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Tualatin staff outlines proposed WCCLS funding formula; council presses county role and equity trade-offs
Summary
City staff reviewed Washington County Cooperative Library Services' proposed funding methodology and implementation plan that would raise Tualatin's base allocation toward about $2.01 million; councilors questioned the county general fund commitment, centralization costs ($4.7M), service-area boundaries and nonprofit-library equity.
City staff and the Tualatin Library director briefed the City Council on Washington County Cooperative Library Services' (WCCLS) draft funding and governance plan, describing a proposed methodology that calculates allocations from service populations and per-FTE funding units.
Under the current formula presented to council, Tualatin's service area (about 30,148 people) would yield 15 funding units; multiplied by a per-FTE allocation of $128,000 that produces a base allocation near $1,920,000. An implementation plan proposed by the county adds a 5% floor to protect against sharp changes and would raise the first-year allocation for Tualatin to just under $2,010,000.
Staff explained the model also…
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