To: Board of Supervisors
From: Alison McKee, County Librarian
Report Title: Accept Friends of the Orinda Library, Inc. Donation to Support eBook Collections
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the County Librarian, or designee, to accept a donation in the amount of $15,000 from the Friends of the Orinda Library, Inc. to support eBook collections.
FISCAL IMPACT:
$15,000 Library Fund. No County match is required.
BACKGROUND:
The Library Department has received a $15,000 donation from Friends of the Orinda Library, Inc. to augment the Library’s eBook 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.