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Library fund and foundation support highlighted; foundation offsets capital costs for library programming

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Staff presented projections for the library operating fund and the library foundation (a 501(c)(3)), showing the foundation’s fundraising covers a substantial portion of capital and programming expenses and staff budgeted anniversary and STEM/astronomy programming.

City staff briefed the council on the library and the supporting library foundation’s budget, emphasizing the foundation’s role funding programming and capital improvements.

Kofi Atobam said Fund 242 (library and observatory) is projected to have about $4.3 million in fund balance at the end of the current fiscal year and to remain in the multi‑million range through the two‑year plan as…

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