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Library Department recommending the Board:
1) Accept Grant Award LSTA 40-7470 with the California State Library providing funds in the amount of $1,579 for the term of May 1, 2010 through June 30, 2010 to provide equipment and supplies for recording oral history interviews in the South Lake Tahoe area;
2) Authorize the Chair to sign related grant documents; and
3) Authorize the Chair to sign Budget Transfer 2010072 appropriating the funds for same. (4/5 vote required)
FUNDING: Federal Library Services and Technology Act funding through the California State Library.
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BUDGET SUMMARY: |
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Total Grant Funding |
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$1,579 |
Local Match |
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$5,108 |
Funding |
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Budgeted |
$5,108 |
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New Funding |
$1,579 |
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Savings |
$ |
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Other |
$ |
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Total Funding Available |
$ |
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Change To Net County Cost |
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$0 |
Fiscal Impact/Change to Net County Cost: The requested budget transfer will appropriate the grant funds. Local match consists primarily of in-kind staff match and minor equipment funded by the South Lake Tahoe Friends of the Library. No change to Net County Cost.
Background:
The California State Library is providing federal Library Services and Technology Act funding for the purchase of the equipment (microphones, headphones, software, etc.) necessary to begin to develop a new El Dorado County Oral History Project. The goal of the project is to expand the library/museum's role in the historical preservation of El Dorado County's history by developing a pilot model in the South Lake Tahoe community. Staff and volunteers intend to produce five histories by the end of the project, that will be made available to the public.
Action to be taken following Board approval:
1) Chair to sign one (1) Financial Claim form.
2) Chair to sign one (1) Certification form.
3) Chair to sign Budget Transfer.
4) Department to mail original forms to the California State Library.
Contact: Jeanne Amos, x5546
Concurrences: County Counsel