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Library Board approves technical and non-technical state-aid waivers for multiple systems
Summary
The Board approved a slate of technical waivers across numerous public library systems and granted several non-technical waivers — including contingencies for submission of audits and Five-Year Plans where required.
The Library Board approved technical waivers for a list of local library systems facing routine reductions in local expenditures, and it approved several non-technical waivers after committee recommendation. Systems named for technical waivers included Alexandria Library, Amherst County Public Library, Bland County Public Library, Buchanan County Public Library, Chesapeake Public Library, Clifton Forge Public Library, Culpeper County Library, Eastern Shore Public Library, Essex Public Library, Hampton Public Library, Heritage Public Library, Highland County Public Library, James L. Hamner Public Library, Lancaster Public Library, Madison County Public Library, Mathews Public Library, Pamunkey Regional Library, Rappahannock County Public Library, Richmond County Public Library, Roanoke Public Library, Smyth County Public Library, and Washington County Public Library.
Non-technical waivers included an extension of the certification deadline for the Halifax-South Boston Public Library director who is completing the required degree, and state-aid waivers for systems that had not filed audits or financial reports, with the release of state aid made contingent on submission of required statements. The Board also approved waivers for systems that failed to meet the two-thirds local operating expenditure requirement, and required Five-Year Plans for Heritage Public Library and Richmond County Library; Radford's waiver was approved with its existing Five-Year Plan.
The motions were presented by the Library Development Committee and reported to the full Board; after a brief period of discussion the Board approved the committee's recommendations. The approvals are intended to maintain eligibility flexibility while encouraging compliance with state reporting and local-expenditure requirements.
