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B.~S-20I1-070 <br />ORQiN-GE COI~IVTY BOARD OF COINI-6'II~SSIONERS <br />Resolution Regarding Orar~ge-County's FY 2011-12 Funding to Support the <br />Town of Chapel Hilo- Library <br />WHEREAS, the Town- of Chapel Hill operates a municipal libr-ary system that serves both <br />residents within the Town limits as well as residents outside the Town corporate limits; and <br />LNHEREAS, 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 ser-vices provided to all Library <br />patrons; and <br />WHEREAS, the Town in recent years has voiced an expecta#ion that Orange County <br />significantly increase its annual funding atlocation to the Town to support the use ofthe Town <br />Library by Orange County residents living outsideJthe Town's limits; and <br />WHEREAS, the County in recent .years has expressed an interest in .entering -into a formal, <br />written interiacal agreement with-the Town that addresses issues such as gradated increases <br />in -County funding contEibutions and efforts to achieve interoperabfiif_y 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, interflperability, and other <br />issues, leading the Chapel Hill Town Cz~uncil to -consider- implernentir~ a library services user <br />fee effective August 18, 20'11 for Orange County patrons living outside Town limits; <br />NOW THEREFORE BE 1T RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of County <br />Commissioners~stablishes thefoliowing: <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 a(f Chapel Hill Library.patrons upon <br />the- approval and signature by both the Town and County ~f an interloca{- agreement <br />similar fo the framework of.the aftached draft agreement); <br />2) The. County will provide apro-rated share of the $342,986 to the Town from July 1, <br />2011 through the date which coincides with the Town's proposed schedule for <br />implementation of a user- #ee far library services by Orange County patr_otas living <br />outside Town limits; and . <br />3) Should the Town implement a fee at some later date for use. of Chapel Hill Library <br />services by Orange County patrons living outside Town limi#s, Orange County may <br />consider establishing a fund to assist and/or reimburse eligible users required by the <br />Town to pay that fee. <br />~--- r'" <br />This the 21St day of June, 2011. ~~5~~ '~ -, <br />Bemadettg Pelissier, Chair <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />Attest: _ <br />Clerk to the Board of Commissioners - <br />