Hello,

As our contract with a neighboring township for library service needs to be re-signed, my Library Board is gathering information.  Especially looking for information from Class 2 size libraries.

If you have a contract with a township, village, etc. could you answer the following questions:

1. What is the contract’s flat out fee (not including penal fines/state aid)?
2. What is the population of your area that provides millage funds and what is the population of the contract service?
3. How many cardholders in the contract service area plus total in all do you serve?
4. How do you calculate what the contract flat fee should be?
5. What Class size library are you?

We are reviewing options of how to calculate a flat contract fee as penal fines in our county have dropped significantly and the amount we receive via the contract has actually decreased/remained stagnant over the last 11 years and my Board is thinking this is not fair to our township who funds us through a millage in perpetuity which has increased a lot in 11 years.

Thank you.

BillieJo Bluemer

Director

Rauchholz Memorial Library

1140 N Hemlock Rd

Hemlock MI 48626

989-642-8621