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St. Mary's County Library seeks higher materials budget, flags utilities and health-insurance increases
Summary
Library officials told commissioners they expect higher health-insurance costs and asked to raise materials spending by $70,000; they also described reliance on Friends fundraising and grants for programs and said some increases may be covered by rebates or grant revenue.
Leaders of the St. Mary's County Library presented the system's FY26 request to commissioners, asking for increased funding for materials and anticipating higher utility and health-insurance costs.
The library director told the board the corrected overall request is approximately $324,326 (the figure was stated and emailed to commissioners), with key drivers identified as health-insurance increases…
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