To: Board of Supervisors
From: Alison McKee, County Librarian
Report Title: Accept Lafayette Friends Donation for Increasing Adult/Children’s Collections.
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the County Librarian, or designee, to accept a donation of $35,000 from Lafayette Friends to increase the Library’s adult/children’s collections.
FISCAL IMPACT:
$35,000 Library Fund
BACKGROUND:
The Library Department has received a donation from the Friends of the Lafayette Library. This donation is to be used to add to the Adult and children’s materials at the Lafayette Library
Per Administrative bulletin 117.7, Gifts and Bequests to the County, "receipt of each gift or bequest having a value of $10,000 or more requires acceptance or rejection by the Board of Supervisors."
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
The Library will be unable to receive the donation revenue.