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County Administrator's Report 13. 5.
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| BCC Regular Meeting |
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Recommendation Concerning the West Florida Regional Library Blue Ribbon Task Force Committee - Darlene Howell, Library Administrator
That the Board take the following action concerning sunsetting the West Florida Regional Library Blue Ribbon Task Force Committee (Committee), since the mission of the Committee has been completed:
A. Rescind the Board’s Action of June 28, 2012, adopting the Resolution (R2012-85) creating the West Florida Regional Library Blue Ribbon Task Force Committee and approving to appoint the following members, selected by the County Commissioner of their residing district, for a one-year term, with an effective date of August 1, 2012, through July 31, 2013:
1. District 1 - LisaMarie Bartusik;
2. District 2 - Terri Church;
3. District 3 - Robin Reshard;
4. District 4 - Margaret Henderson; and
5. District 5 - Ruth Gordon; and
B. Accept for filing with the Board’s Minutes the five-year plan titled "A Strategic Plan for the West Florida Public Library System 2013-18," provided by the Committee and approved by the West Florida Public Library Board of Governance at a regular meeting held on August 21, 2013. |
| BACKGROUND: |
On June 28, 2012, the Board of County Commissioners (BCC) established the West Florida Regional Library Blue Ribbon Task Force Committee (Committee). The purpose of the Committee was to explore, research, provide technical expertise, and make recommendations to the BCC regarding the development, administration, and preservation of the West Florida Public Library system. The Committee's task was to compile and submit a five-year “Library Plan” for Escambia County and provide general and specific recommendations for the BCC to consider. The Committee was to complete its work and make its recommendations within 12 months commencing on August 1, 2012.
Members, as of July 31, 2013, appointed by the BCC and their terms of office are as follows:
LisaMarie Bartusik (District 1) 08/01/2012 – 07/31/2013
D. Auriette Hahn Lindsey (District 2) 11/01/2012 – 07-31-2013
Robin Reshard (District 3) 08/01/2012 – 07/31/2013
Rodney L. Kendig (District 4) 11/01/2012 – 07/31/2013
Ruth Gordon (District 5) 08/01/2012 – 07/31/2013
*Note: Terri Church, who was appointed at the June 28, 2012, BCC Meeting resigned. At the November 1, 2012, BCC meeting D. Auriette Hahn Lindsey was appointed to replace Ms. Church, and Rodney L. Kendig was appointed to replace Margaret Henderson.
The West Florida Regional Library Blue Ribbon Task Force convened in 2012 to develop a strategic plan to guide the West Florida Public Library system through 2018. The development of the Strategic Plan (2013 - 2018) was the product of months of community conversations, focus groups, and meetings between the Task Force and residents of Escambia County, community leaders, library staff, the Friends of the West Florida Public Library, the Library Advisory Board, and the Library Board of Governance.
Sandy Newell, Library Consultant with the Bureau of Library Development of the State Library of Florida, facilitated the process of translating the community's vision into a functional plan. The West Florida Regional Library Blue Ribbon Task Force identified six strategic goals as the basis for all other planning and activities for the next five years which will be submitted to the Florida State Library and qualify the library for state aid for 2013. An annual plan of action is submitted to the State Library each year and goals are prioritized based upon community needs. |
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