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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">I’d like to provide a final update on the 2018 GO Bonds.
<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">The close-out of the 2018 GOBs in April 2022 came close on the heels of the 2016 GOBs close-out in April 2021. That meant for many of you the challenge to spend out your 2018 GOB allocation within basically
one year, along with State Aid and ARPA funding. And for the Tribal public libraries, let’s throw in the TLP Grant plus additional funding that needed to be addressed. Oh, and there’s also that little matter of a pandemic which helped to pile the stress on
most directors’ shoulders – <i>where there were libraries w/directors! – </i>and those pesky supply-chain issues.<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">The bottom line – you, your library staff (for those who have ‘em) and your financial staff (for those who still had ‘em), libraries were able to rise to the occasion – JOB WELL DONE! Please forward that
message on to staff and finance.<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">Final numbers: Public libraries spent out
<b>99.68%</b> of their $4,000,000 allocation. Tribal public libraries spent out <b>
89.39%</b> of their $750,000 allocation.<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">As always, I look forward to working w/you and assisting in your spending out your 2020 GO Bond allocation.<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-size:12.0pt">Patricia<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Patricia Moore<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">GO Bond / Public Library Consultant<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">New Mexico State Library / Development Bureau<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1209 Camino Carlos Rey / Santa Fe, NM 87507<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">505-476-9724 / 800-340-3890<o:p></o:p></p>
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