Library Costs

•Employee wages and related fees $88,222

•Library Services fees $13,560

•Building maintenance $20,900

•Administrative $18,455

•Miscellaneous $4,750 •Debt Services $19,068 •Total cost $151,960

Income

•MECS tax base $126,248 •NYS tax base $1,940 •Madison County tax base $4,022 •Donations $2,000 •Fines and fees $3,000

•Fundraising (in house) $1,250

•Unallocated funds $13,500 •Total income $151,960 Our public library offers so much to anyone who walks through its doors: books, DVDs, music, newspapers, magazines, computers, meeting rooms for any group, local history, copiers/fax machine and printing services, notary services, senior citizen tax help, tutoring, literacy programs, educational and fun programs for all ages, resume and job search assistance, pc/device assistance, summer reading, preschool story hour, supplying teachers at schools with books, the zoo mobile, magicians and other performers (free of charge), proctoring of exams, family and adult movie nights as well as selling Madison County Landfill Punch Cards, postage stamps and envelopes.

Need a book or other material we don’t have? We can get it through our library system and if that doesn’t work, we can search across our 50 states (free of charge). Our library manager and staff are friendly and welcoming, ready to assist you in any way they can and have on more than one occasion gone over and above our expectations in providing service to you.

And a final note, I did some research into other local Madison County libraries and their budgets and expenditures were very informative. Here is what I found: (libraries are notated as numbers to protect their privacy. Our budget is No. 7).

Library Local Budget NYS Budget Other Income Total Budget Pop Base $ per person (NOT taxpayer)

No. 1 $468,384 $13,777 $39,861 $522,022 14,991 $34.82

No. 2 $321,217 $2,805 $9,184 $333,206 $35.62

No. 3 $362,296 $1,834 $22,882 $387,0126,481 $59.71

9,352

No. 4 $28,057 $104,086 $9,537 $141,6801,532 $92.48

No. 5 $16,159 $1,363 $56,025 $73,547 791 $92.97

No. 6 $169,812$1,466 $18,515 $189,7933,509 $54.87

No. 7 (MOPL) $93,671 $16,053 $7,840 $117,564 6,137 $19.15

No. 8 $302,088 $3,827 $70,805 $376,720 15,202 $24.78

**Figures from the Annual Report submitted to NYS. (NYS’s most recent publication date)

As you can see we offer one of the lowest cost per person per year than any other library. Taking in cost increases and higher wages, insurance, etc., (and having a very frugal library manager), we do very well with what we have and what we offer to our larger community.

We provide a lot of services to our community at a very low cost to everyone. A book these days costs on average $28.95 but for $20 per person, we can get hundreds of books and other materials for our community. I encourage you to try our savings calculator on our website and see if you had to purchase items how much it would cost you. (Your total would be a lot more than $20 a person.) The calculator can be found here: www.midyorklib.org/morrisville/services/what-is-your-library-worth-to-you/.

We welcome everyone to attend our board meetings. They are every other month, the third Thursday at 6:30 p.m. starting in January. Our next meeting will be on Thursday, May 18 at 6:30 p.m.

Thank you for your time and I hope we can count on your vote as we ask for a small increase of $4,752 for 2018 today at the ER Andrews Elementary School. Voting is from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.