Sanibel Public Library board adopts budget for next fiscal year
The Sanibel Public Library District’s board of commissioners unanimously approved a final millage rate of 0.4350 at its budget hearing on Sept. 20.
A mill is $1 per every $1,000 of taxable valuation.
The library’s tax revenue budget is $2,180,924 for fiscal year 2018-2019, which starts Oct. 1.
According to board Treasurer Dan Moeder, the commissioners approved as part of the budget a plan to slowly build back the reserves grown over the past 20 years through grants, patron gifts and tax revenues, following the one-year Your Library Reimagined renovation that is near completion.
“This renovation was required to replace our 25-year-old infrastructure for items such as air conditioning, electrical, plumbing, data wiring and fire suppression equipment,” he said.
The library has increased its budget for both print and digital collections, according to Executive Director Margaret Mohundro.
“Access is everything. Reading, viewing, downloading, and streaming remain popular and growing; and we continue to see demand for specialized database access such as online language learning and ancestry/genealogy information,” she said.
The Sanibel Public Library District is an independent special district serving Sanibel.
For more information, call 239-472-2483 or visit online at www.sanlib.org.
The Sanibel Public Library is at 770 Dunlop Road.