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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: October 19, 2021 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 6-c <br /> SUBJECT: Establishment of a Library Services Task Force <br /> DEPARTMENT: County Manager <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1. August 31, 2021 Letter from Chapel Bonnie Hammersley, County Manager, <br /> Hill Mayor Pam Hemminger 919-245-2306 <br /> 2. Chapel Hill Public Library Advisory <br /> Board Petition <br /> 3. Inter-Local Agreement Signed <br /> September 28, 2012 <br /> PURPOSE: To establish a Library Services Task Force to collaborate on issues relating to the <br /> Town of Chapel Hill and Orange County library funding and inter-operability. <br /> BACKGROUND: On August 31, 2021, Town of Chapel Hill Mayor Pam Hemminger sent a letter <br /> to BOCC Chair Renee Price informing her that the Chapel Hill Public Library Advisory Board had <br /> submitted a petition (attached) to the Town Council requesting the formation of a task force to <br /> work on issues relating to library funding and inter-operability. <br /> On September 28, 2012, the Town of Chapel Hill and the County entered into an inter-local <br /> agreement (attached) regarding the funding of the Chapel Hill Municipal Library and improved <br /> interoperability of library services. The inter-local agreement between Orange County and Chapel <br /> Hill expired in 2017. In early 2015, a work group met to discuss the terms of the inter-local <br /> agreement as well as pro-actively renew the agreement. The work group was unsuccessful at <br /> revising or renewing the agreement due to the uncertainty of how the construction to replace the <br /> existing Orange County Southern Branch Library system would impact library services in <br /> Southern Orange County. <br /> The letter from the Town of Chapel Hill Mayor requests that the Task Force include the following <br /> individuals: <br /> • Chapel Hill's Library Director <br /> • Town of Chapel Hill Library Advisory Board Chair <br /> • Friends of Chapel Hill Library Board Chair, and <br /> • the Town Council's Liaison <br /> To balance out the Task Force, the County would appoint: <br /> • Orange County Library Director <br /> • Friends of the Orange County Library Board Chair <br /> • Friends of the Carrboro Library Board Chair, and <br /> • a BOCC Liaison <br />