From Alders Stratton, Festa, Spears, Staggers, Foskey-Cyrus, Robinson

A Proposed amendment 2014-2015 budget !ibrary Funding

1. That the library, Dept # 152, 117-Public Service, item # 50110 increased by !"#,7$2 t%
2,"!7,$52 &r%m the may%rs pr%p%sed 2,2"$,070.
This adds bac' int% the library bud(et the &unds t% pay &%r ) y%uth librarians *hich *ill e+pand
library h%urs &r%m ) days t% 5 days at all branches. ,urther it *ill &und a ne* Spanish %utreach
*%r'er t% brin( Spanish see'in( residents t% the library. The increased h%urs and visibility %&
library services *ill enhance y%uth en(a(ement in pr%ductive activities, and assists in ma'in(
these city treasures accessible.
Department )0!, line item 101-Salary -eserve, t% be reduced by 1,000,000 t% 0. !"#,7$2 is
trans&erred t% the additi%nal &undin( &%r the .ibrary
-eservin( m%ney durin( c%ntract ne(%tiati%ns is c%ntrary t% the city p%siti%n and reality that uni%n
c%ntracts must m%derate and c%ntract as the bene&it pac'a(es are unmana(eable and n%t
sustainable. /ne %& the elements %& a uni%n ne(%tiati%n is *hether the city can a&&%rd an increase.
Puttin( this m%ney t% the side aids the uni%n ar(ument *hen in &act the city is badly under&unded.
0ivin( y%uth access t% libraries is a much m%re pr%ductive use %& the &unds.
2. The balance %& the &undin( &r%m 1%ntract -eserve 5$0,17$, is t% be used t% &und $ *ee's %&
summer 2%bs thr%u(h 3%uth Services, Department # !0), /ther 1%ntractual &%r y%uth4*%r'.
The caveat is that $55 %& this m%ney must be used &%r salaries and bene&its ass%ciated *ith
hirin( y%uth. This sh%uld result in 200 m%re summer 2%bs &%r y%uth thr%u(h y%uth4*%r', %n t%p
%& the )00 already %&&ered.
These pr%p%sals i& all implemented sh%uld have n% bud(et impact.