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Appointment to the Pinellas Public Library Cooperative (Board of County Commissioners as a whole).
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Recommended Action:
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Approve the appointment of Karen LaCorte-Nies to the Pinellas Public Library Cooperative to fill a current vacancy that expires on September 30, 2025.
• Karen LaCorte-Nies has been deemed eligible by Cheryl Morales, the Executive Director who reviewed Ms. LaCorte-Nies application and resume.
• Ms. LaCorte-Nies was the only applicant.
• The Clerk has a ballot, however, with only one applicant, a motion and voice vote will suffice.
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Background Information:
There is established a municipal service taxing unit under the name of the Pinellas County Library Services District. In administering this district, the Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners (BCC) may enter into an interlocal agreement with governmental units and other appropriate providers of library services within the County to establish a nonprofit corporation (cooperative) to be created for the administration and operation of a cooperative library services system, which has been done by interlocal agreement. The purpose of the cooperative shall be to extend library services to unincorporated areas of the County and of participating municipalities that do not have such services, and to improve library services to citizens of municipalities and of library tax districts that have library services.
The BCC shall be the governing board of the library services district. The Board of Directors of the PPLC not-for-profit consists of nine voting and one ex officio members: (a) four members of the Board of Directors shall be the City Administrator of the City of St. Petersburg and the City Managers of Clearwater, Largo, and Pinellas Park, or their senior management designees; (b) three members of the Board of Directors shall be county senior management employees, representing Pinellas County, who shall be appointed by the BCC upon the recommendation of the Pinellas County Administrator; (c) two members of the Board of Directors shall be appointed by the BCC and shall serve a term of three years. Criteria for such appointment shall be as follows: (a) the candidate has previous experience serving on a Board or similar body and the capacity to evaluate a full range of perspectives, from library service providers to library users; (b) the candidate represents the interests of all parties, including the County, the Cooperative, Members with or without libraries, and patrons; (c) the candidate can envision the future of countywide library services; and (d) the candidate may not be an employee or member of the governing body of a member library.
Attachments:
Board Roster
Applications/Resumes
Applicant Worksheet/Ballot
Partner(s):
Cheryl Morales, Executive Director, Pinellas Public Library Cooperative