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Borough and city officials flag $249,000 gap in FY27 library request as mill levy falls
Summary
Library director outlined one‑time security and system migration costs driving the FY27 request; borough finance said the FY27 request is $249,000 higher than projected revenue at the current 0.5 mill levy, and members debated restoring the levy to 0.7 or renegotiating the services agreement.
The committee discussed a city request to the borough for fiscal year 2027 library funding after the Ketchikan Public Library director summarized factors behind a roughly 52% increase in the borough’s portion of the library budget since FY2020.
Pat Tully, director of the Ketchikan Public Library, told the committee that wages and benefits comprise about 74% of the library budget and that inflation in utilities, insurance and telecommunications has contributed to increases. Tully identified two one‑time…
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