2009-10 Adopted Budget - City of Hoquiam

CITY OF HOQUIAM2009-2010 BIENNIAL OPERATING BUDGETDepartment Accomplishments and GoalsDepartment: Library Department Director: ThorntonDepartment Number: 16 Fund: 0012007-2008 Accomplishments:1. Building projects: Repaired stair railing and floor on upper level lobby area. The banister was repaired andreplaced and the railing was reinstalled with a support brace. Broken floor tiles were replaced. One heat pump wasreplaced; the roof project was completed .2. Youth programs in 2007 reached preschoolers, grade school and middle school students and their parents. Therewere preschool story times in the spring, fall and winter; Junior PageTurners from February to April; family readaloud month was held in March.3. Summer Reading: The theme for 2007 was “Get a Clue”: this program reached preschoolers, grade school andmiddle school students.4. Adult programs in 2007 included a monthly Adult PageTurners book discussion group from August to May; theAdult Winter Reading Program from January to March, and several Inquiring Minds programs. Timberland ReadsTogether featured My Antonia by Willa Cather in 2007.5. Outreach activities for youth included visits to local elementary schools and the middle school; visits to preschoolthrough grade 8 prior to summer reading; and participation at Family Nights at Central and Washington ElementarySchools. We also had a booth at the Heritage Festival and the Chehalis Valley Watershed festival where we also helda story time library program. For adults, we made monthly deliveries of Senior Connect boxes to Karr House.6. The Friends of the Library held weekly book sales on Tuesdays from 11:00 am to 1:00 PM.7. In February 2008 we agreed to open one hour earlier each day. We are now open at 10:00 AM Mon-Sat. Weclose at 8 PM Mon-Thurs and 5 PM Fri. and Sat.8. The Timberland Reads Together book for 2008 is A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. LeGuin.Goals for the 2009-2010 Biennium:1. Building projects still have a high priority. 2 additional HVAC systems have failed. The exterior trim and metalstairs and gates still need to be painted. The building needs to have the lower portion of the building below the brickrepaired. Regular carpet cleaning has been included in the budget annually, but the carpets downstairs need to bereplaced. The building will celebrate its centennial in 2011 and we would like to start a new century with the librarybuilding in excellent repair.2. The paving bricks have not been repaired, but the Friends of the Library plan to work on this project to coincidewith the centennial celebration of the building in 2011.4. TRL’s emphasis is on busy people. Programs are being designed so that patrons can access materials from home,self check out of materials has been implemented, and information that can be conveyed in ten minutes or less arebeing designed.5. Youth Programs: Story times, programming and juvenile outreach will continue to be a focus of the library.Partnering with schools, preschools and daycares will help meet library goals.6. Adult Services: Services to adults will not be forgotten. Encouraging adults to use library materials will also be apriority will be placed on training staff to meet patrons changing needs.7. The Friends of the Library are still a priority. As members age, it is important to find young, enthusiastic, librarysupporters to run this important library partner.8. The Intergovernmental services category has risen in 2009 and 2010 because TRL is considering requesting a levylid lift. TRL can request up to $0.50 / $1000 of assessed value. At this time the district does not have a date for thisrequest, nor has it decided how much to ask for, but the district will not request the full .50 unless this is absolutelynecessary to maintain service at current levels.168