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 Completed year one of the library’s master plan and facility study. The report included an
analysis of community feedback, benchmarking against other cities, library best practices and
space recommendations for a new facility.
 Added a Youth Services Librarian to serve youth between the ages of 10 and 17, resulting in an
81% increase in teen program attendance.
 Updated the library’s workroom to increase efficiency and added three staff workstations.
 Added a chatbot on the city’s website to improve community engagement and user-efficiency of
the website.
 Added software to improve the city website accessibility, performance, content quality and
search engine optimization (SEO).
 Launched communication tools to ensure public is updated on the progress of the Bond 2022
projects.

Major Budget Items

2022-2023 2023-2024
Library Library
 Digital Resources, $53,440 • Digital Resources, $54,065
 Library Materials, $116,675 • Library Materials, $120,740
 Master Plan/Facility Study, $40,000 • Library Meeting Furniture, $38,280
 Library Outreach Vehicle, $138,965 • Laptop Vending Kiosk, $40,638
 Library Public Furniture, $52,000 Senior Center
 Workroom Reconfiguration, $34,000 • Activities, $9,700
• VR headsets, $8,400
Senior Center
• Activities $9,745 Marketing & Communications
• None
Marketing & Communications
• Video production supplies for EOC,
$11,490

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