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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: December 13, 2011 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: Interlocal Agreement Regarding Funding of the Chapel Hill Municipal Library <br />and Improved Interoperability of Library Systems <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1. Draft -Interlocal Agreement by and <br />Between Orange County and the <br />Town of Chapel Hill Regarding <br />Funding of the Chapel Hill Municipal <br />Library and Improved Interoperability <br />of Library Systems <br />2. 6/21/11 Board Approved Resolution <br />Regarding Orange County's FY <br />2011-12 Funding to Support the <br />Town of Chapel Hill Library Approved <br />6/21/11 <br />3. 11/17/11 Letter from Chapel Hill <br />Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Frank Clifton, County Manager, 245-2300 <br />Michael Talbert, Assistant County <br />Manager, 245-2308 <br />Lucinda Munger, Library Director, <br />245-2528 <br />PURPOSE: To consider an Interlocal Agreement by and between Orange County and the <br />Town of Chapel Hill regarding funding of the Chapel Hill Municipal Library and improved <br />interoperability of library systems. <br />BACKGROUND: 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. Orange <br />County has contributed funding to the Town to help support the library services provided to all <br />Library patrons. This arrangement has allowed the residents of unincorporated Orange County <br />access to all Chapel Hill library services at no charge to the user. <br />In recent years, the Town has voiced an expectation that Orange County significantly increase <br />its annual funding allocation to the Town to support the use of the Town Library by Orange <br />County residents living outside the Town's limits. The County has expressed an interest in <br />entering into a formal, written interlocal agreement with the Town that addresses issues such as <br />graduated increases in County funding contributions and efforts to achieve interoperability <br />between the Town and County library systems. <br />Although extensive discussions have occurred, the Town and County have been unable to <br />reach agreement on County annual funding contributions, interoperability, and other issues, <br />