Okaloosa County BOCC — November 17, 2015 — 2016 Library Interlocal Agreement — agenda request

BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA REQUEST DATE: November 17, 2015 TO: Honorable Chairman and Members of the Board FROM: Vicky Stever SUBJECT: 2016 Library Interlocal Agreement DEPARTMENT: Library Cooperative BCC DISTRICT: All STATEMENT OF ISSUE: The Okaloosa County Public Library Cooperative (OCPLC) requests that the Board approve and authorize the Chairman to sign the new Interlocal Agreement. BACKGROUND: The current Interlocal Agreement ends December 31, 2015. In order for the Okaloosa County Public Library Cooperative to continue to provide library services to county residents, the county and participating cities need to sign the new Interlocal Agreement, which was approved by the OCPLC Governing Board on September 23, 2015. The agreement will cover the 12-month period of calendar year 2016. The Library Cooperative has been serving Okaloosa County since 1997. Member libraries provide fee-free service to all county residents which includes those in the unincorporated county, the six member cities and residents of the three non-member cities. The Interlocal Agreement has been reviewed and signed by five of the six participating Library Cooperative cities. The City of Mary Esther will approve and sign on November 16th. In the agenda packet, there is a placeholder signature page that will be replaced with the signed page on the morning of November 17th. I have coordinated with Contracts & Grants and the Clerk of BOCC for this process. OPTIONS: Approve/Disapprove RECOMMENDATIONS: Staff recommend that the Board approve and authorize the Chairman to sign the Interlocal Agreement which is funded by the 2016 budget allocation of $619,135. RECOMMENDED BY: APPROVED BY: John Hofstad, County Administrator