AGREEMENT BETWEEN
RAPID CITY AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT 51-4
AND
RAPID CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES

 

Agreement made this ­­­_______ day of ________________, 2009 between Rapid City Area School District 51-4, a public school district organized under the laws of the state of South Dakota (hereinafter referred to as the “District”) and the Rapid City Public Library Board of Trustees, (herinafter referred to as the “Board”).

 

RECITALS

 

A.    The District and Board have operated a joint school-public library at the General Beadle Elementary School since January 2008.

 

B.     The Board and District are desirous of continuing the operation of a satellite public library facility in the General Beadle Elementary School

 

 

AGREEMENT

Space:

 

1.      The district agrees to provide the school’s library for the Board’s operation as a public library facility when not in use as a school library. It is acknowledged that the library collection of the Rapid City Area School District for the General Beadle School will be housed in that library as the children’s section and there will be a public library collection provided by the Board.

 

2.      The Board acknowledges and agrees that it will provide the following equipment and technology:

 

Computer(s) for circulation system, receipt printer(s), copier/printer, and other equipment to be determined upon a needs assessment completed by Rapid City Public Library.

 

Hours of Operation

 

3.      The District and Board acknowledge and agree that the hours for operation of the
library have been agreed to as have the arrangements for patrons checking out District and/or Board library collections. It will be a cooperative effort between the District and the Board with regard to the operation and tracking of the various collections as they are checked out by the patrons.

 

 

Utilities/Maintenance

 

4.      The District shall determine and provide for all maintenance needs and will pay the costs of maintenance and utilites for the building. It is agreed that the Board will pay its actual pro rates shar of utilities and costs of a custodian and related benefits provided to said custodian. The costs will be reconciled on a simi-annual basis, operating ona calendar year of January1-December 31.

 

5.      Maintenance of equipment will be the responsibility of the entity owning that equipment

 

Term:

 

6.      The term of this agreement will be ongoing, commencing January 1, 2009. The agreement may be terminated by either party with six months written notice provided to the other party.

 

Hold Harmless:

 

7.      Each of the parties acknowledges and agrees that they will be responsible for the acts or omissions of their own employees and that neither of them shall be responsible for the acts or omissions of the other party’s employees and specifically agree to hold one another harmless in that regard.

 

Employees:

 

8.      The Board shall provide all of the staffing and employees necessary for its share of the library operation and the District will provide the necessary employees for its operation of the Rapid City Area School District Library. The employees of each party shall not be construed in any fashion or form to be employees of the other party, and are exclusively the employee of the party that is providing their employment and paying their salary.

 

Applicable Law:

 

9.      This agreement is bound by the laws of the state of South Dakota.

 

Intergration:

 

10.  The parties agree that this agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties regarding its subject matter and that there are no other oral or collateral agreements or understandings of any kind or character as to the subject matter of this agreement.

 

Amendments:

 

11.  This agreement may only be amended by mutual agreement in writing by both the District and Board. Any such amendment shall be considered part of the original agreement.

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement on the  ____ day of ________________, 2009.

 

 

 

RAPID CITY AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT 51-4                                                                                           

 

By: ________________________________________________________________________               

 

Its:_________________________________________________________________________

 

 

 

                                                                                                                      

RAPID CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES

 

By: _____________________________________________________________________

 

Its: _____________________________________________________________________