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Dan Baer, Deputy Director and Chief Financial and Operating Officer, said the library reports finances on a cash basis and ended 2024 with about a half-million dollars in savings in the operations plan, offset by roughly $150,000 in property-tax revenue shortfalls, yielding about $350,000 in net savings. He said capital expenditures for 2024 of about $279,000 were funded from those savings so the library did not need to dip into reserves.

\"We ended the year with about 3 and a half million in general operations investments...and we ended our financial revenue reserves at also [about] $150,000,\" Baer said, summarizing year-end cash positions and short-term investment levels.

Board members then considered a capital-resolution package. Baer said the capital list includes building and equipment investments and an augmentation of the materials budget with $100,000 for digital resources. A trustee moved to approve the capital resolution (recorded in the minutes as Resolution 2025/01). The motion was seconded and the board approved the resolution by voice vote; the chair declared the motion carried.

Later in new business, staff presented a separate resolution to cancel uncollected fees. Mike Rose, Director of Information Technology and Facilities Maintenance, explained the annual cleanup process the system uses to remove long-inactive patron records and cancel associated balances. \"We look back through our ILS system and take an accumulated total of all the patrons who have been completely inactive...for the past seven years,\" Rose told trustees. He said this year’s search identified 520 inactive patron accounts with a combined $31,847.22 in fees the system will cancel because the accounts are unlikely to be collectible.

A motion to approve the cancellation resolution (recorded in the minutes as Resolution 2025/02) passed by voice vote; the chair declared the motion carried.

During his report, Executive Director Jason (first name only in the meeting transcript) reviewed system achievements from 2024 and strategic priorities for 2025, including restoring pre-pandemic service hours and planning for a ballot measure to stabilize long-term funding. Jason told trustees circulation rose 5% systemwide, digital downloads increased about 21% and printing services grew 28%, while new registrations declined significantly. He said staff and trustees will continue work on a ballot proposal to address funding for the next decade and that the library will mark its 80th anniversary with events planned for the year.

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\"I wanted to offer an alternative to Baby Storytime that reduced language barriers and accommodated children who might not do well in traditional storytime settings,\" said Aliyah Jerdeka, Silverdale youth services librarian, describing BabyBAND as \"language and literacy development through active musical play.\" She said the program began from her background in child development and an observation that caregivers who hesitated to attend storytime engaged readily with instruments and movement.

The program’s emphasis on music and movement, Jerdeka said, supports multiple developmental skills: \"Music lights up so many centers of the brain...it helps strengthen the corpus callosum,\" she said, listing gross- and fine-motor practice, pattern recognition, phonemic awareness and social skills that can arise in group music activities. Jerdeka added that music \"transcends language\" and can make library programming more accessible to families for whom English is not a first language.

Deputy Director of Public Services Shannon Peterson introduced Jerdeka to the board and said the program has been ‘‘so successful that it is now spread to other locations throughout the county.’’ Peterson and other trustees credited Jerdeka with empowering caregivers to continue musical activities at home and noted interest from other Washington libraries in adopting the model.

Board members asked about age range and supporting materials. Jerdeka said BabyBAND is geared to children about birth through age 3 and that the system created early-learning kits during 2020 so families can try the activities at home. \"We made baby band early learning kits during...2020, so that way everyone can do baby band at home or at their own pace,\" she said. She told trustees that continuing funding for those kits and staff time to offer the program in more branches are the primary needs to expand service.

Trustees noted outside interest in adopting the program. Peterson said other library districts, including Timberland Regional Library and Yakima Valley Libraries, have requested program materials and that there is statewide interest in presentations or workshops.

Board members and staff described anecdotal uptake: several trustees said BabyBAND is one of the most-talked-about programs at some branches and praised its community-building effects. Anna Capriel Comas, Silverdale branch manager, attended in support and did not offer substantive changes.

The board did not take formal action on funding for BabyBAND during the meeting; trustees asked staff about needs and praised the program’s research basis and accessibility features. The presentation closed with trustees encouraging wider adoption and noting program materials and simple at-home activities as potential priorities for future support.","A Silverdale youth services librarian described BabyBAND, a music-and-movement early literacy program designed to lower language barriers and support neurodivergent children. Board members praised its reach and asked about resources to expand the program across the Kitsap Regional Library system.","actionData","errors"]

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Kitsap Regional Library reports 2024 surplus, approves capital budget items and cancels $31,847 in inactive fees

Silverdale librarian’s BabyBAND program uses music to boost early literacy, spreads across Kitsap