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Library director outlines FY27 budget guidance and modest operational cuts to meet 2.9% target
Summary
Trustees were told to plan for a 2.9% FY27 budget target; the director proposed operational savings such as stopping routine paper overdue notices (about $2,000) and shifting out-of-state interlibrary loan shipping costs to patrons (about $800) to avoid staff or collection cuts.
The library director told trustees at the Dec. 9 meeting that the finance director had instructed departments to target a 2.9% FY27 budget. "The goal is to hit a 2.9% budget, which is somewhere in between level funded and level service for us," the director said, adding that under that target the library would not need to cut staff or its collections.
To find savings the director described small operational changes…
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