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Library presents FY2024-25 budget request including $170,000 ongoing for expanded TGIF concerts and potential staff-position cuts

Carlsbad Library Board of Trustees · April 24, 2024
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Senior management analyst Fiona Everett summarized the proposed FY2024-25 library budget: overall operating budget reduced ~7% over five years, personnel increases tied to wages and benefits, maintenance and operations adopted at about $1.9 million with a $170,000 ongoing request to expand TGIF concerts from six to nine, and two vacant positions (production technician and second genealogy librarian) are on the city's list for possible cuts.

Fiona Everett, senior management analyst, reviewed the Library and Cultural Arts department's proposed fiscal year 2024-25 budget and highlighted key changes and priorities.

Everett said the department's operating budget has declined by about 7% over five years while personnel costs rose modestly with wage and benefit changes; full-time staffing currently totals 53 positions (53.42 full-time equivalents). She…

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