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k- <br />STATE LIBRARY <br />44 NORTH CAROLINA <br />013 <br />APPLICATION FOR STATE AID TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES <br />State Fiscal Year 2013 - 2014 <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 Regional Library: Chair of Regional Board of Trustees <br />Municipal Library: Chair of Town /City Council Independent County Library: Chair of Board of Trustees <br />Print Name Signature <br />certify that <br />Print Title Name of Library <br />meets the following requirements and hereby applies for funding from the Aid to Public Libraries Fund. <br />07 NCAC 021.0201 QUALIFICATIONS FOR GRANT ELIGIBILITY <br />Libraries requesting funding from the Aid to Public Libraries Fund shall submit annually to the State Library of North Carolina an application for <br />State Aid and supporting documentation including financial and statistical reports and shall meet the following eligibility requirements: <br />(1) Be established consistent with the provisions of Article 14, Chapter 153A of the North Carolina General Statutes. <br />(2) Provide library services In compliance with applicable State and Federal law to all residents of the political subdivisions) supporting the <br />library. Public library services shall be provided from at least one designated facility with a catalogued collection that is open to the public <br />a minimum of 40 hours per week. <br />(3) Employ a full -time library director having or eligible for North Carolina public librarian certification. Full -time means working a minimum <br />of 35 hours per week. <br />(4) Secure operational funds from local government sources at least equal to the average amount budgeted and available for expenditure <br />for the previous three years. 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 if the amount budgeted and available for expenditure by local government is below the <br />average of the previous three fiscal years. State funds shall not replace local funds budgeted and available for expenditure for public <br />library operations. <br />(5) Secure aggregate operational funds from local sources at least equaling state aid. <br />(6) Expend funds as authorized in the budget adopted by the Board of Trustees of a Regional Library, a County, or a Municipality. Any library <br />having an unencumbered operational balance of more than 17 percent of the previous year's operating receipts shall have the difference <br />deducted from its state allocation. <br />(7) Pay salaries for professional positions funded from the Aid to Public Libraries Fund at least at the minimum rate of a salary grade of 69 as <br />established by the Office of State Personnel. <br />(8) Provide to the State Library of North Carolina an annual audit of the political subdivision(s) funding the library consistent with generally <br />accepted accounting principles. <br />(9) Submit annually to the State Library of North Carolina a copy of the bylaws of the library system's Board(s) of Trustees. <br />(10) Submit annually a current long -range plan of service to the State Library of North Carolina. A long -range plan of service is a plan of at <br />least five years. Upon request, submit an assessment of a community's library needs to the State Library of North Carolina. <br />(11) Submit a copy of the agreement establishing the library system, if composed of more than one local governmental unit. <br />(12) Meet the following stipulations when establishing a new library or re- establishing eligibility for the Aid to Public Libraries Fund: <br />(a) meet all qualifications for the state aid to public libraries program on July 1 of the year prior to the fiscal year that the library plans to <br />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 that year, which shall be <br />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 receive state aid in the <br />next fiscal year. <br />Application Reviewed and Accepted: <br />Caroline Shepard, State Librarian of North Carolina <br />Submit application to: <br />Jennifer Pratt <br />Library Development Section <br />State Library of North Carolina <br />4640 Mail Service Center <br />Raleigh, NC 27699 -4640 <br />SL/LD <br />Rev. 07/15 <br />NORTH CAROLINA <br />DEPARTMENT OF <br />CULTURAL <br />RESOURCES <br />W W W.NCDULTYRic.com <br />Date: <br />Deadline for submission of <br />FY July 1, 2013 - June 30, 2014 <br />application is: <br />Postmarked on or before <br />September 16, 2013 <br />