To: Board of Supervisors
From: Alison McKee, County Librarian
Report Title: Accept Walnut Creek Library Foundation Donation for Increasing e-Collections.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the County Librarian, or designee, to accept a donation of $30,550 from the Walnut Creek Library Foundation to increase the Library’s online digital collections.
FISCAL IMPACT:
$30,550 Library Fund. No County match is required.
BACKGROUND:
The Library Department has received a donation from the Walnut Creek Library Foundation. This donation is to be used to add to the Library’s 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.