CONTRACT FOR LIBRARY SERVICE FOR BUTLER COUNTY

This contract is made and entered into this 19th day of October, 1998, by and between the Butler County Board of Supervisors on behalf of Butler County, Iowa, (the County), and the Boards of Trustees of the public libraries in the cities and towns of Allison, Aplington, Clarksville, Dumont, Greene, New Hartford, Parkersburg, and Shell Rock, the Libraries, and they agree, acknowledge and contract as follows:

1. Butler County, Iowa does not have a County Library as provided in Chapter 358B of the 1997 Code of lowa.

2. It is mutually desired by the County and Libraries that residents of the County residing outside of incorporated cities and towns be entitled to receive library service from any of the libraries, on an equal basis, whether such patrons and residents live within the corporate limits of the Libraries' cities and towns, and this contract is made in accordance with the provisions of the Code of lowa 1997.

3. Each and all of the Libraries agree to loan library materials to all residents of the County outside of the incorporated cities and towns, with the same terms and conditions of the city or town in which the Libraries are located.

4. The Libraries will not reduce the amount of support received through taxation within their respective corporation, because of receiving these monies, and funds received from the County under this agreement shall be used for the purchase of materials and equipment and to provide for additional service. If any of the Libraries reduce the amount of support received through taxation after being paid by the County has the option of declaring the contract void as to that library.

5. The County will levy taxes in the amount of $51,500 on the assessed valuation of property of residents residing outside the boundaries of incorporated cities and towns.

6. The funds received from the assessment shall be based on the following criteria: rural circulation, average number of hours open per week, and previous year's expenditures for books, periodicals, and audio/visual materials, as agreed to by the Libraries, their trustees and directors, and the county with the total at this time being:

   Allison Library	12%
   Aplington Library	14%
   Clarksville Library	13%
   Dumont Library	11.6%
   Greene Library	14.4%
   New Hartford Library	10%
   Parkersburg Library	13.6%
   Shell Rock Library	11.4%

7. The funds will be distributed by Butler County to the Libraries.

8. Each board of the Libraries may have a representative from the area outside the incorporated city or town.

9. This agreement may be, by mutual agreement of the County and the Libraries, terminated on written notice given sixty days before the end of the fiscal year, and it is understood and agreed the County and the Libraries shall each review this contract prior to October 1st of every third year, which is prior to the date of the annual tax levy by the County, and, in any event, this contract shall continue from year to year, so long as the County and Libraries comply with the terms of this agreement.

Signatures follow from the President and Secretary of each Library Board.