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facility with Community Development Block Grant funds. The sale of the facility required that the City of Benbrook re-pay all grant funds
used for construction of the facility. In February 2001, the Library hired two full-time Librarians. In 2006, the Library facility began expansion
of the facilities; completion was in 2008. In 2008, the Library hired an additional full-time employee to provide clerical and administrative
support. In late 2011 an Assistant Library Director was hired. In 2012 a third

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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