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Davenport Library trustees approve director evaluation, hear "library of things" rollout and review programming policy
Summary
The Davenport City Library Board approved the director's evaluation after a closed session, heard a director's report citing a $1.64-per-dollar ROI and a Dec. 12 special-collections ribbon-cutting, and reviewed a draft programming policy while receiving a demonstration of a newly soft-launched "library of things."
The Davenport City Library Board of Trustees approved the library director's performance evaluation on Nov. 18 after a closed-session review and spent most of its open meeting on operational reports and a presentation of a newly expanded "library of things."
In his director's report, Jeff said the library's "stat of the month" showed a return on investment of 64.4 percent — "for every dollar that's spent on the library, taxpayers gain $1.64 value," he said — amounting to an estimated $10.2 million in community value for fiscal 2025, up from about $9.7 million the prior year. He also listed facility work underway, including a nearly-complete glycol conversion for the main library chiller and a roof replacement at Fairmount, and announced a Richardson-Sloan Special Collection ribbon-cutting set…
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