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0 18 sac:10Or" Department of Cuitural Reso es State Library of North Carolina _iCA iON FOR STATE AID TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES ate Fiscal Year 2002-2003 `Y (Submit one form only) 1, Herbert A. Hincks, Chairman certifythat Suzanne Reeves Library Nance anti Title Name of Library Signature, Chair of Count Commissioners if County Library Chair ol'ro,,n Cny Council rl.Municipal Library ('h^_ir of Regional Board of Trustees if Regional Library .Chair of Board of trustees if rtdependent County Librar}___. having met the following requirements, hereby applies for funding from the Aid to Public Libraries Fund. (1) Be legally established as required by North Carolina statutes. (2) Provide library services easily available without discrimination to all residents of the political subdivision supporting the library. (3) Employ a director having a valid North Carolina public librarian certificate and successful experience as a public librarian or administrator. (4) Secure operational funds from local government SOUrces at least equal to the amount budgeted the previous yc A grant to a local librarysystem from the Aid to Public Libraries Fund shall not be terminated but shall be reduced proportionately by the Department of Cultural Resources if the local funding for a public library was reduced by the local governing body as part of an overall general budgetary reduction reflecting local econom conditions and local government fiscal constraints. State funds shall not replace local funds appropriated for public library operations. (5) Expend funds as authorized in the adopted budget. Any library having an unencumbered operational balance t more than Seventeen percent (17%) of the previous year's operating receipts will have the difference deducted from its state allocation. (6) Obtain aggregate operational funds from local sources at least equaling State Aid. (7) Pay salaries for professional positions funded from State Aid that are no less than the scale required by the Division of Statc Library. (a) Each professional position funded with State Aid must be Supported by two full-time equivalent (FTE) paraprofessional positions. (b) Professional librarians who are paid in whole or in part from State Aid must have a valid North Carolina Public Librarians Certificate. (8) Obtain an annual audit of library accounts according to generally accepted accounting principles and submit z copy of this audit to the Division of State Library by February 28 of each year. (9) Submit a copy of bylaws and personnel policies to the Division of State Library. (10) Compile an assessment of the library needs of the community, prepare and annually revise a long-range plan service, and submit copies of needs assessment and long-range plans of service to the Division of State Libral (11) Submit a copy of the agreement establishing the regional or county library, if composed of more than one loc. eovcmmcntal unit. (12) Meet the following stipulations when establishing a new library or withdrawing from a larger system: (a) meet all qualifications for the State Aid to Public Libraries program on July 1 of the year prior to the fist: year that the library plans to receive State Aid, (b) continue to meet all qualifications for the State Aid to Public Libraries program from July I to June 30 o: that year, which shall be known as the demonstration year, (c) file a full application for State Aid by the June 30 deadline at the close of the demonstration year in orde: receive State Aid in the next fiscal year. S L/LD Rev. 7/02 Submit application to: Library Development Section State Library of North Carolina 4640 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-4640 Postmark deadline for FY July 1, 2002 - June 30, 2003 lication is