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Scenic Regional Library tells Franklin County commission it served 129,000 residents, reported $7.4M budget
Summary
A representative of the Scenic Regional Library presented its annual report to the Franklin County Commission summarizing branch growth, circulation (including 289,000 digital checkouts), outreach programs and a roughly $7.4 million operating budget with $1.1 million in bonds outstanding.
Steve Campbell, a representative of the Scenic Regional Library, presented the library district’s annual report to the Franklin County Commission, outlining usage, programs and the library’s operating budget.
The report matters to county taxpayers because the district serves roughly 129,000 residents across Franklin, Warren and Gasconade counties (with one exception noted for Washington city library), operates nine branches and listed an operating budget of about $7.4 million for the most recent year, Campbell said.
Campbell told commissioners the district now has nine branches (up from seven when he began work in 2012), with buildings renovated or rebuilt between 2018 and 2022 after a voter-approved tax increase in 2014. The district issued…
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