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Library director: budget close to projection; Baker and Taylor bankruptcy will slow some deliveries
Summary
Carson City Library Director Joy Holt told trustees final FY totals landed near projections (about 81% spent), warned that the bankruptcy of major vendor Baker and Taylor will delay some orders, and outlined staffing hires, outreach to Spanish‑speaking residents, and plans for an executive summary and color graphs in next packet.
Carson City Library Director Joy Holt told the Board of Trustees that the library closed the reporting period very near its projections and is preparing for supply‑chain interruptions after a major vendor filing for bankruptcy.
Holt said the library’s final totals for the fiscal period were “about 1% higher, in terms of our overall spending, than where we landed in August,” settling at roughly 81% spent after year‑end adjustments. She said routine payroll and journal entries produce negative line items late in the fiscal cycle but that finance maintains funds to cover those items and will notify the director if positions or spending approach budget limits.
Holt announced an operational shift after Baker and Taylor filed for bankruptcy, leaving some orders unfulfilled. “Baker and Taylor did officially go bankrupt,” Holt said, adding that the library will re‑order outstanding…
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