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RESOLUT ION NO. Ble_
SERJ ES OF 2005
A RESOLUTION AUTl-lORI ZING THE ENGLEWOO D PUB LI C LIBRARY TO
IM PLEMENT THE ANNUAL "FOO D FOR FINES" PROGRAM FROM MO NDA Y,
NO VEMBER 28, 2005 TliROUG H SUNDAY , DECEMBE R 11, 2005.
WH EREAS , the Englewood Public Library has sponso red a "Food for Fi nes " progra m dur in g
th e ~ovcmbcr/Decc mb er holid ays for th e past fifteen years ; and
WHE REAS , tl,e "Foori for Fine s" prog ra m all ows patro ns with ove rdue fine s to "pay" th em
ofT th rough th e donati on of non-peri shab le food it ems; and
WHEREAS , the foo d item s are th en forwarded to the lnt erFaith Co mmunity Serv ices fo r
di strib uti on to finan ciall y di sadva nt age d fam ili es in th e Englewood area; and
WHEREAS , the progrum is a benefit to the co mmunity in that the disadvantage d are ass isted
and the air cleared with re sp ect to fine s and the City receive s its library matl'ria ls back ;
NOW , TH EREFORE, BE IT RE SOL VED BY TliE CITY COUNC IL OF THE CIT Y OF
ENG LEWOO D, CO LORADO , THAT :
Section I. The Englewood City Co un ci l hereby auth orizes t~e En gle wood Pub li c Library 's
irnpl em'!ntatio n of th e annu al "Food For Fine stt program fr om Nove mber 28 , 2('05 through
Decem ber 11 , 200 5. The "Food For Fin es" wi ll th en be fotwarde d to the Int erfa ith Commu nity
Services for di stri bu ti on to finan ciall y disadvantag ed fami lie s in the Englew oo d area.
ADO PT ED AN D APPROVED thi s 21st day of Novem ber, 2005 .
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Loucri shi a A. Ellis , Cit y Clerk
I, Lou cri shia A. Elli s, City Clerk fo r the Ci ty of Englcwopd , Co lorado , hereb y ce rtify the
abov e is a true co py ofResoluti on No . .8i2_, Serie; of 2005 . -/, /f'(?
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Loucn shi a A. Elli s, Cit y Clerk
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COUNC IL COMMUNICATION
Date:
Nove:nb e r 2 1, 2005 I
Age nd a Item : I Sub ject :
9 c i 200 5 "Winter Food fo r Fin es" Pro gram
Initi ate d By:
En glewood Public Library I
Staff Source:
Hank Long, Direc to r of Library Servi ce s
COUNCIL GOA L AND PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTI JN
The Library has sponso red thi s popular program si nce 1990, and eac h yea r the City Coun cil has
voiced its support. In 2003, th e annual Food fo r Fin es p rogram was ex pand ed to twi ce a year at
the reques t o f the Library Board, and subse~uently approve d by City Council, for two weeks during
the summe r as we ll as two weeks at th e end of th e ca lendar ye ar as a way to mitigate the increase
in O ve rdue Library Fin es and as a way to encoura ge th e tim ely return of Englewood Publi c Library
(EP L) mat eria ls so th at th ey can be used by more people. The two week Summer Food for Fi nes
program cove rs the last week of the public sc hool yea r ar>d the first week of vacati ons, a tim e when
studen ts an d tea chers are cl eaning out th eir desks and '••t l·ers in preparation fo, the summer break,
and many find ove rdu e Library materials. The two weeks of the Winter Food for Fines program
traditionally covers th e p eri od in b etween th e Th anksgiving and Christmas holi da ys. Historically,
eac h ofthes~ two biannual events ave rag es $1,000 to $1 ,500 in dona ted food items for the
Interfaith Community Services food bank.
R COMMENDED ACTION
The Library D epartm ent recomm ends City Council approval of a Resoluti o n authorizing th e Library
Depar tment to implemen t its 2005 Winter Food for Fin es prog ram fr om Monday, November 28
th rough Sunday, D ecember 11, 2005.
BACKGROUND, ANALYSIS, AN D ALTERNATIVES IDENTIFIED
For th e past 15 yea rs, the Engl ewood Publi c Lib rary has pr•)\ ided its "Foo d fo r Fin •;s" program as a
way fo r th ose patrons wi th fin es on th eir overdue EPL materi als to "pa y" th em off through th e
donati o n of no n-peri shable food it ems th at, in turn , b enefit local area fami lies. Fo ll owing 20 03 's
increase in m axim um O ve rdu e Fin es fr o m $2 to $5, the Library Board reques ted that th e number of
food it ems required to pay off a sin gle O ve rdu e charge also be in creased b eginning with th e '004
Win ter Fo od fo r Fin es prog ram, e.g. it now takes two food it ems to ca nce l out th e lat e charges (n ot
lost o r damage d charges) o n one ove rdu e item. Thes e food items must be prese nted to th e Library
Staff .ll th e Circulati o n D es k in ord er for th e fin es to be clea red from th e patron's co mputer record.
The coll ec ted food items are th en forwa rded to Interfaith Community Services for th eir "food
bank " di stribution to finan cia ll y disadva ntaged families in th e Engl ewood area . This program has
been warml y receive d b y the publi c sin ce its in ce ption, and Library pa trons now look forwa rd to it
as a way of helping oth ers w hil e relievi ng th eir own financia l obli ga ti ons . Thus , th e program
pres ents a posi ti ve image of th e Library and the City and is a "win-wi n" si tu ation for everyo ne
involved.
FINANCIAL IMP ACT
• Si nce its inception, thi s program has raised an es tima ted $23,690 in donat ed non-peris hable
food items to assis t nee rJy fami li es in th e Eng lewoo d area .
• Th i, ruoney th at the Library co ll ec ts each mont h In "late charges" (i.e. charg es on Ii oks and
oth er EPL item s return ed post ti-:;, origi nal "du e dat a" and pt st th e 3 day "g race period") goes
to the City's General Fund . These reve nues tr acl i2inra :i, Jr<-r ,bout 50% durin g each of th e
Library's two-week Food for Fin es prog rams, but th e loss is more than offse t by th e "good will "
thi s program ge nerates among Li brary patr ons and by ge lling th e Li brary materials back on th e
shelves so !h a! others ca n us e them .
LI ST OF ATTAC HMENTS
Reso lution .
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