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SEP 15 1982 51 pyo 373 Commissioner Lyons reported that the committee has been struggling to set up an agreement between the County and the Vero Beach Library and the Sebastian Library so that we have an understanding about giving them County funds. The proposed agreement in the back-up material is the one which was voted on by the majority of the Library Advisory Board. at the last meeting. The only thing still in question is regarding the central administration of the library unit, and State law clearly requires that there be but one library head for the County even though the County library system is made up of private libraries such as the Vero Beach and Sebastian Library Associations. Commissioner Lyons noted that we have set aside $55,000 for the Sebastian Library; they have to hire a librarian, and his. suggestion was to use part of those monies and hire the Sebastian librarian as the County librarian, thereby killing two birds with one stone. Tom Nason, Chairman of the Library Advisory Board, felt that was a good solution, but noted that the Advisory Board feels that each year the head librarian should switch back and forth from Sebastian to Vero Beach. Considerable discussion ensued about central administration and the centralized handling of funds, and Mr. Nason reported that State Librarian Virginia Grigg felt. that all matching funds must be held in a central location and monitored by the County Finance Director. Donations pledged as matching funds also must be deposited with the County to insure central control. In further discussion, Commissioner Fletcher noted that the wording on Page 2, paragraph E, requires that the governing body in each library shall conduct meetings at least quarterly and send advance notice of all such meetings to the County. lie felt the county citizens should receive some notice as well. 114