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0 BOOK 21 WE 14" <br />Department of Cultural Resources <br />State Library of North Carolina <br />APPLICATION FOR STATE AID TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES <br />State Fiscal Year 2006-2007 <br />(Submit one form only) <br />The type of library and its governance determine the signature required on this document. <br />County Library: Chair of County Commissioners <br />Municipal Library: Chair of Town/City Council <br />Regional Library: Chair of Regional Board of Trustees <br />Independent County Library: Chair of Board of Trustees <br />I,(print name andti er ert Hinck Chairman Lee County B ,of Commissioner <br />(signature) <br />certify that (name of library) Lee County Library <br />having met the following requirements, hereby applies for funding from the Aid to Public Libraries Fund. <br />(1) Be legally established as required by North Carolina statutes. <br />(2) Provide library services easily available without discrimination to all residents of the political subdivision <br />supporting the library. <br />(3) Employ a director having a valid North Carolina public librarian certificate and experience as a public librarian <br />or administrator. <br />(4) Secure operational funds from local government sources at least equal to the amount budgeted the previous year. <br />A grant to a local library system from the Aid to Public Libraries Fund shall not be terminated but shall be <br />reduced proportionately by the Department of Cultural Resources if the local funding for a public library was <br />reduced by the local governing body as part of an overall general budgetary reduction reflecting local economic <br />conditions and local government fiscal constraints. State funds shall not replace local funds appropriated for <br />public library operations. <br />(5) Expend funds as authorized in the adopted budget. Any library having an unencumbered operational balance of <br />more than seventeen percent (17%) of the previous year's operating receipts will have the difference deducted <br />from its state allocation. <br />(6) Obtain aggregate operational funds from local sources at least equaling State Aid. <br />(7) Pay salaries for professional positions funded from State Aid that are no less than the scale required by the <br />Division of State Library. <br />(8) Obtain an annual audit of library accounts according to generally accepted accounting principles and submit a <br />copy of this audit to the Division of State Library. <br />(9) Submit a copy of bylaws and personnel policies to the Division of State Library. <br />(10) Compile an assessment of the library needs of the community, prepare and annually revise a long-range plan of <br />service, and submit copies of needs assessment and long-range plans of service to the Division of State Library. <br />(11) Submit a copy of the agreement establishing the regional or county library, if composed of more than one local <br />governmental unit. <br />(12) Meet the following stipulations when establishing a new library or withdrawing from a larger system: <br />(a) meet all qualifications for the State Aid to Public Libraries program on July 1 of the year prior to the fiscal <br />year that the library plans to receive State Aid, <br />(b) continue to meet all qualifications for the State Aid to Public Libraries program from July 1 to June 30 of <br />that year, which shall be known as the demonstration year, <br />(c) file a full application for State Aid by the June 30 deadline at the close of the demonstration year in order to <br />receive State Aid in the next fiscal year. <br />Submit application to: Library Development Section <br />State Library of North Carolina <br />4640 Mail Service Center <br />Raleigh, NC 27699-4640 <br />Deadline for FY July 1, 2006 - June 30, 2007 <br />application is September 22, 2006. <br />SL/LD <br />Rev. 8/07 <br />