Introduction
When a decision has been made to create or expand a district, there are several tasks to be performed to get the district up and running. These include: First, celebrate [...]
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Task Number Three: Proceeding Onward
Once the analysis has been completed, the Working Group can proceed with the new course of action. If the decision is to let the matter rest for a time, the [...]
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Task Number Two: Re-examine Alternatives
During the Assessment Phase of your project, you looked at several different alternatives to meet your area’s library service needs. From these, your group chose one that it felt was [...]
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Task Number One: Analyze the Election Campaign and Results
The action you will take after a failed election should depend to a large extent on what happened during the election. Therefore, analyzing the election campaign and the election results [...]
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Introduction
Once a decision has been made about whether to create or expand a library district, there will still be much work to do. Careful planning during the Planning Phase will [...]
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Task Number Five: Approval of the County Commissioners
No more than ten (10) days after the hearing the county commissioners of each county affected by the consolidation are required to make an order regarding the consolidation of the [...]
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Task Number Four: The Hearing(s) with the County Commissioners
When the county clerk receives the petition, he or she is required to verify the signatures and to file the petition. Hearings must be held in each affected county. As [...]
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Task Number Three: Preparing, Signing, and Delivering the Petition
When the boards meet, a petition asking the county commissioners of all affected counties to approve the consolidation of the districts needs to be prepared. The petition requires the following [...]
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Task Number Two: District Library Boards Meet to Approve Consolidation
Once the planning for a new district has been completed, the library boards of the districts to be consolidated must meet to give their formal approval of the proposed consolidation. [...]
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Task Number One: Legal Descriptions and Maps
Creating a legal description and map of the district consolidation should be comparatively easy, since the existing districts will already have legal descriptions and maps. It is therefore a relatively [...]