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Committee reviews library and community services requests; children's library automation and community events funding highlighted
Summary
Staff described library and community services budget proposals that preserve hours and programming while covering several capital items: automated materials handling at the children’s library, library furniture and equipment replacements, and community events/nonprofit program funding questions.
Community Services and Library staff told the finance committee on May 6 that operating levels for most library and community services will be maintained in the FY2026 proposed budget while several capital and one‑time items are scheduled or under way.
Libraries Library Director Gayatri Khan said the library system was restoring hours and programming to pre‑pandemic levels and highlighted capital and one‑time needs. She said the children’s library automated materials handling (AMH) system is under installation now and funded from library impact fees. Staff described the AMH installation as an immediate project with an approximately $300,000 reappropriation remaining to complete the system at the children’s library; staff said the equipment and installation are underway and the library expects to open the children’s library in summer. Khan also described a program to replace older furniture across all libraries (an…
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