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WHEREAS, at its meeting on May 15, 2017, the City's Library Board made a recommendation that <br />the City not tax for library services and allow the county to tax city residents for library services and for <br />the City become an integral part of the County's library system; and <br />WHEREAS, at its meeting on May 16, 2017, the City Council took such action whereby City <br />yrovided that t <br />the library services that will be provided to the City by the County; and <br />A. Effective January 1, 2018, the City shall be included in the County tax and become an integral <br />part of the County's library system, <br />B. On January 1, 2018, the County will begin operation in the City with the Lake Elmo Public <br />Library located at: 3537 Lake Elmo Avenue North, Lake Elmo reverting to a County branch <br />library. <br />C. The City agrees that it will not initiate or complete a withdrawal from the County library <br />system prior to January 1, 2021, <br />011 <br />E, The County shall install a self -check-out system in the Lake Elmo branch library. <br />F. The County agrees that upon the City becoming part of the County's library system, the <br />County will hire all current Lake Elmo Public Library staff. Once hired, the staff will become <br />County employees and subject to the County's rules and regulations and collective bargaining <br />agreement • County library employees. <br />G. The County agrees that it will welcome volunteers at the Lake Elmo library branch in <br />accordance with the Washington County I ibrary Volunteer Handbook. Volunteers at the Lake <br />Elmo library branch will be allowed to engage in activities similar to those occurring at other <br />Washington County libraries, however, volunteers will not be used to displace work being <br />done by employees and will not have access to private library patron data. <br />496968v6 SJS LA515-5 <br />