03. The Planning Phase

Introduction

Your working group, established during the Assessment Phase of the districting process, has now determined that creating a library district...

The Tasks of the Planning Phase

The Planning Phase is a time of preparation. During this phase, you will not only decide what your library district...

Task Number One: Planning to Plan

Now that the working group has decided to move ahead with the districting process, it must make decisions about how...

Task Number Two: Planning Public Relations

Because most districting projects lead to an election, the importance of public relations cannot be overemphasized. A public relations program...

Task Number Three: Coordinating Local Government Participation

In the Assessment Phase, it was suggested that the exploratory group keep local government officials informed about what they are...

Task Number Four: Planning Library Services

The first three tasks looked at planning for the districting effort. This task looks at planning the services that the...

Task Number Five: Planning Administrative Structures

Some of the administrative changes that might occur when a library district is created or enlarged have already been mentioned...

Task Number Six: Planning Personnel Issues

One of the most important areas of decision making that will occur in the Planning Phase of the districting project...

Task Number Seven: Planning for Facilities

As with planning for personnel, planning for facilities will depend to a large degree on the kind of districting project...

Task Number Eight: Determining Costs and Levy

In the Assessment Phase of the districting process, a ballpark range of costs for the district was determined. In the...

Task Number Nine: Final Districting Decisions

At the end of the Assessment Phase of the districting project, a general description of the new or enlarged district...

Task Number Ten: Creating the District

At the end of the Planning Phase, it will be necessary to go through the legal steps required to create...

Additional Resources | Forms

Forms: Feel free to reproduce either or both for use at community presentations and other districting activities. For more information,...

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