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General Fund Library

System-Wide Services provide the structure and systems needed to maintain library services. The division
consists of six operational units including Administrative Services, Communications, Data & Analytics, Facilities
Management, Human Resources & Training, and Information Technology. Each has a unique responsibility to
support the system-wide delivery of library services.

In FY2025, Fort Worth Public Library will be the city’s liaison with Arts Fort Worth and will manage the associated
contract. Arts Fort Worth manages the Fort Worth Public Art program, administers a competitive grants program
and is partially funded by the City of Fort Worth and the Texas Commission on the Arts. As part of the cultural
fiber of the arts community, the Fort Worth Public Library will take over administrative oversight of the service
agreement between Arts Fort Worth and the City of Fort Worth. The library’s strategic focus area of arts and
cultural enhancement for community vitality provides an excellent opportunity for coordination and future
collaboration.

FY2025 DISCUSSION AND SIGNIFICANT CHANGES

The Recommended Budget:

• Increases by $1,786,370 for the transfer of the Public Art operating budget from the FWLab where the
Fort Worth Public Library will will take over administrative management of the service agreement between
Arts Fort Worth and the City of Fort Worth.
• Increases by $912,130 for salary and benefits for previously approved costs associated with pay for
performance, rising health care costs, and pension contributions.
• Increases by $290,009 in General Operating & Maintenance for previously approved costs associated
with risk management, administrative cost, and IT solutions allocation costs.

• Increases by $293,962 for salary and benefit adjustments to reclass library manager and supervisor
positions that work outside their position pay classifications.
• Decreases by ($1,552,445) for budgeted salary and benefit savings ($1,267,378) and reductions to
associated retirement and benefit related expenses.
• Decreases by ($7,548) for adjustments to indirect IT cost allocations.

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