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LIBRARYAND BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS <br />The Board reviewed a Memorandum of April 28, 1999: <br />Date: April 28,1999 <br />To: The honorable Board of County Commissioners <br />Thru: James E. Chandler, County Administrator -4f..I u � <br />From: Thomas W. Frame, General Services Director <br />Subject: Universal Service Fund Agreement <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Under criteria established by Congress through the Telecommunications Act of 1996, qualifying schools and <br />libraries may receive between 20 and 90 percent discounts towards the purchase of telecommunications services <br />(telephone - Internet) under a program known as the Schools and Libraries Universal Service Program (E -Rate). A <br />non-profit corporation, the Schools and Library Corporation is responsible for administering the programun er the <br />direction of the Federal Communications Commission <br />The Indian River County library system has qualified for a 691/o discount on its communications costs. <br />Accordingly, by entering into the attached agreements, the library will receive cash rebates back from Bell ouch <br />deeply discounting the original billing by 690/6. The criteria for establishing the rate of discount is based the <br />number of children receiving school lunch subsidies. <br />ANANLYSIS• <br />There are five separate agreements to be approved totaling an amount not to exceed $11,521.62 to be refimc ed to <br />Indian River County for the time period April 1, 1998 through June 30, 1999. Each specific telecommunications <br />account is identified by a Funding Request Number (FRN) as follows: <br />FRN <br />Amount <br />37400 <br />$2,980.80 <br />37572 <br />$4,011.66 <br />37605 <br />$2,666.16 <br />37612 <br />$1,465.56 <br />37579 <br />$397.44 <br />These agreements are extremely beneficial to the Country and should be executed. Since these are thefist of <br />hopefully many such agreements, it was the recommendation of the Attorney's office that these initial agreements <br />be brought forward to the Board for their approval along with authorization for the Director of Library Services to <br />execute these agreements and any subsequent agreements providing for a discounted refund to the County. <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br />Approve the agreements as presented and authorize the Director of Library Services to execute these agreements <br />and authorize execution of subsequent agreement providing refunds under this same program. <br />MAY 49 1999 <br />-19- P OK iUJ PAGE <br />