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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Directors,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">This is September 1, 2020 – what does that mean for GO Bonds? It means,
<b><i>You have seven months in which to get all your reimbursement requests into the State Library</i></b>.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">While I know, under the current circumstances, that some of you may not even be into work right now, you do need to keep in touch w/your Finance staff or Fiscal Agent so your purchases can be done in a timely
manner and you’re not scrambling to get all the paperwork in at the last minute.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">I have attached a spreadsheet which shows the up-to-date dollar amounts submitted for reimbursement. Please note the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Only</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> Jemez Pueblo Community Library and the Pueblo of San Felipe Community Library have spent their total allocation. Thank you very much, and the Legislative
Finance Committee thanks you very much.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Tribal Public Libraries still have 50.69% available for reimbursements. Your paperwork needs to be into the State Library by April 1, 2021. There are no extensions with GO Bonds as per your Grant
Agreement.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">You’ll note that three dollar amounts are in
<b><span style="color:red">RED</span></b> font – those requests are waiting on my desks for further action. I’ve sent emails out to those directors/finance staff. Please contact me by email if you don’t know what might be the problem w/those reimbursements.
I’m glad to give you a call to discuss and decide how to proceed. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">For those of you w/a few hundred dollars left, please do NOT leave this money “on the table” – spend it on something! If that were money laying on the ground, would you just walk past it? Perhaps
toner cartridges for your printer, a phone bill (only if it’s in the library’s name), 10 books from Walmart (please save that receipt!), processing materials (barcodes?) or DVD cases, a charging station, wi-fi hotspots – please review:
</span><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.nmstatelibrary.org/images/development/GO_Bonds_Guidance_Sheet.docx">2016 GO Bonds - Guidance Sheet</a>: what is eligible for reimbursement.</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">In previous GO Bond cycles:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b>2008 GO Bonds - Tribal public libraries spent 97.23% of its $2,000,000 allocation
<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b>2010 GO Bonds - </b><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span><b>Tribal public libraries spent 99.72% of its $1,000,000 allocation
</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b>allocation </b> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b>2012 GO Bonds - </b><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span><b>Tribal public libraries spent 99.98% of its $700,000 allocation
</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b>2014 GO Bonds - </b><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span><b>Tribal public libraries spent 99.77% of its $800,000 allocation<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b>And, now…</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">**2016</span> GO Bonds -
</b><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span><b>Tribal public libraries spent <span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">
100%</span> of its $750,000 allocation??!!</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Let me hear from you soon so we can get this done w/o too much misery on your part or mine.
<img border="0" width="45" height="45" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.png@01D6805D.521574A0"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Constantia","serif";color:#403152">Patricia<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#403152">Patricia Moore<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#403152">G.O. Bond and Technology Consultant<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#403152">NM State Library - Development Bureau<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#403152">505.476.9724 // 800.340.3890<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#002060"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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