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� 1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: November 19, 1996 <br /> SUBJECT: Orange County Public Library -Carrboro Branch <br /> DEPARTMENT: Manager's Office PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/1) No <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/1) Yes <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Contract Albert T. Kittrell, Assistant County Manager, ext. 2300 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To approve contract and the plan'for establishing a branch of the Orange County <br /> Public Library in Carrboro including the official name for the branch and staffmg. <br /> BACKGROUND: In November, 1994 the Board entered into an agreement with the Chapel Hill- <br /> Carrboro Schools for the operation of the Carrboro Library in the McDougle Middle School. On <br /> May 1, 1995,the library opened. On October 25, 1995,representatives from Chapel Hill-Carrboro <br /> Schools, Friends of the Carrboro Library,Hyconeechee Regional Library, and Orange County <br /> began meeting to revise the contract. <br /> In December 1995,the representatives finalized revisions to the Carrboro Library Contract. <br /> Although the representatives had agreed on new terms for the Carrboro Library Contract for the <br /> 1996-97 fiscal year,the County received correspondence during April and May 1996 from the <br /> Regional Library,Friends of the Carrboro Library,Town of Carrboro and Chapel Hill-Carrboro <br /> Schools expressing concerns regarding two provisions of the revised contract: material selection <br /> and governance. These were cited as obstacles preventing the library from becoming a true public <br /> library and a branch of the Orange County Library. <br /> On June 11, 1996,the Chair of the Board of County Commissioners convened a meeting with chief <br /> elected and appointed officials representing the Town of Carrboro, Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools, <br /> Friends of the Carrboro Library and Hyconeechee Regional Library. After discussing possible <br /> operational arrangements, all officials concluded the Carrboro Library should operate under the <br /> policies/procedures of the Orange County Library as a branch rather than through contractual <br /> agreement with the School System. <br />