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File #: 11748   
Type: Consent Status: Passed
File created: 2/28/2025 Department: Library
On agenda: 3/11/2025 Final action: 3/11/2025
Subject: Acceptance of Gift from the Hesperia Friends of the Library Group
Attachments: 1. Item #27 Executed BAI

REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY

AND RECORD OF ACTION

 

March 11, 2025

 

FROM

MELANIE OROSCO, County Librarian, County Library 

         

SUBJECT                      

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Acceptance of Gift from the Hesperia Friends of the Library Group

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RECOMMENDATION(S)

Recommendation

Authorize the San Bernardino County Library to accept a gift from the Hesperia Friends of the Library Group, in the amount of $46,614.67, to be used to support the Summer Reading program for the Hesperia Branch Library through Fiscal Year 2028-29.

(Presenter: Melanie Orosco, County Librarian, 387-2220)

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COUNTY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GOALS & OBJECTIVES

Operate in a Fiscally-Responsible and Business-Like Manner.

 

FINANCIAL IMPACT

Approval of this item will not require the use of Discretionary General Funding (Net County Cost).

Budget adjustments to Library’s 2024-25 budget are not requested at this time but may be included in a future budget report presented to the Board of Supervisors (Board) for approval.

 

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Acceptance of the $46,614.67 gift from the Hesperia Friends of the Library Group will allow the County Library to utilize funds to purchase physical library materials (such as books), supplies for adult and youth library programs (such as craft/art materials or STEAM [Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics program supplies), circulation incentives to promote reading, and performers to support the Summer Reading Program at the Hesperia Branch Library through Fiscal Year 2028-29. These materials will result in an enhancement of the customer experience at the Hesperia Branch Library. County Policy 06-01 and Standard Practice 06-01SP require Board approval of gifts and donations having a value greater than $10,000.

 

The Hesperia Friends of the Library Group is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that works to raise money from memberships and book sales to help support library programs at the Hesperia Branch Library, including the purchase of newspaper and magazine subscriptions, DVDs, incentives for children to reach reading objectives, etc. 

 

PROCUREMENT

Not applicable.

 

REVIEW BY OTHERS

This item has been reviewed by County Counsel (Daniella Hernandez, Deputy County Counsel, 387-3121) on January 24, 2025; Finance (Elias Duenas, Finance Analyst, 387-4052) on January 31, 2025; and County Finance and Administration (Valerie Clay, Deputy Executive Officer, 387-5423) on February 3, 2025.