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Crookston library budget shows $75,000 grant didn’t materialize; regional share rises 6.1%
Summary
Council members reviewed the library budget Sept. 22, where staff said an anticipated $75,000 grant was never secured, a $5,000 grant was used for masonry repair and the city’s regional-library cost share rose 6.1% to $256,380, prompting discussion on signage, services and reliance on the Laurel regional system.
Crookston City staff told the council at a Sept. 22 budget workshop that an anticipated $75,000 grant budgeted for library signage and improvements did not materialize, and the planned revenue and matching expense were removed from the 2025 worksheet.
The workshop review showed the city funds libraries in part through levy transfers; staff noted a tax-revenue allocation of $324,854 to the library. On anticipated intergovernmental revenue, staff said, “there was 75,000 budgeted for the 2025 year as a revenue. Actually, that never came to fruition,” and explained those lines were canceled from the budget when the grant proved unavailable.
Why it mattered: staff and council members emphasized that the library depends on…
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