To: Board of Supervisors
From: Alison McKee, County Librarian
Report Title: Accept El Cerrito Library Friends Donation for Increasing physical and digital collections
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the County Librarian, or designee, to accept a donation in the amount of $16,000 from Friends of the El Cerrito Library to increase adult and children’s collections, ebooks, and audiobooks.
FISCAL IMPACT:
$16,000 Library Fund. No County match is required.
BACKGROUND:
The Library Department has received a $16,000 donation from Friends of the El Cerrito Library to increase physical and digital collections. 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.