11/05/2024 Resolutions 2024-295 RESOLUTION 2024-295
WHEREAS, The Grand Island Public Library currently uses Midwest Tape's
hoopla Digital Media Platform("hoopla,"the"Platform,"or the "hoopla Platform")which allows
participating libraries to provide their users with access to digital media content using smart
phones,tablets, computers, streaming devices, and web browsers; and,
WHEREAS, the Platform is designed to be accessible 24/7 and offers various
licenses to media content in multiple formats, including, without limitation, movies, television
programs, music, audiobooks, eBooks, and comics, subject to circulation limits (if any) and other
settings established by the user's library system; and,
WHEREAS, the Library wishes to continue to make hoopla available to its
authorized users ("Patrons"); and,
WHEREAS, the Platform charges the Library for each individual item accessed by
a Patron which has resulted in highly variable invoices and has resulted in the cost of providing
Hoopla exceeding $30,000 per year; and,
WHEREAS, the State of New York has procured services from Midwest Tape by
and through its contract No. PC9938 and made contract award 23260 which was procured in a
manner consistent with the requirements of the City of Grand Island; and,
WHEREAS, Midwest Tape has agreed to allow the City of Grand Island to
purchase hoopla by and through this New York State contract and to assist the Library in
implementing a budgetary cap on hoopla services; and,
WHEREAS, to control expenses, and to ensure as many Patrons have access to
hoopla as possible each month, the Library intends to implement certain limitations on the use of
hoopla including check-out limits and monthly spending limits;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA, that the Mayor is hereby authorized to
execute such documents as may be necessary on behalf of the City of Grand Island to purchase up
to $80,000 per year in hoopla services through Midwest Tape by and through the New York State
Contract and that this authorization shall be good for three years, through the end of fiscal year
2027 resulting in a total contract price not to exceed $240,000 through FY27.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Library Director is authorized to
implement any restrictions on hoopla use as may be deemed necessary to ensure hoopla services
are available to patrons within the limits of available funds.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Grand Island,Nebraska,November 5, 2024.
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Attest:
J Granere, City Clerk
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