REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Approve Budget Modification No. 27 to Appropriate $22,242.50 of Friends of the Sunnyvale Public Library Grant Funds for Purchase of a Charger Dispensing Kiosk.
Report
GRANT SUMMARY
The City Manager applied for, and on February 13, 2018 the City was awarded, Friends of the Sunnyvale Public Library grant funds in the amount of $22,242.50 to the Department of Library and Community Services for the purchase of a charger dispensing kiosk from Java Connections, LLC dba Laptops Anytime.
The charger dispensing kiosk will expand the electrical outlets available to patrons using the Library, and permit charging of patron devices inside the Library where power cannot be installed. The self-service kiosk will house 12 chargers which may be borrowed with a Library card, used inside the Library, and returned to the kiosk. Each charger can power up to three devices, one by a 110V outlet, and two by USB connections. The kiosk will mitigate the lack of outlets available during busy times, improving patron experience of the Library.
To allow Library patrons to borrow the chargers with a library card, a Sip2 license is required from Innovative Interfaces, the Library's catalog vendor. The cost of a license is $2,700.
The Division of Library in the Department of Library and Community Services will be responsible for the management of the grant.
Granting Agency
Friends of the Sunnyvale Public Library
EXISTING POLICY
Council Policy 7.1.5 Donations, Contributions and Sponsorships:
The City Manager may accept or reject donations, contributions and sponsorships, both solicited and unsolicited, of money, equipment and in-kind contributions to City Departments or the City in general up to $100,000, so long as they do not require a local match or obligate the City to ongoing expenses not already planned in the City's Resource Allocation Plan. Donated funds will be expended for the specific purpose as agreed upon with the donor or for general purposes...
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