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RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER ENTITIES

Librarian position was added; a fourth Librarian was added in 2016.

In the summer of 2013, the City of Benbrook and the Benbrook Library District partnered by sharing costs for the
construction of a sidewalk on the north side of Mercedes Street from the intersection of Winscott Road and Mercedes
Street to the property line separating the border between the Benbrook Library District and the Benbrook Water
Authority.

The City allows the Benbrook Library District employees to participate in the City’s group health, life, vision, and dental
insurance plans. The Benbrook Library District pays the actual costs for premiums plus an administrative fee based
on indirect costs.

YMCA

In May 2000, the Benbrook Community Center/YMCA (BCC/YMCA) began operating as a multi-purpose center
providing recreation, leisure, sports, and social activities to Benbrook's residents and members of the YMCA. This
facility was constructed through bond funds approved by Benbrook's voters in 1997.

The City contracted with the YMCA to provide administrative and operational services to the BCC/YMCA. With the
opening of the BCC/YMCA, the City ceased offering recreation classes at the Community Center and stopped receiving
revenue from these classes. The YMCA receives all revenue from membership fees and from program fees. The
YMCA also pays for salaries and other operating expenses. The City agreed to subsidize a portion of these costs until
the YMCA obtained 1,000 members. This goal was reached in 2000 and membership has remained above the goal
since this date. City employees and their families are exempt from paying the YMCA’s enrollment fees; the City pays
half of the monthly membership fees for employees and their families.

In the 2005-06 Budget, funds were allocated to complete the Benbrook Community Center/YMCA Expansion Study.
The proposed building expansion was approximately 13,500 square feet and increased the total “under roof” facility
size to 45,500 square feet. Key recommended facility enhancements included: expansion of the fitness (equipment)
area, expansion of the child care area, addition of office space, addition of a teen center, addition of a locker room,
addition of an aerobics room, and addition of an outdoor skate park. In 2009 the City issued a request for proposal for
the expansion of the BCC/YMCA; construction was completed in 2010.

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