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168 NORTH CAROLINA CABARRUS COUNTY AGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into this 17th day of August, 1987, by and between CITY OF CONCORD, a municipal corporation of the State of North Carolina, hereinafter referred to as "CONCORD" and CABARRUS COUNTY, a governmental subdivision of the State of North Carolina, hereinafter referred to as "CABARRUS"; WITNESS ETH : - That whereas, Concord operates a library in the municipal limits known as "Cannon Memorial Library" and has operated the same for a number of years; and whereas, Cabarrus makes appropriations to said library; and whereas, Cabarrus desires to establish a branch library in the Town of Kannapolis and at future times to establish branch libraries in other parts of Cabarrus County; and whereas, it is desired that Concord administer the entire library system in the manner hereinafter provided for in this contract. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements hereinafter made, the parties do agree as follows: 1. That Cabarrus will establish a County library system with the first branch to be in the Town of Kannapolis, North Carolina, and will fund said system and will continue to make contributions to Concord for the operation of the Cannon Memorial Library in the City of Concord. 2. That Concord will administer the entire library system and will be solely responsible for the emplo3anent of the Head Librarian (Library Director) of the system and for the employment of the staff of the Cannon Memorial Library. 3. The Head Librarian and all personnel in the Cannon Memorial Library will be employees of Concord and all final decisions concerning them will be made by Concord. 4. The Head Librarian and the Board of Library Trustees of Cabarrus will recommend to the Cabarrus County Manager persons to be Chief Branch Librarians for each branch of the library system. The County Manager will then select and employ the Chief Branch Librarian for each branch. Each candidate must be certified by the State of North Carolina. After consul- tation with the Head Librarian, each Chief Branch Librarian, with the approval of the Cabarrus County Manager, will hire personnel for the branch. The Chief Branch Librarians and all branch personnel shall be County employees. 5. The salaries and benefits for personnel at the branch libraries initially shall be based on the salary schedule and benefits available to employees of Concord at the Cannon Memorial Library. Future changes in salaries and benefits shall be determined by Concord and Cabarrus for the employees of each. 6. The budget for the branch libraries shall be proposed by the Head Librarian to the Board of Library Trustees after receipt of requests from all branches. The Board of Library Trustees shall review the budget, consult with Concord and make recommendations to Cabarrus concerning the budget. The budgets shall separately identify costs for each branch. The budget for the Cannon Memorial Library shall be adopted by Concord. The budget for the branch libraries shall be adopted by Cabarrus. 7. Title to the Cannon Memorial Library and all of the books and other assets in said library shall be and remain with Concord. Title to the real property and all books and other assets of the branch libraries shall be and remain with Cabarrus. Title to assets acquired in the future for the Cannon Memorial Library will be in Concord and title to assets acquired in the future by the branch libraries shall be in Cabarrus. 8. All purchases of books, supplies and all expenditures of money shall be made by the Head Librarian under the provisions of the Local Government Finance Act. 9. Contributions to the County library system by persons, firms, interest groups or governmental subdivisions to fund particular items may be accepted and used for the purposes designated subject to approval by the Head Librarian and the Board of Library Trustees. 10. This Contract shall be effective upon its execution and shall remain in force and effect through December 31, 1990. The Contract may be renewed by joint agreement of Concord and Cabarrus.