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Date: February
28, 2005 |
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To: |
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From: G.
Chapman |
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RE: New Costs:
Budget Narrative for Strategic Plan 2006-08 |
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Listed in Priority Order: |
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2006 Total
New Cost Increases: $160,933 |
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Educational Policy $5,000 |
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Services: Self
service $30,500 ($22,000 replacement funding every
four years) |
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Strategic plan: Increase self-service
and self check-in of materials |
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Replace
existing self check machine for a patron self check-in station $23,000 |
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Add Youth
Services self check machine $19,000 |
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Add Digital
Media Sensitizer/Desensitizer: $3,000
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Facilities: HVAC
$18,000 (one time increase) |
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Strategic Plan:
provide comfortable furnishings [surroundings] that encourage relaxation and
quiet recreational reading |
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Update existing
HVAC system from pneumatic to electronic for comfort and energy
efficiencies
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Staffing: |
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Youth Services $21,250
(50% of total cost for 1 FTE (cost to be divided between the city and
county funding) |
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Strategic Plan |
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Market public library services to students at local
higher education institutions |
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Teach patrons throughout the community how to use
library services; |
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Work with other agencies to teach patrons of all ages
how to find resources to improve their education and job skills. |
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Provide library services in neighborhood
locations through the use of kiosks, storefronts, or shared facilities with
other city services; |
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Expand availability of reference and reader’s
advisory services to 24 hours per day/ 7 days per week; |
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Increase public awareness of existing and evolving
library services |
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Select popular materials that reflect community
interest |
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Assist patrons in choosing new authors and materials
to enjoy |
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Circulation
.5 FTE $16,763 |
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Strategic Plan: |
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Expand hours of service at drive-through windows |
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Select popular materials that reflect community
interest. |
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Assist patrons in choosing new authors and materials
to enjoy. |
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Furniture
$7,140 |
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Strategic
Plan: |
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create quiet zones for research and study |
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provide comfortable furnishings that encourage
relaxation and quiet recreational reading) |
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Provide mobile coffee shop services |
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Shelving:
$2,500 |
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Adult books on
CD
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Youth shelving:
$2,200 |
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First
Floor: $7,260 |
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Coffee Shop
$320 |
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Meeting room
furniture (Replacement Year 1): $6,940 |
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Plastic chairs
for Hoyt room (24), with cart, and 12 chairs for study rooms |
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Tables
(6) |
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Lectern
/ AV unit (1) |
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Materials: $14,694 |
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Strategic Plan: Maintain the library as a community
gathering place for all ages |
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Provide library
materials in popular formats (DVDs, computer resources, etc.) |
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Provide library
materials to homebound patrons |
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Select popular
materials that reflect community interest |
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Assist patrons
in choosing new authors and materials to enjoy |
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Facilities: Carpet $42,000 |
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Strategic Plan: provide comfortable furnishings
[areas] that encourage relaxation and quiet recreational reading |
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Public Area - carpet
for .stack area $28,000 |
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TS area - Tech
area $14,000 |
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Facilities: Snow
Removal $3,000 |
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Strategic Plan: Maintain the
library as a community gathering place for all ages |
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Lawn tractor
with plow: snow removal, lawn care |
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Facilities: Carpet
Cleaning Machine $5,280 |
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Strategic Plan: provide comfortable furnishings
[areas] that encourage relaxation and quiet recreational reading |
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Facilities: Ceiling
Tile $12,000 |
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Strategic Plan: provide comfortable furnishings
[areas] that encourage relaxation and quiet recreational reading |
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2007 |
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Self service $16,000 |
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Add two self
check machines in lobby with partial replacement funding. |
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2008 Total Increases: $45,043 |
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Self service $25,000 |
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Upgrade of
existing self check machines to handle RFID: ($5,200 X 6) $31,200 |
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Upgrade of staff
workstations to handle RFID Circulation: ($3,090 X 6) $18,540 |
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Upgrade of
staff workstations to handle RFID Technical Services: ($3,090 X 5) $15,450 |
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RFID tags:
(50,000 X $0.67) $33,500 |
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Conversion
Station rental: $3,050 |
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RFID inventory
and shelf reader: $6,825 |
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This model
provides for initial conversion costs and assumes that the library will run
concurrent material flow systems (laser read barcodes and RFID) for phased in
funding of the project. |
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Remodeling
(Ref/YS) $6,179 |
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Expand office
space – YS Cost: $3,669 |
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Ref Cost:
$2,510 |
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Staffing - Reference
$13,364 |
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Increase the 30
hour position to 40 hours for a total increase of 10 hours in reference. |