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Escondido library board to ask City Council for higher collections funding after per‑capita shortfall
Summary
Trustees said they will ask the City Council to raise the library's collections budget or tie it to an index, citing staff data showing Escondido spent about $163 per capita on collections in 2024 versus a median of roughly $230 among comparable cities; trustees plan a short slide presentation during the councils' boards‑and‑commissions update.
Trustees said they will ask the City Council to increase the library’s collections (circulation) budget or consider indexing it to inflation and usage. Reno, who compiled the statistics for the board, told trustees the library’s 2024 collections spending measured about $163 per capita while the median among 43 comparable cities was “about 2.3 something” (roughly $230 per capita), a gap the board said limits the library’s ability to meet rising demand.
Reno flagged that digital circulation has been…
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