in the amount of $342,986 during FY 2011-12 to <br />the Town to support the library services provided to all Chapel Hill Library patrons upon <br />the approval and signature by both the Town and County of an interlocal agreement <br />(similar to the framework of the attached draft agreement); <br />2) The County will provide apro-rated share of the $342,986 to the Town from July 1, <br />2011 through August 15, 2011, the date which coincides with the Town's proposed <br />schedule for implementation of a user fee for library services by Orange County patrons <br />living outside Town limits; and <br />3) Should the Town implement a fee on August 15, 2011 or at some later date for use of <br />Chapel Hill Library services by Orange County patrons living outside Town limits, <br />Orange County may consider establishing a fund to assist and/or reimburse eligible <br />users required by the Town to pay that fee. <br />This the 21St day of June; 2011. <br />Bernadette Pelissier, Chair <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />Attest: <br />Clerk to the Board of Commissioners <br />