DEPARTMENT: Facilities Management
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Donate Existing Library Shelving At Burnhaven Library
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Authorize the conveyance via donation of Burnhaven Library's existing shelving to other public corporations. This project is included the 2026-2030 Facilities Capital Improvement Program Adopted Budget.
SUMMARY
Stack shelving is the main book display system in the public areas of Dakota County libraries. The County has no single manufacturer of shelving. Each of the ten branches has various shelving systems depending on when it was built or last renovated. Burnhaven Library contains three different shelving systems, most of which are no longer manufactured. Although these do not have interchangeable parts, each of the three could be reused if donated. Rather than adding to or modifying these existing systems, one new system will be competitively sought.
Some of the existing shelving systems will be used in the temporary library space in the Burnsville Center. However, the bulk of the shelving will be available for reuse upon closure of the current library. Once the renovation is complete and the library reopens, the shelving in the temporary location will be available for reuse. Staff asks for authorization to donate the existing shelving systems over the two years to other public corporations as allowed by Minn. Stat. ? 471.85 and encouraged by Dakota County Policy No. 4301 - Waste Reduction, Recycling and Trash Management.
To start this process, the Library Department has posted an advertisement for donation interest on Minitex and contacted the Minnesota Department of Education for an advertisement of donation interest. Minitex is an information and resource sharing program of the Minnesota Office of Higher Education and the University of Minnesota Libraries. In addition, the advertisement for donation interest has been sent to four local tribal nations to also notify them of this opp...
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