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General Fund

Library Expenditures

Actual Budgeted Estimated Proposed
FY 2024 FY 2025 FY 2025 FY 2026

Administration $ 2,796,110 $ 3,098,165 $ 3,103,032 $ 1,640,376
Downtown Library 849,960 878,179 858,958 1,009,680
Branch Libraries 1,696,672 1,718,064 1,705,972 1,603,343
Library Technology 702,820 602,937 599,838 611,261
Library Collections 1,484,939 1,523,147 1,489,756 1,407,137
Library Special Projects 375,009 366,585 339,928 347,485
Library Youth Services 771,849 836,072 825,125 874,990
Library Adult Education 105,720 289,897 184,908 300,858
Library Adult Services 594,475 640,542 644,756 676,555
TOTAL $ 9,377,554 $ 9,953,588 $ 9,752,273 $ 8,471,685

Scorecard

Libraries FY 2023 FY 2024 FY 2025 FY 2026
Key Measures Actual Actual Estimate Target
Citizen satisfaction with overall library services [annual
survey] 94% 94% 95% 95%
Visits per capita 3.8 2.9 3.5 3.5
Circulation of Digital materials 348,289 412,796 330,000 330,000
Circulation of Physical materials 1,526,011 1,301,786 1,361,000 1,361,000
Circulation per capita 4.76 4.3 5.5 5.5
Library materials per capita 1.4 1.2 1.8 1.8
Grant and gift funds as a percentage of total general fund
allocation 6.6% 8% 6% 6%
Volunteer service hours (increase hours by 25% = 7,000) 5,432 7,196 8,000 8,000
New Library Cards Issued (All) 13,584 14,388 15,000 15,000
Overall Library facility satisfaction rating (excellent) 72% 82% 80% 80%
Percent of total registered borrowers with account activity
in the last 12 months 41% 62% 50% 50%
New Library Cards Issued to Children under 18 New Measure
in FY 2024 2,269 2,300 2,300
Number of adult education students served New Measure in FY 2025 1,800 1,800
Library App (MyLibro) usages New Measure in FY 2025 180,000 180,000
Library App (MyLibro) new user profiles created New Measure in FY 2026 3,300

FY 2026 Proposed Budget and Business Plan 153 City of Arlington, Texas