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Colfax Library receives $5,000 contingency from county after shortfall; county staff explain library funding formula
Summary
Dunn County's executive committee and Committee on Administration approved a $5,000 contingency payment to Colfax Library to cover a shortfall. Staff presented how library funding works under Wisconsin law: a three-year reporting/payout cycle, a 70% minimum reimbursement for out-of-county circulation, and 100% funding for in-county libraries.
The Dunn County executive and administration committees approved a $5,000 contingency allocation to the Colfax Library after staff explained the county's multi-year library funding formula and a shortfall for the 2023 reporting year.
Staff told supervisors that library funding in Wisconsin operates on a multi-year cycle: libraries report usage for a given year (2023 in the material discussed), the county and regional committees process that usage and a payment is made later (in this case, paid in 2025 for the 2023 reporting year). The county pays other counties for Dunn County residents'…
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