Date: January 15, 2010

To: RCPL Board of Trustees

From: Board Finance Committee

Re: 2011 Proposed City budget

Date: January 15, 2010

To: Board Finance Committee

From: G. Chapman, Director

Re: 2011 Proposed City budget

Summary: The 2011 city budget has been calculated for zero percent growth, based on information received from the Mayor.

Background: The 2009 and 2010 budgets were also based on zero growth. However, because some line items such as insurance, utilities, and wages increased, that necessitated the reduction in operations in order to meet the overall zero growth for those budget years.

For the proposed 2011 budget, cost-savings measures related to the new integrated library system (ILS) and the voice over internet (VOIP) telephone system implemented in 2009 have allowed some recovery in the areas of collection development and maintaining the computer equipment replacement schedule. For the 2012 budget, areas of recovery will be anticipated for salary adjustments and $3,200 to maintain the furniture replacement schedule.

Because the current agreement with the Department of Corrections has been successful in providing adequate facilities cleaning assistance, a previous FTE request for facilities staff has been removed from the city’s priority list.

Through efficiencies of the new ILS and RFID implementation, the Condrey study and comparisons with other libraries determined that current staffing levels are sufficient to implement the new East library at WDT without additional RCPL staff; however, anticipating increased services, an additional FTE will be provided by WDT to supplement staffing for that facility.

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