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Menlo Park staff outline FY2026–27 budget timeline, hiring and makerspace plans
Summary
City staff told the Library Commission the FY2026–27 budget schedule will follow council priority‑setting in March and a cost‑of‑services study in late March/April; staff also reported rising e‑audio use, described makerspace programming and said a new Library & Community Services director is expected to be chosen in March.
City staff told the Menlo Park Library Commission on Feb. 23 that the FY 2026–27 budget schedule will proceed after the City Council's March priority‑setting session and that a cost‑of‑services study due in late March or early April will inform departmental requests.
"This kind of sets up the budget schedule... the portal opens in May, the budget workshop is late May, early June, and then the budget is adopted in June," said Assistant Library and Community Services Director Nick Schechdade, describing how council priorities are folded into the city's budget timeline and how departments will present budget requests to the city manager and…
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