File #: 10-0275    Version: 1 Name: Loan Star Libraries Grant
Type: Agenda Item Status: Approved
File created: 11/2/2010 In control: Parks & Cultural Services
On agenda: 11/16/2010 Final action: 11/16/2010
Title: Consider and take action on acceptance of a $24,002 Loan Star Libraries Grant from the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (Director of Parks & Cultural Services) Staff recommends approval
Attachments: 1. Loan Star Libraries Grant Award Notification, 2. Loan Star Libraries Grant Memorandum, 3. Loan Star Libraries Grant Pre-Approval Form, 4. Loan Star Libraries Grant Contract# 442-11713
Title
Consider and take action on acceptance of a $24,002 Loan Star Libraries Grant from the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (Director of Parks & Cultural Services)      
 
Staff recommends approval
 
Background:
Helen Hall Library has been awarded a Loan Star Libraries grant in the amount of $ 24,002.  
Term of Grant:  September 1, 2010 to August 31, 2011 (SFY 2011)
 
Loan Star Libraries Grants are awarded to eligible Texas public libraries.  The amount of money a library receives each year is dependent on the amount appropriated by the legislature, the number of eligible libraries, local expenditures for the operation and maintenance of the library, library participation in the TexShare Card Program, and statewide borrowing privileges.  There are no matching funds required.   
 
      The Loan Star Libraries Grant will fund:
      Children's Books                  $15,836            Account #010-4008-671-5137
      Wages for PT Circulation Clerk            $ 7,586            Account #010-4008-671-5137
      FICA for PT Circulation Clerk            $   580            Account #010-4008-671-5137
 
                     
FUNDING
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