REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 04/19/2023
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Community Services Department
SUBJECT:
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ACCEPT AND APPROPRIATE $100,000 IN LIBRARY SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGY ACT (LSTA) FUNDS FOR THE EBOOKS CORONA PROJECT
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This staff report asks Council to accept $100,000 in Federal Library Services and Technology Act funds from the California State Library, appropriate $20,000 in the General Fund as the City's necessary local match in support of the eBooks for Corona project, and authorize the City Manager to issue a purchase order to the approved provider for the program, Lyrasis, in the amount of $120,000 for the purchase of ebooks.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council:
a. Accept the Federal Library Services and Technology Act Grant funds in the amount of $100,000 for the Corona Public Library's eBooks for Corona project.
b. Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to execute agreements with the California State Library for the Corona Public Library's eBooks for Corona project.
c. Appropriate $100,000 to the Community Services Department's operating budget and increase revenue estimates by the same amount in Library - Other Grants Fund 415.
d. Authorize an appropriation of $20,000 to the Community Services Department's operating budget in the General Fund for the necessary local match.
e. Make a determination under Corona Municipal Code Section 3.08.140(B) that there is no competitive market for the reasons provided in the "Basis of Determination of Competitive Bidding" section of this report.
f. Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to issue a purchase order to Lyrasis in the amount of $120,000.
g. Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to negotiate and execute non-substantive extensions, amendments, and change orders up to 10% of the total cost, or $12,000, as authorized by Corona Municipal Code Section 3.08.080(I).
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