Library board seeks $504,559; committee asks for municipal circulation and outreach data
Amanda Zoellner and library directors presented a $504,559 2027 county library budget request; members asked for municipality-level counts of cardholders, circulations and outreach use before October Budget Hearings and approved forwarding the request.
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Amanda Zoellner, board president, and the Three Lakes, Minocqua and Rhinelander library directors asked the committee to forward a $504,559 county budget request for 2027. Committee members discussed statutory reimbursement requirements (county required to reimburse 70% of library costs) and asked why the requested amounts exceed that threshold; library directors said differences reflect each library's operational needs and that cutting additional funding above 70% would end outreach services previously provided by a discontinued mobile library.
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