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SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Library and Recreation Services <br /> <br />3. Reduction #4 - Reduce weekly Library hours (p.9) <br />a. Provide an alternative scenario for closing the library 1 day per week. <br /> <br />6-Day Library Service <br />This revised scenario reduces Library hours to 48 per week, representing a 23% <br />reduction to current service hours, at a total annual savings of $940,000 <br />(approximately $150,000 less per year than the 40 hour (2 day) per week original <br />proposal). <br /> <br />This scenario also: <br />• Reduces the budget for library materials by 50% <br />• Eliminates all temporary staff (except for temporary staff hours paid for by <br />grant funding) <br />• Limits Library hours to eight (8) per day <br />o Based upon staff scheduling, usage data, and ease of understanding <br />when the library is open to the community, the scenario indicates: <br /> M-Th 11am-7pm <br /> F-Sa 10am-6pm <br /> If the library stayed open until 9, it would not open until 1pm. <br />The days where the library is most used during the 7-9 pm <br />hours are also the days it is most heavily used in the morning <br />hours, with morning hours averaging about 2.25 times more <br />usage than the evening hours. <br />• Reduce Other Professional Services, Cancelling Specialized Collection <br />Services which assist staff in monitoring elements of the library’s collections <br />• Cancel Library Elf Subscription, which allows library users to track what they <br />have checked out and when items are due at multiple libraries <br />• Reduce Misc Supplies and Equipment related to the library’s physical <br />collections as there will be fewer items to process <br />• Reduce Digital Collections by 50% <br />• Reduce Print Collections by 50% <br />• Reduce Collection Processing by 50% <br />• Reduce Professional Services related to Library Collections by 50% – this is <br />the cataloging and processing of physical materials completed by the <br />Library’s primary book vendor (with only 50% funding for physical collections, <br />this will be reduced by 50% as well) <br />• All other reductions from the five-day model are included. <br /> <br />This six-day model reduces the total FTE impact to 2 FTE (from 3 FTE in the <br />five-day model). One position is vacant. The other is filled. Twenty temporary <br />staff will be eliminated in this scenario. All other reductions from the five-day <br />model are included.