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Board adopts library budget; director outlines new catalog, state infrastructure grant and cost to operate resilience centers
Summary
The Lake County Board of Supervisors approved the library's proposed budgets, including capital grant work that will fund safety upgrades and solar backup at major branches, and heard the library director's plans for a new online catalog and concerns about operating resilience centers.
The Lake County Board of Supervisors approved the library'related budget units after Library Director Christopher Veach outlined operations, capital projects and program priorities.
Veach told the board the library's primary revenue source remains a voter‑approved dedicated property tax from 1974 and that the library maintains about 127,375 physical items and access to more than 1 million digital resources. He said the library aims to have 25%…
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