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INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN ORANGE COUNTY <br /> AND THE TOWN OF CHAPEL HILL REGARDING <br /> FUNDING OF THE CHAPEL HILL MUNICIPAL LIBRARY AND <br /> IMPROVED INTEROPERABILITY OF LIBRARY SYSTEMS <br /> d'1 <br /> THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into this 2-q day of <br /> 20L between the Town of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, a North Carolina municipal <br /> corporation, of Orange County, North Carolina (hereinafter referred to as the "Town"); <br /> and Orange County, a body politic and political subdivision of the State of North <br /> Carolina (hereinafter referred to as the "County"), for the joint and/or assigned <br /> operations and funding responsibilities of the Chapel Hill Municipal Library (hereinafter <br /> referred to as the "Municipal Library"). <br /> WITNESSETH <br /> WHEREAS, the County and Town are public bodies, politic and corporate, under <br /> the laws of the State of North Carolina and are vested with the power and authority to <br /> own and operate libraries for the benefit of the public pursuant to Article 14 of North <br /> Carolina General Statutes Chapter 153A and are authorized by Article 20 of North <br /> Carolina General Statutes Chapter 160A to enter into this Interlocal Agreement <br /> (hereinafter referred to as the "Agreement"); and <br /> WHEREAS, the County operates a library system affording services to all <br /> residents of Orange County and the Town operates its Municipal Library for the principal <br /> benefit of Town residents, while also providing library services to residents of the <br /> County beyond its corporate limits; and <br /> WHEREAS, the County has historically provided financial support for the Town's <br /> operation of the Municipal Library by way of an annual contribution, most recently a sum <br /> of approximately $250,000.00 in FY2010-11; and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County is committed to building and maintaining a robust <br /> county library system for all County residents and to supporting library services at the <br /> highest level feasible within its fiscal constraints; and <br /> WHEREAS, the County and Town (hereinafter referred to jointly as the "Parties") <br /> acknowledge that Town residents primarily rely on the Municipal library for library <br /> services and, further, that many residents of the southern portion of the County, outside <br /> the Town, also rely on the Municipal Library and not the County library system, for <br /> library services; and <br />