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Library Department recommending the Board:
1) Accept an award of $15,000 in grant funds from the California State Library for the purchase of equipment and construction costs at the Georgetown Library for the California Public Library Broadband Project;
2) Authorize the Chair to sign Request for Payment requesting the full amount of the grant, as administered by the Southern California Library Cooperative; and
3) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign the attached Budget Transfer appropriating a total of $15,000 in grant funds and associated expenses. (4/5 vote required)
FUNDING: State Grant.
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DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
Library Department recommending the Board accept the grant for $15,000 from the California State Library to purchase a power supply, to pay the Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC) fee for router, and for costs associated with converting a closet into a computer room at the Georgetown Library.
DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
On February 23, 2016, the Board approved Agreement #345-S1611 with Califa Group to connect all six libraries to the education network CalREN, managed by CENIC as part of the state-subsidized, high-speed broadband program entitled the California Public Library Broadband Project.
On May 17, 2016, the Board accepted a $30,000 grant from the State Library for networking equipment and approved Agreement # 468-F1611 with Southern California Library Cooperative for the purchase of Cisco routers and firewalls. The actual cost of the equipment was $35,389, and the Library reported that the additional cost would be absorbed by one-time salary savings.
On October 25, 2016, the Board approved Amendment I to Agreement 345-S1611 with Califa Group to provide a no cost circuit at the Placerville Library and to drop the Georgetown circuit due to the withdrawal of the Comcast bid.
On November 15, 2016, the Board accepted a $60,000 grant award from the State Library to allow the Library to purcha...
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