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Important Information About Payments From Adjacent Counties

Background Information

2011 Reimbursements to SCLS libraries (based on 2009 usage) (Excel)

Sample Statement to County Clerks (Word)

FAQ About County Library Funding to Libraries in Adjacent Counties (from DPI)

Background Information

A provision of Act 420, passed in May 2006, extends to adjacent counties the requirement that they reimburse public libraries for serving residents who live in areas of the county without public library service.   Counties were first required to reimburse libraries in adjacent counties in 2008. 

To receive reimbursement by March 1, 2011, from adjacent counties, you must provide the following information to the clerks of those counties by July 1, 2010.  All are available in your 2009 state annual report:

• The number of loans in 2009 from your library to residents of that county, who live outside municipalities with libraries.
• Your library’s total 2009 circulation.
• Your library’s total 2009 operating expenditures (excluding any expenditures paid with federal funds).

If you request reimbursement from adjacent counties (the county may not be required to reimburse you unless you do), these documents will assist you: 

• 2011 Reimbursements to SCLS libraries (Excel).  Only those libraries eligible for reimbursement are listed in the spreadsheet.
  
  
• Sample Statement to County Clerks (Word) provides a suggested format you may use to submit your statement requesting reimbursement from adjacent counties.  For each adjacent county, transfer the appropriate information from the Excel spreadsheet to the Statement and send the statement to the county clerk by July 1, 2010.  This statement is only a sample.  You may adapt it, or design another version of your own choosing.  Some counties may ask you for additional information, or prescribe the form you should use, or ask that you send the statement to someone other than the county clerk.   

For more information, see FAQ About County Library Funding to Libraries in Adjacent Counties (Act 420) (from DPI).  It may also be helpful for you to review Wisconsin Statutes 43.12. (PDF)

For more information about payments from adjacent counties, contact Cheryl Becker.

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