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Carnegie‑Stout Library seeks roughly $4.5M in FY2026 property‑tax support; highlights rising use and requested staff upgrades
Summary
Library Director Nick Rossman reported rising visitor and digital‑resource use and requested property‑tax support that would equal about $59.03 per average homeowner; four staff improvement package requests were not recommended in the manager’s proposed budget.
Nick Rossman, director of the Carnegie‑Stout Public Library, presented the library’s FY2026 budget request at the Dubuque City Council special session on April 3, highlighting increased visits and digital circulation and outlining staffing and capital improvement priorities.
"Enriching the lives in the Dubuque community through experiences and resources that encourage discovery," Rossman said when reviewing the library’s mission and the library’s year‑to‑date statistics.
Rossman reported the library had more than 212,000 visitors in FY2024, served roughly 47,000 cardholders and recorded nearly 850,000 total resource accesses (a combined metric including circulation, programming attendance,…
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