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<br />~ wI._ <br /> <br />ELK RIVER PUBLIC LIBRARY <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Provides for all expenditures relating to the public library <br />building and its contents, excluding books, other educational <br />materials and the library staff personnel expenses. <br /> <br />... '2000 BUDGET COMPARED WITH 1999 BUDGET <br /> <br /> <br />Funding for the library comes from city tax revenues and is included in the <br />city tax levy resolution. The city is responsible for library building related <br />items including cleaning services, utilities, repair and maintenance, <br />insurance, and furniture/fixtures within the building. The Great River <br />Regional Library system pays for books, educational materials, and wages <br />the library employees. <br /> <br /> <br />The 2000 library budget calls for . revenues and expenditures in the amount of <br />$66,650. This is an increase of $4,150 or 6.6 percent over the adopted 1999 <br />budget. The only change of note is in the personal services category, which is <br />scheduled to increase by $4,650, and the reason for the increase is due to <br />additional cleaning services being necessary at the library. The building <br />maintenance/cleaning employees will document the hours spent at the library <br />and only their actual time will be charged to this budget. It should be noted <br />that the capital outlay category is for the city share of a microfiche <br />reader/printer. The total expense is anticipated to be $12,000, but the library <br />staff is working on a $7,000 grant to help pay for this piece of equipment. <br />The l_t expenditure of note is a transfer out for building debt. Additional <br />funding for the building debt payment comes from the landfill surcharge~f):t <br />the city council has designated for this project. The last bond payment f~;' <br />the library expansion project is scheduled for 2007. . <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />One item is not ill the budget and may have to be financed out of the library .. <br />reserves. This item is additional property to the west of the parking lot tJlat:.,i' .... <br />may become available. This property includes a single family home. It . <br />. would be in the best long.tenn interest of the library to obtain this propertl <br />for future expansion opportunities. <br /> <br />Under statelaw, the city has a minimum level of service requirement in <br />order to bea participant in the Great River Regional Library system. Tbi. <br />requirement, which states that expenditures for library services icannot <br />decrease, has always been met in Elk River. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />56 <br /> <br />