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Board reviews patron and population data as part of planning
Summary
Board members reviewed county and city population figures and library-user counts to inform allocation discussions: Ellis County ~29,000, Hays ~21,000, Ellis city just under 2,000, and reported user/visitor counts for the library system.
Board members discussed population and library-user numbers to frame service decisions. The summary figures provided were: Ellis County population about 29,000; Hays about 21,000; Ellis city just under 2,000. The board also discussed that roughly 1,290 system users live outside the two cities and that Ellis accounts for about 11.5% of system users while Hays accounts for roughly 88%.
Ellis Public Library Director Tracey Andrews gave visitation numbers, saying there were 525 visitors between September and February and 827 visitors in October, noting the October total was boosted by a Trick-or-Treat event. Andrews emphasized that visitor counts are not the same as registered users.
