HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 07132010 - C.155RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and Authorize the Librarian, or designee, to reduce the open hours at the Rodeo
Library on August 1, 2010 through November 30, 2010 from 24 to 12 hours per week.
Starting December 1, 2010 increase open hours to 18 hours per week.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Reduction in salaries and benefits expense of approximately $320 per week for the period of
August 1, 2010 through November 30, 2010 (total $5,600) will offset the $5,460 extra open
hours expenditure in 2009-10 that was not funded by the Rodeo Municipal Advisory
Council (RMAC).
BACKGROUND:
The Rodeo Library is currently open 24 hours per week. Contra Costa County funds 18
weekly hours of library service and 6 extra open hours have previously been funded by
annual grants from the RMAC. The annual cost to fund 6 additional weekly hours in
2009-10 was $16,460. In November 2009, the RMAC approved $10,000 for 6 additional
hours for 2009-10 which funded the additional hours from July 1, 2009 through February 6,
2010. A grant of $1,000 from ConocoPhillips
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 07/13/2010 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I
Supervisor
Gayle B. Uilkema, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Susan A. Bonilla, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: Anne Cain (925)
646-6423
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board
of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: July 13, 2010
David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc:
C.155
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Anne Cain, Librarian
Date:July 13, 2010
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Reduce the weekly Open Hours at the Rodeo Library
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
funded the additional hours from February 7 through February 28, 2010. An additional
$5,460 in funding from RMAC was needed to fund the 6 extra open hours for the balance of
2009-10.
Following instructions provided by RMAC on the Rodeo Chamber of Commerce website,
the library submitted a request for funding the additional hours for the balance of 2009-10
which was postmarked March 29, 2010. The RMAC website at the time and until June 2010
stated "Applications will be accepted during the months of August - September and
February - March. Grant applications must be delivered to the RMAC or postmarked by the
last working day of September or March."
Despite following the then current procedures, the library learned in May, 2010 that because
the grant application was received after February, it will not be considered until the next
grant cycle which will be August 31, 2010. As a result, the Rodeo Library was open for 6
extra hours per week for the period of March through June 2010 without addtitional funding
to cover the extra open hours.
The cost savings associated with reducing Rodeo Library Open Hours from 24 to 12 hours
per week for the period of August 1, 2010 through November 30, 2010 will recoup the
$5,460 salaries and benefits expense for open hours in 2009-10 that was not covered by the
RMAC.
Beginning December 1, 2010 the Rodeo Library's open hours will increase from 12 hours
per week to the base County funded level of 18 hours per week. Should the RMAC choose
to provide funding for extra hours in the future, Library open hours will be increased
accordingly.