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Council debates how to fund library master plan after prior $50k set-aside
Summary
Councilors and staff discussed whether the library’s facility master plan (previously budgeted at $100,000 in past discussions with $50,000 cited) should be funded through a capital account or a new line-item reserve in the library’s operating fund; members suggested annual set-asides and late-year transfers as options.
Council members pressed staff on how the library master plan would be funded and whether a dedicated line item would prevent the project from being eclipsed by other capital priorities. A council member recommended adding a line item for the master plan so savings would be tracked "so you knew," and Steve said there had been a prior $50,000 allocation within the capital plan and a possible $100,000 pooled amount last year that could be used if council agreed to proceed.
Staff and council discussed practical options: keep the $100,000 in the capital projects account and seek an external match, create a library-held reserve that rolls over year-to-year, or transfer year-end surplus into a designated master-plan line and issue an RFP near the end of the fiscal year. No formal decision was taken; the council directed staff to consider line-item options and report back as totals are consolidated.
